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Schools aren’t as plugged in as they should be to kids’ diabetes tech, parents say

Just a few years ago, children with Type 1 diabetes reported to the school nurse several times a day to get a finger pricked to check whether their blood sugar was dangerously high or low.

28 Jan 2025

Study reveals stark educational disparities in US life expectancy over two decades

A study reveals a widening life expectancy gap by education level in the US, emphasizing the need for equitable access to education as a health determinant.

28 Jan 2025

New healthcare teaching facility at Aston University enhances training for students

Aston University has opened a new £1.5m healthcare teaching facility which includes two interconnecting five-bed wards and an interactive immersive room.

27 Jan 2025

Developmental epigenetic changes could shape cancer risk later in life

A person's lifetime risk for cancer may begin before they are even born, reports a paradigm-shifting study by Van Andel Institute scientists.

27 Jan 2025

Elevated uric acid levels may contribute to severe malaria outcomes in children

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators in Uganda at the Makerere University School of Medicine have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid levels and life-threatening outcomes in children with severe malaria.

27 Jan 2025

Exposure to diverse news sources increases vaccine uptake

People who get their news from an ideologically diverse array of sources are more likely to get vaccinated, regardless of their political affiliation, new University of Colorado Boulder research shows.

27 Jan 2025

Practice-centered, flexible intervention may improve integration of behavioral health in primary care

Integrated behavioral health (IBH), which combines behavioral health and primary care, improves patient outcomes and experience.

27 Jan 2025

Infant mortality drops in the United States while SUID rates rise

Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU discovered this improvement in a study published Jan. 27 in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics.

27 Jan 2025

Mount Sinai leads the way with first HYDROS Robotic System procedure in New York City

The Mount Sinai Hospital has performed New York City's first procedure using the HYDROS Robotic System, a cutting-edge technology designed to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or an enlarged prostate.

27 Jan 2025

American Heart Association launches initiative to improve heart failure care

About 6.7 million American adults are living with heart failure (HF), and prevalence is expected to reach more than 8 million by 2030.

27 Jan 2025

Bariatric surgery reduces liver complications in obese patients with cirrhosis

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future risk of developing serious liver complications compared with patients who received medical therapy alone.

27 Jan 2025

An Arm and a Leg: The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care

Every year, a health care think tank called the Lown Institute ranks the 10 worst examples of "profiteering and dysfunction" in health care and "honors" the winners.

27 Jan 2025

Cannabis smoke at home linked to secondhand exposure in children

The study links in-home cannabis smoking to elevated THC levels in children, highlighting the need for interventions to reduce secondhand exposure risks.

27 Jan 2025

Real-world data reveals survival benefits of anatomic resections for early-stage lung cancer

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, such as lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term survival compared to wedge resection for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

26 Jan 2025

New dye offers breakthrough in deep tissue imaging and cancer therapy

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new dye that can strongly absorb second near-IR radiation and transform it to heat.

25 Jan 2025

Study shows how the sound affects balance in people with vestibular hypofunction

The vestibular system is a network of organs in the inner ears that detects the motions and position of the head.

25 Jan 2025

New drug candidate shows potential to restore vision in people with MS

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found a promising drug candidate that could help restore vision in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions that damage neurons.

24 Jan 2025

New approach uses peptides to enhance anti-tumor drug formulations

A team of scientists has developed a groundbreaking approach using specially designed peptides to improve drug formulations.

24 Jan 2025

Researchers identify key factors for successful donor lymphocyte infusion in AML patients

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have identified factors that determine whether donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI), a standard therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who have relapsed after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant, will successfully move the patient into remission.

24 Jan 2025

Study highlights potential of genomic tests for early stage prostate cancer

A new review led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center assessed how three genomic tests - Decipher, Oncotype DX Genomic Prostate Score (GPS) and Prolaris - can help doctors make better decisions about how to treat patients with early stage prostate cancer.

24 Jan 2025

Education News and Research

Schools aren’t as plugged in as they should be to kids’ diabetes tech, parents say

Study reveals stark educational disparities in US life expectancy over two decades

New healthcare teaching facility at Aston University enhances training for students

Developmental epigenetic changes could shape cancer risk later in life

Elevated uric acid levels may contribute to severe malaria outcomes in children

Exposure to diverse news sources increases vaccine uptake

Practice-centered, flexible intervention may improve integration of behavioral health in primary care

Infant mortality drops in the United States while SUID rates rise

Mount Sinai leads the way with first HYDROS Robotic System procedure in New York City

American Heart Association launches initiative to improve heart failure care

Bariatric surgery reduces liver complications in obese patients with cirrhosis

An Arm and a Leg: The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care

Cannabis smoke at home linked to secondhand exposure in children

Real-world data reveals survival benefits of anatomic resections for early-stage lung cancer

New dye offers breakthrough in deep tissue imaging and cancer therapy

Study shows how the sound affects balance in people with vestibular hypofunction

New drug candidate shows potential to restore vision in people with MS

New approach uses peptides to enhance anti-tumor drug formulations

Researchers identify key factors for successful donor lymphocyte infusion in AML patients

Study highlights potential of genomic tests for early stage prostate cancer

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