Day June 13, 2025

The idea of recognizing deafblindness as a single impairment originated in Europe, led by a politician with a deafblind child. Credit: École D’optométrie, Université de Montréal Because it involves the interaction of hearing and vision impairments, so-called “deafblindness” creates unique…

Medical researchers at QIMR Berghofer have achieved a significant milestone in the treatment of depression, demonstrating the effectiveness of personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy. This innovative approach uses advanced brain imaging to tailor treatment to an individual’s unique brain…

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2025 annual meeting found that teens who get moderate—but not excessive—catch-up sleep on weekends have fewer symptoms of anxiety. Results show that teens who got up to two more hours of…

Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya from Pexels In 1821, French physician René Laennec wrote, “A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bedroom apparatus.” Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients’ phlegm. In the…

Operationalizing RE-AIM framework for financial screening among AYAs across three clinical settings. AYA, adolescents and young adults; RE-AIM, Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance. Credit: JCO Oncology Practice (2025). DOI: 10.1200/OP-24-00868 Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer face numerous challenges,…

A first-of-its-kind study by La Trobe University has shown the critical contribution surfers make to beach safety in Victoria. The research, published this week in Safety Science, collected data from 562 recreational surfers from 2020 to 2023. Researchers found that…

Whether it’s a personal challenge, for charity, or on your bucket list, marathons are one of the most sought-after goals for amateur and recreational runners worldwide. Now, a world-first study from the University of South Australia and the University of…

Stress worsens sleep quality and can impair memory. Shinjae Chung, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore a neural pathway in male mice that stress may influence, to cause sleep and memory disturbances. In their JNeurosci paper,…

As cannabis use among youth rises in Canada—and THC potency reaches record highs—emergency departments are seeing a surge in cases of a once-rare condition: cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS). Characterized by relentless vomiting, abdominal pain and temporary relief through compulsive hot…

The Lancet has released its second global commission report on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Adolescents are defined as 10- to 24-year-olds. The report builds on the first one, done in 2016. The latest report presents substantial original research that supports…

Workplaces implement various interventions aimed at promoting employee health, including those targeting dietary habits, physical activity, education, stress management, mindfulness and environmental modifications to promote movement. Published in The Lancet Public Health, a recent review concludes that in workplace health…

Credit: Vlada Karpovich from Pexels A persistent cough can be embarrassing, especially if people think you have COVID. Coughing frequently can also make you physically tired, interfere with sleep and trigger urinary incontinence. As a GP, I have even treated…

An intensive low-energy diet program, similar to the “NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission”, significantly improved eating disorder symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes and excess weight who were at risk of developing eating disorders, according to a…

Diabetic weight-loss medications are effective for people with schizophrenia without affecting psychotic symptoms, University of Queensland researchers have found. Professor of Psychiatry Dan Siskind said a 36-week trial found semaglutide—the active component in weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy—was…

The ingestible capsule is about the size of a multivitamin, and once swallowed, it expands into a star shape that helps it remain in the stomach until all of the drug is released. Credit: Adam Glanzman For many patients with…

In 6,464 multiethnic youths and adults drawn from the United States’ National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2021—2023 cycle, waist-to-height ratio estimated fat mass detected the risk of fatty liver disease and liver cirrhosis better than BMI-obesity. Credit: Journal…

Researchers have tracked how the COVID-19 virus mutates long term, revealing patterns that could help predict the emergence of future variants. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world scrambled to understand the fast-moving virus, a team…

The VR training module showing infection risks on portable medical equipment. The training module incorporates gamification to engage learners. Credit: Mass General Brigham Infection control researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a virtual reality (VR) tool to train clinicians…

 Wearing headsets, participants stepped into the disoriented minds of dementia patients—experiencing the confusion, fear, and memory lapses of dementia firsthand.  Credit: Photo provided. At a conference on aging two years ago, Li-Mei Chen slipped on a pair of virtual reality…

Neuroimaging research lead prepares MRI scanner for child brain imaging study. Credit: Rebecca M. Lee and Abid Fahim Climate disasters may be leaving invisible imprints on developing brains before birth, according to new research from The City University of New…

There’s an urgent need to quantify the role of fungal toxins (aflatoxins) found in agricultural crops, such as maize and peanuts (groundnuts), in the escalating rates of liver cancer in Ghana, as well as elsewhere in Africa and Asia, concludes…

DUOX2 expression in inflammatory bowel disease patients. (A) mRNA expression of indicated genes in intestinal tissues, whole blood and purified blood neutrophils of healthy controls (HC) and IBD patients (UC, CD). (B) Immunofluorescence images of IBD patient intestinal tissues showing…

Stopping the widespread use of unnecessary, potentially even harmful, cancer screenings can take up to 13 years and potentially even longer after new guidelines are put in place, according to a new study published in BMJ Quality & Safety. Those…

It’s not exactly news that junk food isn’t healthy. What may be surprising is exactly how pervasive ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become and what harm they’re doing. This includes some foods that are specifically labeled and marketed as having nutritional…

Credit: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine A new comparative study led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine found that a new therapy for prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection may be less effective…

A clinical study led by Lew C. Schon, MD, FACS, FAAOS, Director of Orthopedic Innovation at The Institute of Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center, is drawing attention across the orthopedic and biomedical communities for its findings on…

The simple act of looking and comparing may be the first step toward learning how to judge what we remember, a skill that is fundamental to learning and making decisions. New research from the University of California, Davis, has found…

Corresponding author Dr. Molly Hales (left) and senior author Dr. Tara Lagu (right) review a TikTok video from the study. Credit: Northwestern University It turns out when teens on TikTok say, “Get ready with me,” it can be more harmful…

The tiny roundworm C. elegans. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington details a novel strategy for how the body clears out dead cells during stress, revealing unexpected roles for well-known…

This image shows how human iPSCs in which the microglia-specifying six-TF cocktail is switched on (lower row), in contrast to iPSCs in which they remain switched off (upper row), abandon their pluripotency stage (marked by the protein OCT4) and adopt…

Stateville Penitentiary’s F Block, a panopticon cellblock where malaria experiments were conducted on inmates. Credit: James Tabery, University of Utah Much attention has been paid to malaria research conducted on inmates at Illinois’ Stateville Penitentiary and the fraught ethical issues…

An estimated 38.1 million adults in the United States had diagnosed diabetes in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of these, about 90% to 95% had type 2 diabetes. A new Johns Hopkins Medicine study finds…

Genetic relationship between the indicators of SES and with MRI measures. Credit: Molecular Psychiatry (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03047-4 A person’s level of social and economic status can shape their brain heath in later life, a study suggests. Research led by the…

The “unchecked expansion” of social media platforms is driving an unprecedented global mental health crisis in kids and teens, a children’s NGO said Wednesday, calling for urgent coordinated action worldwide. The KidsRights report said one in seven children and adolescents…

Credit: Monstera Production from Pexels No more hunger after cooking? A newly identified network of nerve cells is responsible, a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has discovered in mice. They discovered a direct connection from…

Yearly change (95% CI) on the HDDMS, cUHDRS, and cUHDRS components by CAG category. Credit: Brain (2025). DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf127 A series of digital tests carried out via a smartphone app could enhance the detection of disease progression in Huntington’s disease…

From left to right: Study co-authors Subhashis Ghosh, Jake Jinkun Chen, and Siddhartha Das in Chen’s lab at Tufts’ Biomedical Research and Public Health Building. Credit: Jenna Schad/Tufts University Each year, millions of people in the U.S. get dental implants…

Midventricular perfusion maps are shown of a patient with COVID-19 with suspected microvascular dysfunction and a volunteer in stress and rest. Rest perfusion was comparable, while stress perfusion was globally reduced in the patient with COVID-19 compared with the volunteer.…

Use of specific supplements for migraine prevention. Credit: Journal of Clinical Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.3390/jcm14124023 About half of people with migraine disease turn to non-medication treatments in an attempt to ease their symptoms, new Otago research reveals. A survey conducted…

Analysis of cardiomyocytes differentiated from type 1 catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) patient-derived human induced pluripotent stem cells (CPVT1 hiPSC-CMs) using the system to record action potentials (APs) and Ca2+ transients simultaneously. Credit: Frontiers in Physiology (2025). DOI: 10.3389 Researchers…