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

Liver cirrhosis is significantly more common in low-income households than in high-income households. This is the result of a national study which, according to the researchers, calls for more preventive action in the most vulnerable groups.

28 Oct 2025

Novel computational platform can design synthetic protein receptors from scratch

Cancer immunotherapy, especially using T cells, is showing a lot of promise in treating blood cancers. Bioengineered T cells, especially those equipped with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-T cells), have revolutionized cancer treatment.

28 Oct 2025

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

An international clinical study led by the Medical University of Vienna shows that the drug patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) can have a promising effect in patients with active brain metastases of various tumor types.

28 Oct 2025

Scripps Research wins $4 million CIRM grant to develop novel platform for neurodevelopmental disorders

Most people are born with two functioning copies of each gene-one inherited from each parent. In many cases, having just one working copy is enough for the body to function normally.

28 Oct 2025

Many fear federal loan caps will deter aspiring doctors and worsen MD shortage

Medical educators and health professionals warn that new federal student loan caps in President Donald Trump's tax cut law could make it more expensive for many people to become doctors and could exacerbate physician shortages nationwide.

28 Oct 2025

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

In April, Thomas Sanford, a medical student who regularly listens to "An Arm and a Leg," set out to create a resource he could easily share with patients to help them deal with unaffordable medical bills.

28 Oct 2025

Study links poor sleep to adverse health outcomes in seniors

Sleep problems affect more than one in five residents in long-term care facilities, with pain, daytime napping and certain medications emerging as key contributors.

28 Oct 2025

New research highlights crucial role of continuous walking patterns for cardiovascular benefit

An international study led by experts at the University of Sydney and the Universidad Europea in Spain has found that longer periods of continuous walking are more beneficial to cardiovascular health than walking the same number of steps in shorter, more sporadic bouts.

28 Oct 2025

Clinically significant valvular heart disease vastly underdiagnosed in U.S. elders

Results from the PREVUE-VALVE study suggest that there are currently at least 4.7 million people aged 65-85 living with moderate or greater valvular heart disease (VHD) in the United States, and at least 10.6 million with clinically significant VHD, most of whom are unaware of their condition.

28 Oct 2025

Can cheese help prevent dementia? Japanese researchers say it might

Older Japanese adults who ate cheese at least once a week had a 21–24% lower risk of developing dementia over three years. The association remained significant even after adjusting for lifestyle and socioeconomic factors, suggesting a modest but meaningful protective effect.

27 Oct 2025

Fogarty Innovation and CRF unite to accelerate breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine

After several years of close collaboration and a relationship rooted in mutual respect and shared vision, Fogarty Innovation is coming together with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation® (CRF®) to create a unified platform for advancing transformative healthcare technologies.

27 Oct 2025

Sirolimus-eluting balloon strategy matches drug-eluting stents in large international PCI trial

New study results from a large international all-comer population of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) candidates found that utilizing a strategy of sirolimus-eluting balloons with bailout stenting only if necessary was noninferior to routine drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation as part of the treatment for de novo coronary artery disease.

27 Oct 2025

UMass Amherst researcher receives $17.9 million to advance jail-based addiction and HIV care

A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has received four grants totaling $17.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue groundbreaking research that implemented and assessed medical treatment programs for incarcerated people with opioid use disorder, as well as develop a new program for HIV prevention and treatment.

27 Oct 2025

Lundquist Institute researcher awarded NIH funding to advance ICU care for critically ill patients

The Lundquist Institute is proud to announce that Dong Chang, MD, MS has been awarded a prestigious R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Aging, totaling $3,163,459, for his groundbreaking project entitled: "A Type 2 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study of Time-Limited Trials to Reduce Potentially Non-Beneficial Treatments for Critically Ill Patients with Advanced Medical Illnesses."

27 Oct 2025

Stanford researchers develop electromagnetic device to sort and levitate cells

Stanford Medicine researchers invent an electromagnetic device that can gently sort different types of cells by levitating them to different heights.

27 Oct 2025

Updated COVID-19 vaccines continue to offer strong protection, research shows

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are still providing effective protection against infection, emergency department visits, hospitalization and death, according to new research published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

27 Oct 2025

Exploring the link between maternal care and attachment in mouse pups

Children can sometimes develop health, behavioral, and attachment issues that persist when their needs are not met by their caregiver.

27 Oct 2025

AI-powered app matches human-led programs in diabetes prevention

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report that an AI-powered lifestyle intervention app for prediabetes reduced the risk of diabetes similarly to traditional, human-led programs in adults.

27 Oct 2025

New certification equips providers with digital tools to ensure quality cardiac care

The rapidly expanding availability of remote telehealth cardiac health care poses a growing challenge for health care providers to learn how to use new digital tools and resources safely and effectively to treat people living with chronic health conditions.

27 Oct 2025

New clinical practice guideline provides updated recommendations for treatment of central sleep apnea

A new clinical practice guideline developed by a task force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine provides updated recommendations for the treatment of central sleep apnea.

27 Oct 2025

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

Novel computational platform can design synthetic protein receptors from scratch

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

Scripps Research wins $4 million CIRM grant to develop novel platform for neurodevelopmental disorders

Many fear federal loan caps will deter aspiring doctors and worsen MD shortage

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

Study links poor sleep to adverse health outcomes in seniors

New research highlights crucial role of continuous walking patterns for cardiovascular benefit

Clinically significant valvular heart disease vastly underdiagnosed in U.S. elders

Can cheese help prevent dementia? Japanese researchers say it might

Fogarty Innovation and CRF unite to accelerate breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine

Sirolimus-eluting balloon strategy matches drug-eluting stents in large international PCI trial

UMass Amherst researcher receives $17.9 million to advance jail-based addiction and HIV care

Lundquist Institute researcher awarded NIH funding to advance ICU care for critically ill patients

Stanford researchers develop electromagnetic device to sort and levitate cells

Updated COVID-19 vaccines continue to offer strong protection, research shows

Exploring the link between maternal care and attachment in mouse pups

AI-powered app matches human-led programs in diabetes prevention

New certification equips providers with digital tools to ensure quality cardiac care

New clinical practice guideline provides updated recommendations for treatment of central sleep apnea

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