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Study reveals troubling gaps in accuracy, fairness of mental health screenings for incarcerated youth

Approximately 70% of incarcerated youth in the United States have a mental disorder. The challenges in this population are profound – about 30% report suicidal thoughts, 12% have attempted suicide and 25% experience solitary confinement, a condition strongly associated with increased suicide risk.

11 Aug 2025

Artificial intelligence predicts hospital admissions hours earlier in emergency departments

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help emergency department (ED) teams better anticipate which patients will need hospital admission, hours earlier than is currently possible, according to a multi-hospital study by the Mount Sinai Health System.

11 Aug 2025

New insights into how keto diet can restore cognitive function following status epilepticus

Epilepsy affects over 70 million people worldwide, and a significant portion of patients suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), where standard medications fail.

11 Aug 2025

New biomarker may be the first specific and quantifiable indicator for confirming long COVID

Researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, and the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center have identified a potential biomarker for long COVID.

11 Aug 2025

Inside the CDC, shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers whose jobs have been reinstated after dizzying Trump administration disruptions say they remain stuck in a budgetary, political, and professional limbo.

11 Aug 2025

Outdated antibiotic advice fuels resistance in low-income settings

The review analyzes antibiotic prescribing guidelines, revealing challenges in LMICs and the importance of WHO-backed strategies for effective AMR management.

11 Aug 2025

Study reveals an intergenerational link between parents' and their children's school commuting habits

If you used physically active modes of commuting to school, your children are likely to do the same. A study by the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, reveals an intergenerational link between parents' and their children's school commuting habits.

10 Aug 2025

New insights into how MYOD controls muscle repair and regeneration

For more than 30 years, scientists have studied how the myogenic determination gene number 1 (MYOD) protein binds DNA to modify the gene expression of muscle stem cells.

8 Aug 2025

Decoding macrophage immune responses with gene editing and machine learning

Fighting off pathogens is a tour de force that must happen with speed and precision. A team of researchers at CeMM and MedUni Vienna led by Christoph Bock and Matthias Farlik has investigated how macrophages-immune cells that are the body's first responders-master this challenge.

8 Aug 2025

New blood test offers breakthrough in myeloma diagnosis and monitoring

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM) and its precursor conditions.

8 Aug 2025

International commission calls for action against hepatocellular carcinoma

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer as well as the third highest cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide.

8 Aug 2025

Bioactive fiber scaffold shows promise for bone defect repair

Bone defects are a major challenge in regenerative medicine, often requiring advanced biomaterials to enhance the natural healing process.

8 Aug 2025

Personalizing endometrial cancer prevention through diet and lifestyle

This review synthesizes emerging evidence on modifiable risk factors for endometrial cancer (EC)-the sixth most common female malignancy globally-with rising incidence despite diagnostic advances.

7 Aug 2025

Copper oxide scaffolds show promise in treating traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Recent research has developed a novel electrospun scaffold loaded with copper oxide (CuO@PG), which aims to restore copper homeostasis and modulate inflammation in TBI.

7 Aug 2025

Immune surveillance in children sheds light on virus rebound after COVID

The first paper from a multi-year clinical research study has been published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Dynamics of Endemic Virus Re-emergence in Children in the USA Following the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022-2023): A Longitudinal Immunoepidemiologic Surveillance Study and demonstrates how the approach can improve modeling to better predict future outbreaks.

7 Aug 2025

New network launched to tackle malaria in African school children

A new network aims to improve malaria prevention among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa.

7 Aug 2025

Therapists recommend what patients should know before starting CBT

Of 1.7 million referrals for therapy in 2022-23, more than 1 million people dropped out before starting or during their therapy. This represents a dropout rate of over 60%.

7 Aug 2025

Survey reveals persistent challenges of IBS on daily life and productivity

Despite social media helping to increase awareness of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among the public (81% of health care providers agree) and advancements in treatment over the past decade, IBS symptoms continue to significantly impact patients' daily lives and productivity, according to a new survey released by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), in partnership with The Harris Poll, a Stagwell (STGW) agency.

7 Aug 2025

Positive emotions and self-belief ease childbirth fears for expectant mothers

Up to 60% of women experience some fear about giving birth, especially for the first time, but a new study shows why some women are more likely to stay calm and confident in the lead-up to childbirth.

6 Aug 2025

AI and extended reality successfully train surgical trainees without instructors

Mount Sinai researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of teaching surgical trainees a difficult procedure using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and an extended-reality headset without the presence of an instructor.

6 Aug 2025

Education News and Research

Study reveals troubling gaps in accuracy, fairness of mental health screenings for incarcerated youth

Artificial intelligence predicts hospital admissions hours earlier in emergency departments

New insights into how keto diet can restore cognitive function following status epilepticus

New biomarker may be the first specific and quantifiable indicator for confirming long COVID

Inside the CDC, shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Outdated antibiotic advice fuels resistance in low-income settings

Study reveals an intergenerational link between parents' and their children's school commuting habits

New insights into how MYOD controls muscle repair and regeneration

Decoding macrophage immune responses with gene editing and machine learning

New blood test offers breakthrough in myeloma diagnosis and monitoring

International commission calls for action against hepatocellular carcinoma

Bioactive fiber scaffold shows promise for bone defect repair

Personalizing endometrial cancer prevention through diet and lifestyle

Copper oxide scaffolds show promise in treating traumatic brain injury

Immune surveillance in children sheds light on virus rebound after COVID

New network launched to tackle malaria in African school children

Therapists recommend what patients should know before starting CBT

Survey reveals persistent challenges of IBS on daily life and productivity

Positive emotions and self-belief ease childbirth fears for expectant mothers

AI and extended reality successfully train surgical trainees without instructors

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