Advance directives document patient preferences for future care, including end-of-life. An analysis in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that older patients with an advance directive that had been uploaded to the electronic health record at least…

New research by Dr. Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli and a team of researchers challenged the “Adult Gaze,” arguing that children’s expertise on war and peace is being ignored by a system that only views them as future leaders rather than current…

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Youth in military families need support from parents and peers to maintain a healthy mental well-being, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. Researchers found these relationships are connected to adolescents’ abilities…

A study has found that adolescents who were aware of their state’s minor consent laws were more likely to seek and receive testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, suggesting that teens’ accurate knowledge of their legal capacity to…

Pancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer Institute A dual-threshold model for measuring the pancreatic tumor marker serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) identified patients with pancreatic cancer who had high-risk disease despite…

A study led by Dr. Jason Pitt, Principal Investigator at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore), has identified eight new “signatures” of DNA patterns (gains and/or losses) in breast cancer. By analyzing nearly 2,800 genomes, the team systematically…

A group of pediatric eye disease researchers has launched an open-access tool designed to help manage pediatric cases of amblyopia, a condition in which the brain fails to properly develop normal vision in one or both eyes early in life.…

A new Expert Consensus Decision Pathway by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) provides recommended strategies for improving postpartum care for individuals with and at risk for short- and long-term cardiovascular disease (CVD). The clinical document guides postpartum maternal cardiovascular…

Credit: Tim Samuel from Pexels Research from Oregon Health & Science University sheds new light on the unintended consequences of the overturn of Roe v. Wade: worse medical care for miscarriages. Miscarriage—or the spontaneous, unexpected loss of a pregnancy before…

The number of abortions in the U.S. rose by 21% between 2020 and 2025—despite the fact that 20 states have passed laws banning or severely restricting abortion care, overturning the constitutional right to abortion. The increase is largely due to…

Special grooved trays developed at Cincinnati Children’s were a key part of a novel process to produce larger, faster-growing gut organoids for use in medical research and potential human tissue repair. Credit: Cincinnati Children’s Thanks to special 3D-printed scaffolding trays…

Researchers published a story on how 3D-printed anatomical models are being used to improve surgical outcomes. Authored by ICU nurse and health writer Jenna Congdon, BSN, RN, “Printing Personalized Medicine: 3D Models Bring Better Surgical Outcomes” reports how ENT surgeon…

Team’s study introduces a new way to fabricate 3D stacks of silicon transistors. Credit: Bao Lam et al. By stacking transistors on top of one another, rather than laying them side by side on a flat chip, many electronic engineers…

Three?dimensional images of entire human pancreases in which the islets of Langerhans are stained for insulin (red). Despite the marked difference between the pancreas from the non?diabetic and the type 1 diabetic donor, the latter still contained hundreds of thousands…

A mother and her child providing consent to participate in the Malarial Impact on Neurobehavioral Development (MIND) study. Credit: Chandy John, IU School of Medicine Severe childhood malaria is linked to long-term cognitive impairment, according to a new study from…

Researchers analyzing data from the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program have found that a patient’s step count following surgery is a powerful, objective predictor of recovery, outperforming other metrics such as heart rate variability and self-reported…

New research from the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences and Sun Yat-sen University identifies six key lifestyle and physical markers that can predict mobility decline years before it starts. Credit: Authors: Alberto Conde Freniche, Wei Hu, Mo Chen, Dantong Wang,…

Credit: Los Muertos Crew from Pexels Having a biological age older than chronological age is associated with a greater likelihood of developing dementia, a new study has shown. By combining measures of biological aging and genetic risk, researchers have identified…

A molecular catalyst (multicolored ball-and-stick model) and silicon nanocrystal (sphere made up of gold balls) form hybrid states (green and blue mixture linked to the silicon nanocrystal). These enable high-energy charges to persist for an exceptionally long time (blue radiant…

A new study suggests that breast implant complications are often not just mechanical events, but may be linked to slow biological changes in the surrounding (peri-implant) tissue over time. Researchers have found that microbial contamination and peri-implant inflammation are associated…

Prof. Gurit Birnbaum, a sexuality researcher at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology at Reichman University. Credit: Gilad Kavalerchik New research led by Prof. Gurit Birnbaum, a researcher of sexuality in close relationships at Reichman University’s Baruch Ivcher School of…

Pseudo-nitzschia are a common component of the phytoplankton community along Europe’s Atlantic coast and the North Sea, and a number of species produce the toxins responsible for amnesic shellfish poisoning. Credit: Plymouth Marine Laboratory Researchers in the UK have shown…

Forming social connections online and via social media reduces how much people engage with and learn from the content posted but significantly boosts their networking performance, according to new research. The study, published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, led…

  Sexual arousal can lead to “tunnel vision” that makes it more difficult to recognize when someone is just not that into you, according to new research in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. How arousal clouds early interactions Previous studies…

Drawing on electronic health records from nearly 20 million patients with severe obesity, researchers from University of California San Diego find that GLP-1 prescriptions have grown exponentially—from less than 4,600 prescriptions in 2018 to more than 1.4 million in 2025—according…

Thanks to improved treatments, many people with asthma live good lives. However, for a smaller group—those with severe asthma—the picture is different. A new study within the Nordic research collaboration NORDSTAR, based on data from more than 11,000 patients, shows…

Treatment with semaglutide significantly improves measures of motivation in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), according to a study published April 29 in JAMA Psychiatry. Hartej Gill, Ph.D., from University of Toronto, and colleagues assessed the effects of semaglutide, on…

A weekly dose of semaglutide (2.4 mg) leads to a clinically significant reduction in body mass index (BMI) and related health outcomes in young adults with severe obesity who are treatment resistant following hospital-based non-pharmacological obesity care during childhood, according…

First-time seizures are associated with an elevated risk for cancer, which is most pronounced in the short term, according to a study published online April 27 in JAMA Neurology. Andreas Lund Pedersen, from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital in…

An interim analysis published in Eurosurveillance estimates that the COVID-19 vaccine for the 2025/26 season reduced the risk of illness in Canada by about half at about 9 weeks after vaccination, offering protection beyond the vaccine’s target strain. Seasonal COVID-19…

Characterization of root structure in the tunicate (top), electron microscope image of root cells containing adhesive granules and schematic illustration of nanocondensate adhesive delivery system (bottom). Credit: POSTECH How do sea squirts stay attached to rocks amid crashing waves and…

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels Screens are everywhere in children’s lives. They use them at school and at home. They see screens used by their parents as they work on laptops, use phones to arrange playdates or look up outings…

A randomized controlled trial of adults in Norway found that a single screening sigmoidoscopy led to a sustained reduction in colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence for more than two decades after screening, with women seeing a more modest risk reduction than…

Infographic: Screening 500 men may prevent one death from prostate cancer. Credit: Peter Homer, Creative Content Producer at Cochrane Blood tests to detect potential signs of prostate cancer likely reduce the risk of dying from prostate cancer, an updated review…

Credit: www.kaboompics.com/Pexels A new Western University study that set out to assess screen time and the relationship to self-regulation in a real-world sample of children revealed those 4 to 16 years old are far exceeding recommended daily guidelines. Participants in…

Microscopic images showing the morphology of Myxidium grauri, a newly identified parasite in the gallbladder of the Jordan himri (Carasobarbus canis) from the Sea of Galilee. A. Fresh spores. B. Giemsa-stained spores. Scale bar= 10 µm. Credit: Aditya Gupta When…

How immune cells drive liver scarring: Various liver cell types interact to drive fibrosis during chronic liver disease. Kupffer cells (KC1) undergo phenotypic changes, transitioning to an activated state (KC2), accompanied by the accumulation of monocyte-derived macrophages. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan…

The York team used neuroimaging to monitor Jenny’s brain activity while she watched clips of the television series “Game of Thrones.” Credit: University of York Imagine walking down the high street and feeling a powerful spark of recognition for almost…

NTU Assoc Prof Annalisa Bruno seeing through the ultrathin perovskite solar cell which is just 10 nanometers. Credit: Nanyang Technological University Imagine a car whose windows and sunroof can help top up its battery while parked under the sun, or…

Credit: Anna Tarazevich from Pexels Thousands of Americans develop chronic persistent symptoms—such as fatigue, cognitive difficulties (“brain fog”), and other debilitating issues—each year following acute infections from Lyme disease, COVID-19, and other pathogens. Efforts to identify causes and produce treatments…