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More people with type 1 diabetes are living longer, but global inequalities still exist
The number of people aged 65 and older with type 1 diabetes increased from 1.3 million…
Robot radiotherapy could improve treatments for eye disease
Researchers from King’s College London, with doctors at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, have successfully…
Lab-grown ‘mini-guts’ could help in development of new and more personalized treatments for Crohn’s disease
Cambridge scientists have grown ‘mini-guts’ in the lab to help understand Crohn’s disease, showing that ‘switches’…
Novel analysis methods used for Huntington’s disease
The genetic disease Huntington’s not only affects nerve cells in the brain but also has widespread…
Only 1.6% of US doctors were Black in 1906—the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased
Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative…
Clinical trial shows 15-day Paxlovid regimen safe but adds no clear benefit for long COVID
In a clinical trial conducted by Stanford Medicine investigators and their colleagues, a 15-day course of…
Study shows ivonescimab improves progression-free survival in EGFR+ lung cancer
For patients with non-small cell lung cancer with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) variant, ivonescimab…
New home-administered treatment for binge eating disorder shows promising results
Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have investigated…
Women’s mental agility is better during menstruation, shows study
Participants reacted quicker and made fewer errors during menstruation, despite believing their performance would be worse,…
Facial thermal imaging and AI can accurately predict presence of coronary artery disease
A combination of facial thermal imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately predict the presence of…
Cancer patients often do better with less intensive treatment, new research finds
Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising…
Socioeconomic status can influence genetic risk for many complex diseases
Differences in socioeconomic status (SES) are known to be linked to differences in the risk of…
Molecular profiling found to improve diagnosis and survival for children with high risk cancers
Cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death in children in most developed countries, and at…
Tobacco firms invest billions in medical products: Call for journals to ban research by the firms, their subsidiaries
Tobacco-funded research is still appearing in highly-cited medical journals—despite attempts by some to cut ties altogether,…
Researchers take step toward development of universal COVID-19 antibodies
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, continues to evolve and evade current vaccine and therapeutic…
Neuroscientists use AI to simulate how the brain makes sense of the visual world
A research team at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute has made a major stride in using…
Research says pomegranates could offer a solution to fatty liver disease
Researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) are investigating the effects ellagic acid, an antioxidant found in…
As states loosen childhood vaccine requirements, public health experts’ worries grow
Louisiana Republican state Rep. Kathy Edmonston believes no one ought to be required to vaccinate their…
Louisiana votes to make abortion pills controlled substances
Louisiana has become the first state to pass a law that designates abortion pills as dangerous…
In experiments, mice get ill from raw milk carrying bird flu virus
Confirming the dangers of drinking raw cow’s milk when the H5N1 avian flu virus is circulating…
Over 750,000 antimicrobial resistance deaths preventable yearly via vaccines, water, sanitation and infection control
Speaking at the World Health Assembly, authors of a new Lancet Series call for urgent global…
Safety fears for England’s screening services if national oversight is lost
Plans to devolve responsibility for the quality of England’s 11 national screening services could result in…
Some teen girls clocking up close to 6 smartphone hours/day, Finnish study finds
Some teenage girls are clocking up close to 6 hours a day on their smartphones, with…
Why nightmares and ‘daymares’ could be early warning signs of autoimmune disease
An increase in nightmares and hallucinations—or ‘daymares’—could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases such as lupus,…
Hospitals caring for diverse patient populations found to have higher mechanical ventilation mortality
The odds of death for patients receiving mechanical ventilation for pneumonia or sepsis increase along with…
If I’m diagnosed with one cancer, am I likely to get another?
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is life-changing and can cause a range of concerns about ongoing health.
A long-term ketogenic diet accumulates aged cells in normal tissues, new study shows
A strict “keto-friendly” diet popular for weight loss and diabetes, depending on both the diet and…
Prostate cancer screening: Longer screening intervals are safe with low baseline prostate-specific antigen
Risk-adjusted screening strategies for prostate cancer should help to ensure that fewer men are tested unnecessarily…
Researchers develop innovative platform for modeling human muscle diseases in worms
Researchers from Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with Sheba Medical Center, have developed a novel platform to…