Today's Healthcare News
April 15, 2025
Top Headlines
Apr. 14, 2025 — CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs. The danger is greatest for infants, followed by children and ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — Researchers discover that inflammation and aging contribute to non-viral liver cancer development: Green tea's role in reversing some of the pathway dysregulation that may contribute to the cancer development and other therapies are ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — People with a certain heart valve abnormality are at increased risk of severe heart rhythm disorders, even after successful valve surgery. The condition is more common in women and younger patients with valve disorder and can, in the worst case, ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — Researchers have developed an AI tool that creates synthetic yet medically accurate models of fibrotic heart tissue (heart scarring), aiding treatment planning for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. The study could lead to more personalized care for ...
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Apr. 10, 2025 — Assertiveness -- a communication style that involves frank self-expression while respecting others -- is considered a teachable skill and has been ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Research has shed light on how a new type of antibody treatment reactivates patients' immune cells to fight ovarian ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — A groundbreaking open-source computer program uses artificial intelligence to analyze videos of patients with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. The tool, called VisionMD, helps ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — The powerful potential of nano technologies and AI to detect oral cancer earlier and more accurately have been revealed by a new ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — Millions of U.S. children have asthma and benefit from taking anti-inflammatory medications at least once a day as prescribed by their health care provider. This school-based asthma therapy program ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — Healthy sleep includes multiple components, such as number of hours of sleep per night, how long it takes to fall asleep, daytime functioning and ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all, new research ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A new analysis finds a significant uptick in the number of people dying at home due to ischemic stroke compared to inpatient medical facilities, and when not at home, individuals in rural communities ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — A new, error-corrected method for detecting cancer from blood samples is much more sensitive and accurate than prior methods and may be useful for monitoring disease status in patients following ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A study has demonstrated the effectiveness of a technology-assisted intervention for perinatal ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 9, 2025 — FDA has cleared an investigational new drug (IND) application to study switchable chimeric antigen receptor T cell (sCAR-T) therapy (CLBR001 + SWI019) in patients with autoimmune conditions. Patient ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers have explored the evolution of the genetic change that causes chronic myeloid leukaemia and show its ability to drive the ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Over the last two decades, ischemic stroke mortality rates in the U.S. have grown, with almost 3 in 10 deaths occurring at home, and increases particularly among racial minorities and rural ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers have identified nearly 300 genetic disorders that can be treated before or immediately after a baby is born. This 'treatable fetal findings list' could improve the diagnosis of ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its role in the brain was unknown until now. Researchers ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Rsearchers have developed the first wearable device for measuring gases emitted from and absorbed by the skin. By analyzing these gases, the device offers an entirely new way to assess skin health, ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Scientists have developed a new method for identifying and classifying pancreatic cancer cell subtypes based on sugars found on the outside of cancer cells. These sugars, called glycans, help cells ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a way to get anti-inflammatory medicine across the blood-brain barrier, opening the door to potential new therapies for a range of conditions, including Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Two undergraduate medicine students have led a major study examining how cardioprotective glucose-lowering therapies -- medications that lower blood sugar and reduce the risk of heart disease in ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Researchers have developed a handheld device that could potentially replace stethoscopes as a tool for detecting certain types of heart ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — Numerous studies have shown that working the night shift is associated with serious health risks, including to the heart. However, a new study suggests that eating only during the daytime could help ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A comprehensive study of the long-term health impacts of flooding -- via analysis of over 300 million hospitalizations records in eight countries prone to flooding events -- has found an increased ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, according to new estimates. Previous estimates had put this risk closer to ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Eight weeks of mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with improved pain, physical function and quality of life and reduced daily opioid dose in adults with chronic low back pain ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence-based method to more accurately detect antibiotic resistance in deadly bacteria such as tuberculosis and staph. The breakthrough could lead to ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A study found that a significant proportion of Parkinson's disease diagnoses are later corrected. Up to one in six diagnoses changed after ten years of follow-up, and the majority of new ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can help interpret and assess how well treatments are working for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly integrates into health care, a new study reveals that all generative AI models may recommend different treatments for the same medical condition based solely ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- FDA Clears IND for Clinical Trial Testing Switchable CAR-T Therapy in Patients With Autoimmune Diseases, Without Chemotherapy
- Rapid Growth of Blood Cancer Driven by a Single Genetic 'hit'
- A New Smartphone-Sized Device Can Test for Tuberculosis: Here's Why That Matters for Children
- Stroke Deaths and Their Racial Disparities Increased Over Last 20 Years
- Researchers Identify Growing List of Genetic Disorders Treatable Before or Immediately After Birth
- Potential Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutic Target Identified in Brain Immune Cells
- Your Skin Is Breathing: New Wearable Device Can Measure It
- 'Sugar' Signatures Help Identify and Classify Pancreatic Cancer Cell Subtypes
- Novel Drug Delivery Platform Paves Way to Potential New Treatments for Alzheimer's, Other Brain-Related Disorders
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Students Lead Breakthrough Study on Diabetes Drugs and Dementia Risk
- Handheld Device Could Transform Heart Disease Screening
- Eating Only During the Daytime Could Protect People from Heart Risks of Shift Work
- Long-Term Health Impacts of Flooding Revealed
Monday, April 7, 2025
- One in 3,000 People at Risk of Punctured Lung from Faulty Gene -- Almost 100 Times Higher Than Previous Estimate
- Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improve Chronic Low Back Pain
- Researchers Use AI to Improve Diagnosis of Drug-Resistant Infections
- Childhood Experiences Shape the Brain's White Matter With Cognitive Effects Seen Years Later
- Diagnostic Uncertainty in Parkinson's Disease: Study Calls for Improved Diagnostic Processes
- AI Tool Can Track Effectiveness of Multiple Sclerosis Treatments
- Is AI in Medicine Playing Fair?
- Researchers Discover Way to Predict Treatment Success for Parasitic Skin Disease
- Home Care Cooperatives May Be Key to Addressing the Critical Shortage of Caregivers for the Elderly
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Signs Identified That Precede Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome in Young People
- Molecular Stool Test Could Improve Detection of Tuberculosis in Adults With HIV
- Artificial Intelligence Has Potential to Aid Physician Decisions During Virtual Urgent Care
- Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Linked With Worsening Mental Health Conditions
- Research Uncovers Hidden Spread of One of the Most Common Hospital-Associated Infections
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Touchlessly Moving Cells: Biotech Automation and an Acoustically Levitating Diamond
- Global Study Establishes Long-Term Risk of Stroke
- Estrogen and Progesterone Stimulate the Body to Make Opioids
- Antibiotic Resistance Among Key Bacterial Species Plateaus Over Time
- Surgery Doesn't Always Help With Chronic Rhinosinusitis -- A New Risk Score Predicts Treatment Efficacy
- Western Diet Causes Inflammation, Traditional African Food Protects
- Cognitive Decline Comes Sooner for People With Heart Failure
- 17 Modifiable Risk Factors Shared by Stroke, Dementia, and Late-Life Depression
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Novel Point-of-Care Technology Delivers Accurate HIV Results in Minutes
- Medicinal Cannabis Is Linked to Long-Term Benefits in Health-Related Quality of Life, Study Finds
- Guideline on Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis Calls for Changes in Practice
- Multi-Resistance in Bacteria Predicted by AI Model
- Nurses and AI Collaborate to Save Lives, Reduce Hospital Stays
- New Antibiotic for Multidrug Resistant Superbug
- World's Smallest Pacemaker Is Activated by Light
- Rates of Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Nearly Four-Fold Higher Than Lung Cancer Screening Among Those Eligible
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Researchers Develop Test Using Machine Learning to Help Predict Immunotherapy Response in Lymphoma Patients
- Researchers Develop New Way to Match Young Cancer Patients With the Right Drugs
- New Options for Controlling Type 2 Diabetes
Monday, March 31, 2025
- New Flexible Hydrogel Could Improve Drug Delivery for Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Treatment
- Clinical Trial Unearths Hidden Hypertension With Automated Searches of Health Records
- Patient Navigators Improve Colonoscopy Rates After Abnormal Stool Tests, Study Shows
- My Robot Therapist: The Ethics of AI Mental Health Chatbots for Kids
- New AI Models Possible Game-Changers Within Protein Science and Healthcare
- Change in Oxygen Standards for Trauma Patients?
Friday, March 28, 2025
- Researchers Identify Mutations That Can Lead to Resistance to Some Chemotherapies
- Researchers Develop New DNA Test for Personalized Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis
- AI Meets Oncology: New Model Personalizes Bladder Cancer Treatment
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Compelling Data Point to a Single, Unknown Respiratory Virus as Cause of Kawasaki Disease
- Long COVID Patients Feel Pressure to Prove Their Illness Is Real, Study Finds
- Hypertension Causes Kidney Changes at an Early Stage
- Research Highlights Urgent Need for National Strategy to Combat Rising Eating Disorders
- AI Is as Good as Pathologists at Diagnosing Celiac Disease, Study Finds
- Terahertz Imaging: Breakthrough in Non-Invasive Cochlear Visualization
- Digital PCR Can Reliably Determine If Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients in Remission Can Successfully Discontinue Drug Treatment
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Early Signs of Heart Problems Linked to Smaller Brain Volumes
- Mini Rolling Robot Takes Virtual Biopsies
- Adulting Is Hard on the Heart: Teen to Young Adulthood Is a Critical Time to Address Risk
- Smart Insoles That Could Change the Game for Sports and Health
- Repetitive Behaviors and Special Interests Are More Indicative of an Autism Diagnosis Than a Lack of Social Skills
- Highly Educated People Face Steeper Mental Declines After Stroke
- Movement Matters: Mobility Linked to Better Outcomes for Patients With Heart Failure
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Lupus-Related Antibody Shows Promise in Enhancing Cancer Treatment Efficacy
- AI Can Help Doctors Give Intravenous Nutrition to Preemies
- Exercise of Any Kind Boosts Brainpower at Any Age
Monday, March 24, 2025
- Study Confirms Accuracy of Blood Test for Early Alzheimer's Detection in Asian Populations
- Avoidable Deaths Are on the Rise in the United States, Yet Falling in Many Peer Nations
- At-Home Smell Test for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
- New Non-Surgical Contraceptive Implant Is Delivered Through Tiny Needles
- Fatty Liver Linked to Increased Risk of Death from Several Diseases
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Almost Half of Children With Complicated Appendicitis Can Recover from Surgery at Home
- AI-Powered Mammograms: A New Window Into Heart Health
- Engineer Develops New Security Protocol to Protect Miniaturized Wireless Medical Implants from Cyberthreats
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- AI Technology Improves Parkinson's Diagnoses
- New Study Challenges Assumptions About SEP-1 Bundle Compliance and Sepsis Outcomes
- Machine Learning Aids in Detection of 'brain Tsunamis'
- Classifying Childhood Brain Cancers by Immune Response May Improve Diagnostics and Treatments
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Vaccine May Improve Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes
- Low Doses of Antibiotic Work Just as Well as Higher Ones to Treat Rare Type of Chronic Hair Loss
- Innovative Infant Wearable Uses Artificial Intelligence for at-Home Assessments of Early Motor Development
- Lymph Node Transfer Reduces Arm Swelling After Breast Cancer Surgery
- New Artificial Intelligence Tool Accelerates Disease Treatments
- FDA-Approved Dialysis Drug May Help Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
- Study Confirms Safety and Efficacy of Higher-Dose-Per-Day Radiation for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer
- Continuous Glucose Monitors Can Optimize Diabetic Ketoacidosis Management
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Treating Chronic Inflammatory Diseases With JAK Inhibitors
- Psychological Prehabilitation Improves Surgical Recovery