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New immune system assessment tool could help guide critical care treatment

When a patient enters the emergency department in critical condition, doctors must quickly run through a crucial list of questions: Does the patient have an infection? If so, is it bacterial or viral? Do they require treatment? Can the patient recover at home safely or do they need to be hospitalized?

30 Sep 2025

Discovery of EUDAL reveals new mechanism behind chemotherapy resistance in oral cancer

Oral cancer is one of the most common head and neck cancers worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of new cases diagnosed every year. Despite advances in surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, survival rates remain poor.

30 Sep 2025

How to pick the right cosmetic surgeon

The debate over which doctors are best qualified to perform cosmetic surgery — and who gets the best results for patients — has raged for decades.

30 Sep 2025

Health care’s employment growth clouded by immigration crackdown, Medicaid cuts

The health care sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation's employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts pose a threat to future job growth.

30 Sep 2025

Doctors with troubled pasts are performing cosmetic surgeries tied to crippling pain and injury

Not long after California surgeon Andrew S. Hsu landed a job with a cosmetic surgery chain in Georgia, several of his patients suffered disfiguring injuries, and even his new employer had doubts about his competence, court records allege.

30 Sep 2025

Proton therapy offers no significant QOL advantage over photon therapy for breast cancer

The first randomized trial to compare photon- and proton-based radiation therapy for breast cancer finds that patients report equally strong health-related quality of life with either treatment. Patients who received proton therapy were more likely to say they would recommend or choose it again, but overall patient-reported outcomes were similar.

30 Sep 2025

Exploring the association between early childhood eating patterns and adolescent symptoms

Girls who overeat regularly in the preschool years are more likely to experience anxiety, impulsivity and hyperactivity in adolescence, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Research Centre.

30 Sep 2025

Radiation therapy shows promise as safer alternative for severe heart rhythm disorder

Radiation therapy may offer a comparable and potentially safer alternative to repeat catheter ablation for patients with severe abnormal heart rhythms that can no longer be controlled with medication.

29 Sep 2025

Second-hand smoke causes major health burden for children worldwide

Children lose 8.45 million days of healthy life each year globally due to second hand smoke, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

29 Sep 2025

Five-session SBRT reduces side effects in intermediate-risk prostate cancer

For patients with intermediate-risk, localized prostate cancer, radiation therapy delivered in five sessions reduced patient-reported side effects compared to longer courses of radiation, according to results of a large, randomized phase III trial.

29 Sep 2025

Post-operative radiation therapy reduces pelvic relapse in high-risk bladder cancer

Radiation therapy could be an underused tool to reduce pelvic relapse risk for patients with locally advanced, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to results of a new phase III randomized trial.

29 Sep 2025

Proton therapy and IMRT show similar outcomes in head and neck cancer trial

A new phase III clinical trial finds that intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton beam therapy resulted in similar quality-of-life outcomes and low rates of side effects for people with locally advanced oropharyngeal cancer.

29 Sep 2025

Genetic variant linked to liver injury after chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients

A new international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified a genetic factor that may explain why some patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver experience more severe liver damage after chemotherapy.

29 Sep 2025

Herd immunity from HPV vaccine provides protection even for unvaccinated women

A large, long-term study led by an Albert Einstein College of Medicine researcher has found that the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in community settings is highly effective in protecting young women from infections caused by the cervical-cancer-causing virus-including women who didn't even receive the vaccine.

29 Sep 2025

Remote motivational counseling and mobile-based support help parents use safer car seats

Parents improved use of appropriate child car seats after remote motivational counseling and mobile-based support, according to the results from a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.

29 Sep 2025

Breakthrough discovery reveals HIV’s survival strategy in human cells

For over three decades, HIV has played an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with researchers, making treating-and possibly even curing-the disease a seemingly insurmountable obstacle to achieve.

29 Sep 2025

Singing helps patients with COPD and interstitial lung disease

Singing can improve the quality of life of people with lung disease and help reduce their symptoms, according to a gold-standard randomzed-controlled trial presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

29 Sep 2025

How maternal microbes shape babies’ gut health and disease risk

Early microbial exposures from maternal microbes, milk components, and the environment shape infant gut development and long-term disease risk. The review highlights mechanisms, preventive levers, and research gaps in supporting healthy microbiome inheritance across generations.

29 Sep 2025

New ACC Scientific Statement highlights inflammation in cardiovascular disease

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) released today its second Scientific Statement, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD).

29 Sep 2025

Cornell launches new initiative to uncover how menopause shapes health and disease

Two centuries ago, few women lived long enough to reach menopause. Today, it marks a major inflection point in women's health, yet remains poorly understood. Cornell researchers aim to change that.

29 Sep 2025

Education News and Research

New immune system assessment tool could help guide critical care treatment

Discovery of EUDAL reveals new mechanism behind chemotherapy resistance in oral cancer

How to pick the right cosmetic surgeon

Health care’s employment growth clouded by immigration crackdown, Medicaid cuts

Doctors with troubled pasts are performing cosmetic surgeries tied to crippling pain and injury

Proton therapy offers no significant QOL advantage over photon therapy for breast cancer

Exploring the association between early childhood eating patterns and adolescent symptoms

Radiation therapy shows promise as safer alternative for severe heart rhythm disorder

Second-hand smoke causes major health burden for children worldwide

Five-session SBRT reduces side effects in intermediate-risk prostate cancer

Post-operative radiation therapy reduces pelvic relapse in high-risk bladder cancer

Proton therapy and IMRT show similar outcomes in head and neck cancer trial

Genetic variant linked to liver injury after chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients

Herd immunity from HPV vaccine provides protection even for unvaccinated women

Remote motivational counseling and mobile-based support help parents use safer car seats

Breakthrough discovery reveals HIV’s survival strategy in human cells

Singing helps patients with COPD and interstitial lung disease

How maternal microbes shape babies’ gut health and disease risk

New ACC Scientific Statement highlights inflammation in cardiovascular disease

Cornell launches new initiative to uncover how menopause shapes health and disease

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