Today's Healthcare News
April 14, 2025
Top Headlines
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 treatment, according to a new study. The method, based ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A study has demonstrated the effectiveness of a technology-assisted intervention for perinatal ...
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 ...
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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. 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 ...
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 ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilize over time, according to a new ...
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 ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Patients prescribed medicinal cannabis in Australia maintained improvements in overall health-related quality of life (HRQL), fatigue, and sleep ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Earlier Headlines
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. 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 — 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 ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Findings from a new study could help doctors select more effective treatments earlier for patients suffering from leishmaniasis, a disfiguring skin ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans. Participants in cooperatives experienced more respect, control, job support, and compensation ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — A retrospective observational study found that 22% of cases of sudden cardiac death were due to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). Syncope, seizure-like episodes and changes in ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — The Xpert MTB/Ultra molecular diagnostic test for stool samples, until now recommended only for children, could be established as an additional test for diagnosing tuberculosis in adults living with ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Do physicians or artificial intelligence (AI) offer better treatment recommendations for patients examined through a virtual urgent care setting? A new study shows physicians and AI models have ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke was associated with increased visits to emergency departments (ED) for mental health conditions, according to a new ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — C. difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections. Research has found that C. diff spreads more than three times more than previously thought. C. diff can ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Engineers have created new technology that can move cells without touching them, enabling critical tasks that currently require large pieces of lab equipment to be carried out on a benchtop ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A global study establishes long-term risk of stroke. Findings shows one in five people who experience a minor stroke or TIA will have another stroke within 10 ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Friday, March 14, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Mother's High-Fat Diet Can Cause Liver Stress in Fetus
- Scientists Solve Decades-Long Parkinson's Mystery
- Re-Purposed FDA-Approved Drug Could Help Treat High-Grade Glioma
- Focus on the Gut-Liver Axis: Semisynthetic Bile Acid Has Anti-Inflammatory Effects on the Gut
- Nature Relieves Physical Pain: Pain-Related Signals in the Brain Are Reduced
- Intervention Boosts Brain Infection Diagnosis and Care
- Researchers Invent New Method for Developing Accurate Sensors for Continuous Health Monitoring
- Thinking Outside the Box: Uncovering a Novel Approach to Brainwave Monitoring
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Do Brain Changes Remain After Recovery from Concussion?
- Cannabis Terpenes Offer Potential New Way to Treat Fibromyalgia Pain
- Robotics and Spinal Stimulation Restore Movement in Paralysis
- Assessing Pain, Anxiety and Other Symptoms of Nursing Home Residents Unable to Speak for Themselves
- Food Insecurity Today, Heart Disease Tomorrow?
- Meningococcal Vaccine Found to Be Safe and Effective for Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa, Study Suggests
- Routine Asthma Test More Reliable in the Morning and Has Seasonal Effects, Say Doctors