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New Food-Sharing Compass platform to be launched at the final event of CULTIVATE project

The new platform, known as the Food-Sharing Compass, will be unveiled at the final event of the EU-funded CULTIVATE project which created it for the wider food-sharing community.

16 Oct 2026

Invisible no more: New treatment avenue unlocked for deadliest lung cancer

Researchers have uncovered a previously overlooked immune cell that can recognize and kill small cell lung cancer, the most aggressive form of the disease globally.

16 Oct 2026

Study identifies priority genes for safer prescribing in older Chinese patients

A research team has identified three genes that could help prioritize pharmacogenomic testing for older adults in China who receive multiple medications.

15 Oct 2026

Home delivery boosts fresh produce prescription redemption among older adults

People who eat fresh food are healthier than those who don't. That simple fact is the basis of food prescription programs that make fruits, vegetables and other foods free for people who are food insecure.

15 Oct 2026

Mount Sinai wins NIH grant to test community-based hypertension care model in rural Ghana

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received a $3.3 million, five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to test an innovative community-based primary care model for high blood pressure in rural Ghana.

15 Oct 2026

Radiology departments face gaps in family medical leave policies

A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR®) suggests that paid family and medical leave (PFML) policies offered by U.S. academic and radiation oncology programs, while widely available, are implemented inconsistently across programs.

15 Oct 2026

New paper urges adoption of green AI in healthcare

AI is already widely used in hospitals and medical research. Can a new way of thinking unleash the technology’s green credentials?

15 Oct 2026

CHEST announces first pulmonary certification program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants

Following a comprehensive discovery initiative examining the needs of advanced practice providers (APPs) in pulmonary medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) announces plans to move forward with the development of a pulmonary-focused education and certification program for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants/associates (PAs).

15 Oct 2026

Conflict with fathers deters youth from seeking mental health services

Youth are less likely to seek mental health services if they have a tumultuous relationship with their father, although the exact nature of this link is still unclear.

15 Oct 2026

New scientific statement urges doctors to prescribe exercise for heart health

Exercise should be prescribed as a foundational component of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and treatment, according to a new American College of Cardiology Scientific Statement published today in JACC, its flagship journal.

15 Oct 2026

Scientists expand global climate scenarios to include public health

About a decade ago, a group of climate scientists described five scenarios for the future. Called the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), these scenarios suggest how socioeconomic development could evolve in worlds with differing challenges to climate adaptation and mitigation.

15 Oct 2026

Parents invent home safety fixes for medically complex children

Approximately 1 in 20 U.S. children younger than 18 years of age are medically complex, meaning they have multiorgan system conditions like cerebral palsy and depend on implanted tube-related medical technology.

15 Oct 2026

Poll: Most older adults rush Medicare choices despite major policy changes

It's one of the biggest decisions they might make all year, affecting their wallets and their healthcare for the full year to come.

15 Oct 2026

New AI project models human behavior to track epidemic spread

A consortium led by the University de Zaragoza, with the participation of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has been selected in the 2026 Health Research Call by the "la Caixa" Foundation—one of the most competitive biomedical research funding calls in Spain and Portugal.

15 Oct 2026

AI detects daily stress by analyzing routine smartphone behaviors

Clues to stress can be hidden in everyday habits such as chatting, searching, and making payments on a smartphone.

14 Oct 2026

Global study exposes gaps in global endometriosis care guidelines

Adolescents, gender-diverse people and those with lived experience are underrepresented in endometriosis guidelines worldwide, a University of Queensland study has found.

14 Oct 2026

Rapid growth in private testosterone prescribing raises safety concerns

The rapid expansion of private testosterone prescribing risks extending treatment beyond men with clearly defined need to people with non-specific symptoms and borderline test results, for whom the balance of benefit and long term risk are less certain, warn experts in The BMJ today.

14 Oct 2026

Experts call for lifelong care after brain and spinal injuries

In a new paper published in The Lancet Neurology, "Reframing traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury as chronic multisystem disorders: toward integrated, long-term care," international experts across institutions and disciplines propose a fundamental shift in how traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries in adults are understood and managed. Sandro Marini, MD, of the Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute, is a co-first author, and Saef Izzy, MD, also of the Neuroscience Institute, is one of the co-senior authors, and the primary corresponding author.

14 Oct 2026

Bulk adverse event reporting may delay medical device safety warnings

Permitting medical device manufacturers to submit bulk summary reports of adverse events to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), rather than reporting individual cases, often fails to promptly detect potential safety signals, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

14 Oct 2026

Human accountability remains essential as healthcare adopts AI

With artificial intelligence making deep inroads into healthcare, two top doctors are urging physicians to embrace the technology but to remember that only humans can serve the best interest of individual patients.

14 Oct 2026