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Fruit flies illuminate the role of Alzheimer's disease risk genes

Scientists have identified hundreds of genes that may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the roles these genes play in the brain are poorly understood.

29 Oct 2025

AI-driven ECG improves detection of severe heart attacks

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze electrocardiograms (ECG) improved detection of severe heart attacks, including those that presented with unconventional symptoms, or atypical ECG patterns, and reduced false positives, according to a study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions and simultaneously presented at TCT 2025 in San Francisco.

29 Oct 2025

Treating patients at home with IV antibiotics could halve costs to the NHS

Treating patients at home with IV antibiotics, rather than in a clinical setting, could halve costs to the NHS and relieve pressure on hospital beds - according to a University of East Anglia study.

29 Oct 2025

So your insurance dropped your doctor. Now what?

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family's health care might soon be upended.

29 Oct 2025

Doctor tripped up by $64K bill for ankle surgery and hospital stay

Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to the closest hospital, Platte Valley Hospital.

29 Oct 2025

Novel AI ECG model outperforms standard triage for acute coronary occlusion

29 Oct 2025

Standardized criteria show sustained reduction in hospital stay

A new approach to hospital discharges at UCLA reduced the time patients spent waiting to leave the hospital by nearly 50% for four common diagnoses and improved length of hospital stay by 2.5 days, according to a new pilot study at UCLA Health. Researchers say the standardized system could also serve as a case study for U.S. hospitals facing insufficient bed capacity and slow patient throughput.

29 Oct 2025

Plant-based diets could curb climate change and infectious diseases, experts say

A new review in Open Forum Infectious Diseases links animal agriculture to climate change, antimicrobial resistance, and infectious disease spread. The authors urge healthcare providers to promote plant-based diets as a practical step to protect planetary and public health.

28 Oct 2025

Innovative approach to enhancing laser lithotripsy for kidney stones

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens.

28 Oct 2025

Emerging neuromodulation techniques for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder

In a peer-reviewed article published today in Brain Medicine, a European research team presents a focused review of emerging neuromodulation techniques for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

28 Oct 2025

Cutting balloon angioplasty proves noninferior to intravascular lithotripsy in treating calcified coronary lesions

Results from the first randomized controlled trial to directly compare the safety and efficacy of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty to intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) prior to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for the treatment of calcified coronary artery disease found CB to be noninferior to IVL.

28 Oct 2025

Mount Sinai receives $4.5 million grant to investigate neural mechanisms underlying bipolar disorder

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is pleased to announce it has received a three-year, $4.5 million grant from BD2: Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with Bipolar Disorder to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying bipolar disorder and pioneer novel neuromodulation-based treatment strategies.

28 Oct 2025

AI tool can help detect women at higher risk of developing interval breast cancers

In a study of more than 100,000 screening mammograms, researchers demonstrated the potential of an AI tool to help identify women at higher risk of developing interval breast cancers, breast cancer that is diagnosed between regular screening mammograms.

28 Oct 2025

BU researcher secures grant to investigate the link between nursing home architecture and health outcomes

Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, assistant professor of neurology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received a $270,418 grant from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation for her project "Investigating the Relationship between Nursing Home Architecture and Health Outcomes."

28 Oct 2025

Study finds clear link between osteomalacia and increased risk of complicated deliveries

A research team at Uppsala University has identified a clear link between osteomalacia – a form of bone softening commonly caused by vitamin D deficiency – and a fivefold increased risk of emergency cesarean sections or the need for vacuum-assisted delivery.

28 Oct 2025

$Reducing femoral fractures in total hip replacement with safer implant designs$

Hospital News and Research

Fruit flies illuminate the role of Alzheimer's disease risk genes

AI-driven ECG improves detection of severe heart attacks

Treating patients at home with IV antibiotics could halve costs to the NHS

So your insurance dropped your doctor. Now what?

Doctor tripped up by $64K bill for ankle surgery and hospital stay

Novel AI ECG model outperforms standard triage for acute coronary occlusion

Standardized criteria show sustained reduction in hospital stay

Plant-based diets could curb climate change and infectious diseases, experts say

Innovative approach to enhancing laser lithotripsy for kidney stones

Emerging neuromodulation techniques for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder

Cutting balloon angioplasty proves noninferior to intravascular lithotripsy in treating calcified coronary lesions

Mount Sinai receives $4.5 million grant to investigate neural mechanisms underlying bipolar disorder

AI tool can help detect women at higher risk of developing interval breast cancers

BU researcher secures grant to investigate the link between nursing home architecture and health outcomes

Study finds clear link between osteomalacia and increased risk of complicated deliveries

Reducing femoral fractures in total hip replacement with safer implant designs

Liver cirrhosis found to be more common in low-income households

New drug can have a promising effect in cancer patients with active brain metastases

Electronic health record data reveals trends in cardiovascular diseases before and after COVID-19

An Arm and a Leg: A listener’s DIY project helps others deal with high medical bills

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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