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Group prenatal care improves health outcomes for mothers and babies

Women who attend prenatal care visits in groups are more likely to continue with their care and have better health outcomes at birth and beyond, according to a University of Michigan study.

31 Jul 2025

$29 million grant funds research on fibrinogen in trauma care

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus will lead a groundbreaking national clinical trial-supported by a $29 million grant from Octapharma-to evaluate whether early replacement of fibrinogen, a critical blood clotting mechanism in the body, can improve outcomes for trauma patients experiencing life-threatening bleeding.

31 Jul 2025

UCSF research maps over 600 conditions linked to endometriosis

Records from millions of patients at UC health centers found correlations between endometriosis, one of the most common diseases in women, and a bounty of other diseases.

31 Jul 2025

Updated guideline aims to identify quality improvement opportunities in managing adult sinusitis

The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) published the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG): Adult Sinusitis Update today in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.

31 Jul 2025

Most US adults have older heart age than actual age

Most U.S. adults have a "heart age" several years older than their chronological age - sometimes by more than a decade.

30 Jul 2025

Myth of tongue swallowing delays life-saving CPR in collapsed athletes

Despite widespread public health efforts, the dangerous myth of "prevention of tongue swallowing" continues to persist during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

30 Jul 2025

Patients face vitamin deficiencies years after bariatric surgery

A review reveals dangerous vitamin deficiencies post-bariatric surgery, highlighting the need for improved follow-up to prevent life-threatening complications.

30 Jul 2025

Innovative nanopore system enables controlled DNA unzipping

DNA holds the instructions that make us who we are. If we want to read those instructions, say to understand our predisposition to genetic disorders, we need to carefully 'unzip' DNA's iconic double-helix structure.

30 Jul 2025

Eating more ultra-processed food links depression and diabetes

New research links ultra-processed food intake to increased diabetes risk in individuals with depression, highlighting the need for healthier dietary choices.

30 Jul 2025

Vaping recreates 1970s smoking uptake rates in UK teens

UK teens who currently vape are as likely to take up smoking as their peers in the 1970s, despite a substantial fall in the prevalence of teenage smoking over the past 50 years, suggests a long term intergenerational study published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

30 Jul 2025

Exercise-based cardiac rehab benefits atrial fibrillation

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation lessens the severity, frequency, and recurrence of the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation, or AF for short, finds a pooled data analysis of the available research, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

30 Jul 2025

A 15-year study reveals which diets best protect your brain and heart in later life

Older adults who consistently followed healthy dietary patterns, especially AHEI, MIND, and AMED, accumulated chronic diseases more slowly over 15 years. Diets high in pro-inflammatory foods were linked to a faster buildup of multimorbidity, particularly in cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric conditions.

29 Jul 2025

The Mount Sinai Hospital named among nation’s top 20 for care excellence

The Mount Sinai Hospital, the flagship hospital of Mount Sinai Health System, was listed among the nation's top 20 hospitals for care excellence by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-26, marking the 10th consecutive year the hospital has been listed on the publication's "Honor Roll."

29 Jul 2025

Home-based brain stimulation system uses AI to enhance concentration

A personalized brain stimulation system powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that can safely enhance concentration from home has been developed by researchers from the University of Surrey, the University of Oxford and Cognitive Neurotechnology.

29 Jul 2025

Rising liver cancer rates highlight need for urgent action worldwide

The majority of liver cancer cases could be prevented by reducing levels of viral hepatitis, alcohol consumption and MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease – previously called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease), suggests an analysis as part of The Lancet Commission on liver cancer.

29 Jul 2025

AI algorithm identifies one-third of missed breast cancers in DBT screenings

An AI algorithm for breast cancer screening has potential to enhance the performance of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), reducing interval cancers by up to one-third, according to a study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

29 Jul 2025