Day December 15, 2025

Credit: Wellness Gallery Catalyst Foundation from Pexels A large clinical trial published in JAMA Surgery shows that prehabilitation (also called prehab) can reduce disability after surgery in older adults with frailty, provided they are able to fully take part in…

Parks, libraries, recreation centers, and sidewalks, ideally, would serve to improve the quality of living for residents, but it is not that simple, especially for youth. Research by Melissa Villodas, whose work focuses on understanding how social determinants of health…

Leah Kovitch was pulling invasive plants in the meadow near her home one weekend in late April when a tick latched onto her leg. She didn’t notice the tiny bug until her calf muscle began to feel sore. She made…

Credit: Journal of Nuclear Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.2967 At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER (NX) is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging. With a 10-fold sensitivity increase and over…

Prof Dr. Gianni Panagiotou (right) in conversation with a team colleague. Credit: Anna Schroll Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse at the University of Jena and the Leibniz-HKI, together with international partners, have uncovered a mechanism…

Credit: Yaroslav Shuraev from Pexels A comprehensive webpage-based database, named as IMgateway, currently offers rigorous, evidence-based information on the integration of complementary and conventional medicine but has lacked data on Chinese herbal medicines—until now. A research team, led by Dr.…

FOXM1 expression is elevated in patients with active EoE. Credit: Gut (2025). DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2025-335163 Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) identified a potential new therapeutic target for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a chronic allergic inflammatory disease of the esophagus. The…

A new study from the Canadian Study of Adolescent Behaviors reveals that adolescents and young adults who use pre-workout dietary supplements, such as Bang!, Jack3D, and C4, are significantly more likely to report dangerously short sleep durations. Analyzing data from…

People with impaired kidney function have higher levels of Alzheimer’s biomarkers in their blood, but not an increased risk of dementia, according to a study published in Neurology. The study does not prove that poor kidney function causes higher levels…

Credit: Steve DiMatteo from Pixabay Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name to this condition: Heimscheißer (pronounced…

Credit: Jorge López/Pexels Wearing masks, avoiding large gatherings, shutting down schools—those scenes might sound familiar to anyone who experienced the most recent global pandemic. But this isn’t a discussion about COVID-19—this is polio. Madeleine Mant, an assistant anthropology professor at…

Northwestern University scientists have potentially uncovered a previously unknown, hidden player in pneumonia. In a new study, scientists found the lungs’ own microbial community, or microbiome, appears to influence how the illness evolves, who responds well to treatment and whether…

Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) can reliably detect Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology in the preclinical stage, according to a meta-analysis published online Dec. 1 in JAMA Neurology. Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Ph.D., from the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, and colleagues…

In a new trial, the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor pirtobrutinib increased the rate of survival without disease progression and was well tolerated with a more favorable safety profile when compared with bendamustine plus rituximab (BR) in patients with previously…

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic human tissue and was grown in a pig,…

Providers are reeling from a change made by a federal agency responsible for setting and updating vaccination guidelines for American children and adults. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which crafts critical guidelines that the Centers for Disease Control and…

The study authors, Martina Dvo?áková (left) and Kate?ina Chládková (right), in their lab, happy about the study outcomes. Credit: Vladimír Šigut, Charles University A study from Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences revisits a long-standing idea in language…

Research on breast cancer vaccine at Cleveland Clinic. Credit: Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic researchers are presenting final Phase I data from their novel study of a vaccine aimed at preventing triple-negative breast cancer, the most aggressive and lethal form of…

A conceptual illustration shows how PFAS can enter the soil and eventually reach groundwater, which flows downhill. Industries and airports are common sources of PFAS. The homes show upstream (left) and downstream (right) wells. Credit: Melina Lew When pregnant women…

Real-life PFAS mixture of concern concentration ratio. The pie-chart depicts the total contribution of each of the PFAS included in the mixture expressed in percentage. PFNA = Perfluorononanoic acid, PFOS = Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, PFBA= Perfluorobutanoic acid, PFOA= Perfluorooctanoic acid, PFHxS=…

A new USC study shows teens with higher blood levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured before bariatric surgery had smaller improvements in blood sugar over five years, including fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), which measures average blood…

A study conducted by scientists at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, shows that sexual minority individuals continue to report higher levels of mental health symptoms compared to the rest of the population. Previous research has repeatedly shown that sexual minority individuals…

The workshop brought together public health scientists from 14 countries for an intensive five-day workshop on whole-genome sequencing to strengthen local capabilities and disease surveillance. Credit: Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko The African CDC has recently warned of a surge in cholera cases…

Authors, Professor Danny Eckert and Josh Fitton, Flinders University. Credit: Flinders University Getting enough sleep and staying active are two of the most important things we can do for our health, but new research shows that most people struggle to…

The first panel shows that Fine-grained perceptual features of odor (e.g. level of intensity, pleasantness etc) can be predicted based on sniffing patterns. The bottom panel shows that a specific metric that maps sniff modulations induced by odors of specific…

Offering screening for neurodivergence to people detained by the police could help ensure access to appropriate support and fairer treatment in the criminal justice system, say Cambridge researchers, after a study suggests that one in two individuals arrested and detained…

Researchers led by a team from Mass General Brigham and the Ragon Institute have discovered why some people living with HIV who are given a treatment called broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies (bNAbs) can safely stop taking standard, lifelong HIV medications…

Face morphing generates a single blended image from two (or more) faces. Credit: Jan Rubinowicz via Wikimedia Commons Humans have a remarkable ability to recognize faces despite variations in appearance. Regardless of aging, changes in weight or facial hair, or…

Credit: Huy Phan from Pexels For many people with dyspraxia, falling is not an accident but a daily reality. It begins in childhood, shaping confidence and independence, and often continues throughout adult life. Falls are among the most common causes…

New research on public attitudes toward AI indicates that most people are reluctant to let ChatGPT and other AI tools diagnose their health condition, but see promise in technologies that use AI to help diagnose cancer. These and other results…

Graphical abstract. Credit: European Heart Journal (2025). DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf826 The risk of sudden cardiac death is higher for people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to a large study published in the European Heart Journal. The increase…

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, with a worldwide prevalence of approximately 4%. The accumulation of monosodium urate crystals in gout leads to the clinical manifestations of the disease and, if left inadequately treated, leads to chronic…

Antimicrobial resistance is projected to cause up to 10 million deaths each year by 2050, making it one of the most pressing global health challenges of this century. In 2021, an estimated 4.71 million deaths were associated with bacterial antimicrobial…

A rare and life-threatening kidney disease in children finally has an effective therapy, thanks in large part to pioneering research and clinical leadership from University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital. The disease, known as C3 glomerulopathy (C3G),…

A first-of-its-kind University of Stirling-led study could lead to quicker and more targeted support for vulvodynia—a painful chronic condition estimated to affect more than one in 10 women with no known cause. The work is published in the journal Women’s…

For years, the search for a stem cell donor has felt like a quest for a rare key—one that fits a lock with eight intricate tumblers, each representing a genetic marker. For many patients with blood cancers, especially those from…

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer for women in the world, with more than 660,000 new cases and nearly 350,000 deaths per year. Now, University of Maryland mathematicians have developed effective strategies to help contain and potentially eliminate…

Asia Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Asia PGI) has offered the first public preview of PathGen, an AI-powered sense-making and decision-making support platform for pathogen genomics and contextual data. Designed for public health practitioners, clinicians and industry, it can help detect emerging…

College students who binge drink may be acting on influences they brought from home, a new Washington State University-led study suggests. A recent survey shows that students who binge drink more than other students tend to have grown up in…

Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland, have identified significant differences in mortality among widows and widowers from cohabiting versus married relationships, depending on the deceased partner’s cause of death. The study, “Widowhood mortality among married and cohabiting partners: a…