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Regular consumption of eggs is associated with a 29% lower risk of cardiovascular disease-related death in relatively healthy older adults, new research from a Monash University-led team has found. Published in the journal Nutrients, the researchers found that for relatively…

Scientists from Peking University analyzed trends in early-onset T2D burden from 1990 to 2021, highlighting differences by age groups and sexes in China and globally. Credit: Siyan Zhan, Peking University A study led by researchers from Peking University and published…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1016 Published in Cell Reports Medicine, results of a VHIO-led study support the feasibility of using RAD51 testing to complement next-generation sequencing (NGS) for precise patient stratification and treatment selection in metastatic…

Credit: Guilford Press In 2022, suicide was the third leading cause of death for Black or African Americans ages 10 to 24. But while Black mental health needs are acute, the percentage of clinical psychologists in the U.S. who are…

A couple awaits the arrival of their first child in Carlsbad, Calif., in November 2005. Credit: AP Photo/Julie Busch, File Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of…

U.S. internal medicine (IM) residents from ethnicities and races underrepresented in medicine (URIM) remain underrepresented compared with their program’s county population, according to a study published online Jan. 30 in JAMA Network Open. Jung G. Kim, Ph.D., M.P.H., from New…

Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels UC Davis Health molecular exercise physiologist Keith Baar specializes in sports medicine. He studies the effects of exercise on bone, muscle and tendon health. In this Q&A, he discusses how intensive exercising after injury or…

Sample 3D representation of septic versus control CWT of ? HbT signal. Credit: The FASEB Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1096 It’s a copycat killer—often mimicking less severe conditions and delaying much-needed, timely treatments. But sepsis—an infection that can lead to multiple…

Physician–scientists at the University of Utah’s John A. Moran Eye Center have published an investigatory review of nine patients who experienced vision complications while taking popular semaglutide and tirzepatide drugs prescribed for diabetes and weight loss. The researchers describe patients…

From right to left, the painting illustrates the passage of time through the changing manifestations of the tree outside the window, indicating the progression of pregnancy and the need for consecutive prediction. Our aim is to shift the mother’s emotional…

The proportion of new cases of schizophrenia associated with a cannabis use disorder has risen from 4% pre-legalization to 10% after cannabis legalization in Ontario, according to new research. A new study from researchers at ICES, The Ottawa Hospital, University…

In a mouse model of medulloblastoma, OLIG2+ stem cells are immunostained green, with all nuclei labeled blue (DAPI). These OLIG2+ cells divide slowly to renew their population and to generate rapidly proliferative daughter cells that contribute to the bulk of…

Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels New Monash University research has revealed a concerning rise in new opioid prescriptions among younger Victorians, while also finding an overall positive trend, with a drop in opioid prescription numbers and the number of people…

A positive emotional experience during learning enhances perceptual memory. Credit: Masanori Murayama | RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) have uncovered how perceptual memories linked to positive emotions, such as joy or happiness, are strengthened during…

Classical music can affect fetal heart rates, making them more regular and predictable, possibly stimulating fetal development. Credit: AIP Playing music has long been a way for expectant parents to connect with their children in the womb, but a group…

Credit: Minh Khang Lê from Pexels A new community-based pickleball program called Project Rally is helping cancer survivors improve their physical and social well-being, according to a recent pilot study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center. The program, which…

Comparison of the primary outcome for physicians with LLM and with conventional resources only (total score standardized to 0–100). Credit: Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03456-y Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are getting pretty good at diagnosing some diseases, but how do chatbots…

Graphical Abstract. Credit: Pathogens (2025). DOI: 10.3390/pathogens14020110 In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found that a family suffering from illnesses that included neurological symptoms were co-infected with both several Bartonella species and Babesia divergens-like MO-1.…

Credit: Psychological Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1017/S0033291724003581 Depression affects 280 million people worldwide, and the illness has been proven to lead to changes in eating behavior. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the University Hospital…

As a pharmacist-health services researcher, Dr. Antoinette Coe studies how to improve medication use and safety. Some of her motivation comes from personal experiences as a caregiver and helping family members keep track of their medications—which can get complicated. Research…

Credit: SHVETS production from Pexels New research published in JAMA Psychiatry estimates that globally, only 6.9% of people with mental health or substance-use disorders receive effective treatment for their disorders. Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Harvard Medical…

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration building is seen behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md., on Aug. 2, 2018. Credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File Patients who use smartphone apps to manage…

They’re small, colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room—and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned. Water beads can expand up to 100 times their…

The World Health Organization recommends that babies should exclusively breastfeed for at least the first six months of their lives and continue alongside the introduction of other foods for at least two years, as breastmilk contains the nutrients and antibodies…

Using an innovative and recently validated animal model of IBS, the researchers showed that opioid delta-receptor agonists can ameliorate stress-induced IBS symptoms by acting on the insular cortex of the brain. Credit: Prof. Akiyoshi Saitoh / Tokyo University of Science,…

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels In Utah, patients who consent to “hormonal transgender treatment” or surgery on “sex characteristics” while they are minors are able to revoke their informed consent if they later regret receiving the care. Under the Health Care…

Occupational exposure to noise and/or vibrations is associated with the presence of vertigo, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Inés Sánchez-Sellero, Ph.D., and Andrés Soto-Varela, Ph.D., both from Universidade de Santiago de Compostela in…

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers report that all nine patients in a clinical trial being treated for stage III or IV clear cell renal cell carcinoma (a form of kidney cancer), generated a successful anti-cancer immune response after initiation of a…

Nystagmus during vertigo attacks in patients with Meniere disease can be video-recorded with a mobile phone and provide a helpful therapeutic aid, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Valéria Ionescu, from the…

A nasal vaccine for COVID-19—based on technology developed at Washington University in St. Louis—is poised to enter a phase 1 clinical trial in the U.S. after an investigational new drug application from Ocugen, Inc. was approved by the Food and…

Credit: Natalie Velez, Broad Communications Scientists from the Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Columbia University have discovered that about 5% of adult cancers rely heavily on a gene called PELO to survive…

I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions. Consider a typical case: A 6-month-old child has suffered a severe brain injury following…

Researchers are investigating the link between mindfulness and health, offering potential new options for the treatment and early detection of cancer. Meditation and mindfulness are not just a pastime for Maria Goreti Sales, a professor in the Department of Chemical…

Samples of lung cancer tumors in laboratory models, which were resistant to treatment, as shown by higher SLC1A5 staining (in green). Credit: Cancer Science Institute and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine One of the biggest challenges in cancer…

There are significant mental health disparities between sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations and cisgender heterosexual populations (non-SGM), according to a study published online Jan. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Junjie Anderson Lu, M.D., from Stanford University in California, and…

Credit: Juan Daniel Gutiérrez Rojas from Pexels Researchers from the University of Liverpool and the University of Antioquia, Colombia, have piloted a pioneering intervention for communities who have lived through the devastating impacts of a war that has lasted for…

Women who go through menopause later in life have healthier blood vessels for years to come than those who go through it earlier, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research. The study, published in the journal Circulation Research, offers…

Behavioral methods. (A) Experimental design. Subjects (n = 8) completed a loving-kindness meditation (LKM) paradigm consisting of 5 min of audio-guided instruction (baseline) and 10 min of audio-guided LKM. (B) Experimental setting. The experimental paradigm was administered in Mount Sinai…

Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery. Typically, an aneurysm occurs when a part of the wall of an artery (a type…

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Addressing patients’ health-related social needs such as housing instability, food insecurity, transportation barriers and financial strain is important to improving health outcomes, yet can be challenging. A recent study from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Indianapolis…