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Trial examines slow-tempo music as a strategy to reduce delirium in critically ill older adults

A multi-center randomized controlled trial with critically ill adults aged 50 years and older admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) found that twice-daily slow-tempo music (60 to 80 beats per minute) did not shorten the duration of delirium or coma, or reduce delirium severity, pain or anxiety compared with a silence-track control.

13 Oct 2025

Study offers new models for understanding the causes of chemo brain

Cancer is a challenging enough diagnosis, but many patients are dealt a second blow, even as they heal: "chemo brain."

13 Oct 2025

Global health study warns of rising youth deaths amid declining overall mortality

Global mortality rates are falling but not among youths and young adults, according to the latest Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in The Lancet today and presented at the World Health Summit in Berlin.

13 Oct 2025

New menstrual cup design enhances safety and sustainability

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new menstrual health product designed to complement and enhance an existing menstrual cup that is safer, easier to use and more environmentally sustainable than current options.

10 Oct 2025

NASN position statement emphasizes the importance of school immunizations

The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) today released its updated position statement, Immunization and Vaccination Requirements, underscoring the essential role of timely, up-to-date, and complete vaccinations in protecting school-age youth, staff, and communities from preventable, serious infectious diseases.

10 Oct 2025

Gaps in sex education can have lasting impacts throughout adulthood, study finds

A new Kinsey Institute study has found gaps in sex education can have lasting impacts throughout adulthood, including relationship struggles, lack of confidence, and reduced quality of life.

10 Oct 2025

New insights into sperm metabolism could transform infertility treatments

Michigan State University scientists have pinpointed the molecular "switch" that supercharges sperm for their final sprint to an egg - a breakthrough that could reshape infertility treatments and pave the way for safe, nonhormonal male contraceptives.

10 Oct 2025

Living near Superfund sites increases risk of aggressive breast cancer

Women living close to federally designated Superfund sites are more likely to develop aggressive breast cancers - including the hard-to-treat triple-negative subtype - according to new studies from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

10 Oct 2025

Senators press Deloitte, other contractors on errors in Medicaid eligibility systems

Senators have launched an inquiry into companies paid billions in taxpayer dollars to build eligibility systems for Medicaid, expressing concern that error-riddled technology and looming work requirements "will cause Americans to lose Medicaid coverage to this bureaucratic maze."

10 Oct 2025

HEPA purifiers do not fully reduce classroom viral exposure

In a secondary analysis of a study of 200 classrooms, Mass General Brigham researchers found respiratory viral exposures were still high in those with HEPA purifiers, suggesting additional interventions are needed.

10 Oct 2025

Changing bodily perception unlocks childhood memories

New research has discovered that briefly altering how we perceive our own body can help unlock autobiographical memories – potentially even those from the early stages of childhood.

10 Oct 2025

New GoT-Multi technology reveals how cancers evolve and resist treatment

A new tool developed by Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Adelaide investigators has enhanced the ability to track multiple gene mutations while simultaneously recording gene activity in individual cancer cells.

10 Oct 2025

Higher screen exposure in early years tied to weaker academic achievement

Higher levels of screen time in early childhood are associated with lower scores in reading and mathematics on Ontario's standardized tests, with each additional hour of daily screen time associated with a 10 per cent drop in the likelihood of achieving higher academic levels.

10 Oct 2025

Discovery of unique brain cells sheds light on progressive multiple sclerosis

Scientists have identified an unusual type of brain cell that may play a vital role in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), likely contributing to the persistent inflammation characteristic of the disease.

10 Oct 2025

Trump called Digital Equity Act ‘racist.’ Now internet money for rural Americans is gone.

Megan Waiters can recite the stories of dozens of people she has helped connect to the internet in western Alabama. A 7-year-old who couldn't do classwork online without a tablet, and the 91-year-old she taught to check health care portals on a smartphone.

10 Oct 2025

New insights into malaria proteins offer pathway to blocking parasite transmission

Using millions of microscope images magnified up to 130,000 times, researchers from Radboud university medical center and Toronto have unraveled the structure of two key proteins in the malaria parasite.

10 Oct 2025

Study finds lower vaccine uptake in children from certain socioeconomic and migration backgrounds

In the Netherlands, the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) was established in 1957. This programme provides free and voluntary vaccinations against 13 serious infectious diseases and has drastically reduced child and young adult mortality across the country.

10 Oct 2025

Harvard researchers augment LLM to create expert diagnostic system

Except for one key aspect, the setup is a familiar one in medicine: An expert diagnostician presents a particularly challenging case to a roomful of colleagues, carefully walking them through the patient's symptoms and initial test results.

10 Oct 2025

Evolutionary mutation in cGAS enhances naked mole-rat DNA repair

The secret to the naked mole-rats' extraordinarily long life may lie in subtle changes to just four amino acids, researchers report. According to a new study, evolutionary mutations in cGAS – an enzyme in the innate immune system that senses DNA to trigger immune responses – may enhance the animal's ability to repair aging-related genetic damage, whereas in other species, such as mice and humans, cGAS can suppress DNA repair.

10 Oct 2025

UCLA scientists uncover the role of DGRs in structuring the infant gut microbiome

Everywhere you go, you carry a population of microbes in your gastrointestinal tract that outnumber the human cells making up your body.

10 Oct 2025

OCT News and Research

Trial examines slow-tempo music as a strategy to reduce delirium in critically ill older adults

Study offers new models for understanding the causes of chemo brain

Global health study warns of rising youth deaths amid declining overall mortality

New menstrual cup design enhances safety and sustainability

NASN position statement emphasizes the importance of school immunizations

Gaps in sex education can have lasting impacts throughout adulthood, study finds

New insights into sperm metabolism could transform infertility treatments

Living near Superfund sites increases risk of aggressive breast cancer

Senators press Deloitte, other contractors on errors in Medicaid eligibility systems

HEPA purifiers do not fully reduce classroom viral exposure

Changing bodily perception unlocks childhood memories

New GoT-Multi technology reveals how cancers evolve and resist treatment

Higher screen exposure in early years tied to weaker academic achievement

Discovery of unique brain cells sheds light on progressive multiple sclerosis

Trump called Digital Equity Act ‘racist.’ Now internet money for rural Americans is gone.

New insights into malaria proteins offer pathway to blocking parasite transmission

Study finds lower vaccine uptake in children from certain socioeconomic and migration backgrounds

Harvard researchers augment LLM to create expert diagnostic system

Evolutionary mutation in cGAS enhances naked mole-rat DNA repair

UCLA scientists uncover the role of DGRs in structuring the infant gut microbiome

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