Today's Healthcare News
June 21, 2025
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June 20, 2025 — A common diabetes drug may be the next big thing for migraine relief. In a clinical study, obese patients with chronic migraines who took liraglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, experienced over 50% fewer headache days and significantly improved ...
June 18, 2025 — A new nanotechnology breakthrough may soon eliminate the need for painful biopsies. Scientists have developed a patch filled with nanoneedles thinner than a human hair that can painlessly extract ...
June 17, 2025 — Coffee might be doing more than fueling your morning routine it could be extending your life. A large-scale study by Tufts University suggests that drinking one to three cups of caffeinated coffee daily is associated with lower overall mortality, ...
June 13, 2025 — A protective sugar coating on brain blood vessels, once thought to be insignificant, turns out to play a vital role in preventing cognitive decline. Restoring this layer reversed damage and memory ...
June 10, 2025 — Acetaminophen may be doing more than just dulling pain in your brain it could be stopping it before it even starts. Scientists at Hebrew University have discovered that a metabolite of the drug, AM404, blocks pain signals right at their source by ...
June 9, 2025 — A breakthrough study from Keck Medicine of USC may have found a powerful new triple therapy for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. By combining Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), which ...
June 9, 2025 — Teens are diving into intense skincare routines inspired by TikTok, often slathering on six or more products daily, sometimes over ten in just minutes, chasing beauty ideals that favor lighter, flawless skin. But new research warns this digital ...
June 9, 2025 — A new Rutgers Health study reveals a surprising twist in the antibiotic resistance story: instead of simply killing bacteria, drugs like ciprofloxacin can actually trigger a kind of microbial survival mode. By crashing the bacteria's energy levels, ...
June 9, 2025 — A revolutionary STI test developed by UK-based Linear Diagnostics is on track to dramatically reduce the time it takes to detect infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia. Built on ultra-fast EXPAR DNA amplification technology, the platform can ...
June 8, 2025 — Genetic research in Sweden has unveiled three new gene variants that dramatically increase the risk of venous blood clots, sometimes by up to 180%. These discoveries build on existing knowledge of Factor V Leiden and suggest that genetics plays a ...
June 6, 2025 — A diabetes drug may soon double as a treatment for liver disease. Dapagliflozin, an SGLT-2 inhibitor typically used for type 2 diabetes, significantly improved liver inflammation and scarring in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated ...
June 3, 2025 — A trial of an interactive game that trains people to alter their brain waves has shown promise as a treatment for nerve pain -- offering hope for a new generation of drug-free ...
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June 9, 2025 — A rare genetic disorder called Werner syndrome causes premature aging and devastating health complications from an early age, yet treatment options have been lacking. New hope emerges from Chiba ...
June 3, 2025 — Researchers have synthesized a new compound called infuzide that shows activity against resistant strains of ...
June 3, 2025 — Scientists have discovered how pancreatic cancer cells thrive in the lungs or liver, environments that are as distinct to cells as the ocean and desert are to animals. The spread of cancer cells to ...
June 3, 2025 — Researchers asked patients, some of whom had experienced lower back pain for up to 40 years, if being in nature helped them coped better with their ...
June 2, 2025 — Scientists in Australia have developed a smart, bacteria-repelling coating based on resilin the ultra-elastic protein that gives fleas their legendary jumping power. When applied to surfaces like ...
June 2, 2025 — Chronic inflammatory bowel disease is challenging to treat and carries a risk of complications, including the development of bowel cancer. Young people are particularly affected: when genetic ...
May 30, 2025 — Current regulations for nanomedicines overlook the effects of the different forms of the same element, such as ions, nanoparticles, and aggregates. In a recent study, researchers developed a new ...
May 30, 2025 — Researchers have identified C5aR1 as a novel biomarker for metastasis risk and poor prognosis in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), the most common type of metastatic skin ...
May 30, 2025 — Scientists have found that genetics and type of cancer treatment contribute most to a survivor's risk of a second ...
May 30, 2025 — The liver has a unique structure, especially at the level of individual cells. Hepatocytes, the main liver cells, release bile into tiny channels called bile canaliculi, which drain into the bile ...
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May 29, 2025 — Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric ...
May 29, 2025 — New techniques used to analyze soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries. Researchers have analyzed dinosaur fossils using advanced paleoproteomic techniques, a ...
May 29, 2025 — Researchers compared their long-standing diagnostic decision support systems AI tool, DXplain, with modern large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini, finding DXplain performed slightly better. ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have released the full dataset from the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study, a decade-long project designed to track brain and cognitive health as people age and distinguish neurologically ...
May 28, 2025 — Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good news for when it comes to controlling schistosomiasis, a disease caused by ...
May 28, 2025 — Results from a clinical trial show that giving people with high blood pressure an injection every six months can lead to a meaningful, sustained reduction in their blood ...
May 28, 2025 — A new device that monitors the waste-removal system of the brain may help to prevent Alzheimer s and other neurological diseases, according to a new study. In the study, participants were asleep when ...
May 27, 2025 — Miniature organs on a chip could allow us to do scientific studies with great precision, without having to resort to animal testing. The main problem, however, is that artificial tissue needs blood ...
May 27, 2025 — A newly refined method for measuring the Pace of Aging in population-based studies provides a powerful tool for predicting risks associated with aging, including chronic illness, cognitive ...
May 27, 2025 — Scientists have discovered cells in the skin of Atlantic salmon that offer new insights into how wounds heal, tissues regenerate, and cellular transitions support long-term skin ...
May 22, 2025 — Proteins catalyze life by changing shape when they interact with other molecules. The result is a muscle twitching, the perception of light, or a bit of energy extracted from food. The ability to ...
May 22, 2025 — New studies reveal that both the public and healthcare providers often overlook social connection as a key factor in physical health, even though loneliness rivals smoking and obesity in health ...
May 22, 2025 — Doctors can better communicate health numbers and statistical risks to their patients. Decision psychology experts give five strategies for effective patient-physician communication on quantitative ...
May 22, 2025 — Worldwide, more than 55 million people suffer from dementia caused by Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and other conditions that destroy cells in the brain and nervous system. While there is no ...
May 21, 2025 — An artificial intelligence technique for detecting DNA fragments shed by tumors and circulating in a patient's blood could help clinicians more quickly identify and determine if pancreatic ...
May 21, 2025 — New research shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the pulp, first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient ...
May 21, 2025 — Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems ...
May 21, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries. Individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve in the neck ...
May 20, 2025 — Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours.The team ...
May 20, 2025 — Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up ...
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Sustained in the Brain: How Lasting Emotions Arise from Brief Stimuli, in Humans and Mice
- Dinosaurs Could Hold Key to Cancer Discoveries
- Traditional Diagnostic Decision Support Systems Outperform Generative AI for Diagnosing Disease
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Sharing of Lifespan Brain Study Data Expected to Light New Paths
- Genetic Deep Dive Dispels Fear of Hybrid Worm Threat
- New Injection Could Help Millions With High Blood Pressure
- Scientists Test Real-Time View of Brain's Waste Removal
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- A Chip With Natural Blood Vessels
- New Pace of Aging Measurement Reveals Trajectories of Healthspan and Lifespan in Older People
- Discovery Offers New Insights Into Skin Healing in Salmon
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- An Artificial Protein That Moves Like Something Found in Nature
- Social Connection Is Still Underappreciated as a Medically Relevant Health Factor
- When Doctors Skip the Numbers, Patients May Misjudge the Health Risks
- Potential New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease, Other Neurodegenerative Conditions
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- 'Fast-Fail' AI Blood Test Could Steer Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Away from Ineffective Therapies
- Toothache from Eating Something Cold? Blame These Ancient Fish
- Scientists Design Gene Delivery Systems for Cells in the Brain and Spinal Cord
- Clinical Trial Shows Improvements for Spinal Cord Injuries
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- New Genetic Test Can Diagnose Brain Tumors in as Little as Two Hours
- How Serious Is Your Brain Injury? New Criteria Will Reveal More
- New Research on ALS Opens Up for Early Treatment
- MRI Can Replace Painful Spinal Tap to Diagnose MS More Quickly, According to a New Study
- Why Some Viral Infections Appear to Trigger Autoimmune Disease
- Depression Linked to Physical Pain Years Later
- Controlling These 8 Risk Factors May Eliminate Early Death Risk for Those With High Blood Pressure
Monday, May 19, 2025
- After Cardiac Event, People Who Regularly Sit for Too Long Had Higher Risk of Another Event
- Gut Bacteria and Acetate, a Great Combination for Weight Loss
- Experimental Painkiller Could Outsmart Opioids -- Without the High
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Scientists Discover Key Gene Impacts Liver Energy Storage, Affecting Metabolic Disease Risk
- Relieve Your Pain With a Psychologist or an App
- How Antibiotic Resistance to Fusidic Acid Works
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Two HIV Vaccine Trials Show Proof of Concept for Pathway to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
- Seeing Blood Clots Before They Strike
- People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care
- Patients With Glioblastoma Who Received Gabapentin Lived Longer, Study Suggests
- Focused Ultrasound Halts Growth of Debilitating Brain Lesions
- Shorter Radiation Therapy After Prostate Surgery Safe, Study Finds
- 'Rogue' Immune Cells Explain Why a Gluten-Free Diet Fails in Some Celiac Patients
- Infant With Rare, Incurable Disease Is First to Successfully Receive Personalized Gene Therapy Treatment
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Drinking Water, Select Foods Linked to PFAS in California Adults
- Vision Loss, Damage Could Be Tied to Eye Pressure, Study Finds
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
- MRI Scans Could Help Detect Life-Threatening Heart Disease
- A Step Forward in Treating Serious Genetic Disorders Prenatally
- Combining Laboratory Techniques Yields Wealth of Information About Deadly Brain Tumors
- Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Death
- The Risk of Death or Complications from Broken Heart Syndrome Was High from 2016 to 2020
- Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies' Milk Intake in Real Time
- New Hope Against Superbugs: Promising Antibiotic Candidate Discovered
- Making Connections: A Three-Dimensional Visualization of Musculoskeletal Development
- New Study Reveals Our Skin's Own Bacteria Can Help Protect Us from the Bad Effects of Sunlight
- Research Shows How Hormone Can Reverse Fatty Liver Disease in Mice
- New Generation of Skin Substitutes Give Hope to Severe Burns Patients
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
- CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer Causes 'brain Fog,' Study Shows
- Drug to Slow Alzheimer's Well Tolerated Outside of Clinical Trial Setting
- ChatGPT Helps Pinpoint Precise Locations of Seizures in the Brain, Aiding Neurosurgeons
- Different Anesthetics, Same Result: Unconsciousness by Shifting Brainwave Phase
Friday, May 9, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- 3D Printing in Vivo Using Sound
- New Study Traces Sharp Regional Shifts in Ischemic Heart Disease Burden -- A Global Warning Signal
- Important Step Towards Improving Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Metastases
- Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Smallpox Vaccine for Preventing Mpox
- Discovering the Role of microRNA-27a in Tissue Regeneration and Bone Healing
- MRI Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Diagnosis of Common Heart Problem Aortic Stenosis
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Sleep Apnea During REM Sleep Linked to Memory-Related Brain Changes
- Groundbreaking Device Instantly Detects Dangerous Street Drugs, Offering Hope for Harm Reduction
- Discovery of Antibiotic Resistance in Newly Identified Bacterium
- New Algorithms Can Help GPs Predict Which of Their Patients Have Undiagnosed Cancer
- AI-Human Task-Sharing Could Cut Mammography Screening Costs by Up to 30%
- Smart Lactation Pads Can Monitor Safety of Breast Milk in Real Time
- Teens Driving Older Vehicles Have Increased Risk for Fatal Crashes
- AI Model Improves Delirium Prediction, Leading to Better Health Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients
- Researchers Restore Antibiotic Effect in the Event of Resistance
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Accelerating Drug Discovery With a Single Carbon Atom
- Breakthrough Discovery Uses Gut Bacteria and AI to Diagnose a Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Most People Say They Want to Know Their Risk for Alzheimer's Dementia, Fewer Follow Through
- New Chronic Pain Therapy Retrains the Brain to Process Emotions
- Research Advances on 'displacing' Antibiotic Resistance Gene from Bacteria
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Evidence Review Raises Concern About Cannabis Use in Pregnancy
- A Long and Ongoing Look at the Secrets of Human Longevity and Healthy Aging
- Topical Gel Relieved Ear Infections in Animals After Just One Dose
- Liver Cancer Survival Rates Reflect Income Disparities
- Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds
- Teens With Mental Health Conditions Use Social Media Differently Than Their Peers, Study Suggests
Friday, May 2, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Is your Heart Aging Too Fast?
- Exposure to Extreme Heat and Cold Temperature Is Leading to Additional Preventable Deaths, New 19-Year Study Suggests
- New Research Reveals How Physiology-Inspired Networks Could Improve Political Decision-Making
- Study of Facial Bacteria Could Lead to Probiotics That Promote Healthy Skin
- Designer Microbe Shows Promise for Reducing Mercury Absorption from Seafood
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Semaglutide Treats Liver Disease in Two Thirds of Patients
- In Two Decades Increasing Urban Vegetation Could Have Saved Over 1.1 Million Lives
- Mindfulness Therapy Reduces Opioid Craving and Addiction, Study Finds
- Machine Learning Brings New Insights to Cell's Role in Addiction, Relapse
- Breast Cancer Mortality in Women Ages 20-49 Significantly Dropped Between 2010 and 2020
- Broader Antibiotic Use Could Change the Course of Cholera Outbreaks, Research Suggests
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Heart Disease Deaths Worldwide Linked to Chemical Widely Used in Plastics
- New Machine Algorithm Could Identify Cardiovascular Risk at the Click of a Button