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Understanding the heterogeneity in nicotine, tobacco, and cannabis use among young Americans

Young Americans use nicotine, tobacco and cannabis in multiple ways, but smoking those items––the most dangerous method––is still involved for most users, a new University of Michigan study found.

8 Dec 2025

UCI MIND secures major funding for new Alzheimer's research facility

With a $50 million lead gift from the Quilter family and approximately $30 million in new commitments, the University of California, Irvine's Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders will begin planning to build a state-of-the-art research and care facility to enhance its position as a global leader in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias research and patient care.

8 Dec 2025

Insufficient sleep may decrease life expectancy

A good night's sleep is more than a luxury: New research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests that insufficient sleep may shorten your life.

8 Dec 2025

NYS Medical Cannabis Program reduces chronic pain patients' reliance on opioids

Adults with chronic pain who participated in New York State's (NYS) Medical Cannabis Program were significantly less likely to require prescription opioids, according to a new study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System.

8 Dec 2025

Understanding the health hazards of ultrafine particles emitted by small electric home appliances

Small home appliances equipped with electric heating coils and brushed DC motors, like hair dryers, air fryers and toasters—can emit harmful tiny ultrafine particles that deteriorate indoor air quality.

8 Dec 2025

Sleep may hold the key to staying active

Getting enough sleep and staying active are two of the most important things we can do for our health, but new research shows that most people struggle to achieve both, and that sleep may hold the key to moving more.

8 Dec 2025

Standard UK road crossing times may be unrealistic for older people with limited mobility

Road crossings need to slow down to allow people with mobility issues and older pedestrians enough time to use them, research has indicated.

8 Dec 2025

A North Carolina hospital was slated to open in 2025. Mired in bureaucracy, it’s still a dirt field.

Madison County, tucked in the mountains of western North Carolina, has no hospital and just three ambulances serving its roughly 22,000 people.

8 Dec 2025

Walking speed before surgery predicts who thrives after hip replacement

This study shows that preoperative gait speed is a strong predictor of patient-reported pain relief, function, and joint awareness after total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis. A walking speed of at least 1.0 m/s before surgery independently predicts excellent postoperative outcomes.

7 Dec 2025

Many families of children with leukemia face significant financial hardship during treatment

Nearly a third of families with children receiving chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – the most common pediatric cancer – develop serious financial difficulties during their child's treatment, including losing 25% or more of their household income and struggling to cover the costs of basic living expenses such as housing, food, and utilities.

7 Dec 2025

Black patients with AML experience earlier onset and poorer outcomes

Compared with white patients, Black patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were on average more than five years younger at diagnosis, more than 30% more likely to die of their disease, and more than 20% more likely to die of any cause, according to an analysis of data conducted over a 34-year period and supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

7 Dec 2025

Billions still lack essential health services despite worldwide gains in coverage

Since 2000, most countries – across all income levels and regions – have made concurrent progress in expanding health service coverage and reducing the financial hardship associated with health costs, according to a new joint report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank Group.

6 Dec 2025

WHO Member States push forward toward a unified Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system

WHO Member States today ended their latest round of intensive negotiations on the world's first Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system.

6 Dec 2025

New Lancet case study series highlights how social forces shape patient health

In November, The Lancet, one of the world's most esteemed medical journals, launched a new monthly series of case studies that goes beyond clinical diagnoses to illuminate the social and cultural forces that contribute to each patient's condition.

5 Dec 2025

In RFK Jr.’s upside-down world of vaccines, panel votes to end hepatitis B shot at birth

Recent weeks have brought good news about vaccines, with studies indicating that flu vaccination reduces heart disease, shingles vaccines can prevent or slow dementia, and a single human papilloma virus shot protects a girl from cervical cancer for the rest of her life.

5 Dec 2025

New Lancet series blends social science with medicine to tackle global health inequities

Can doctors in California learn from a patient who was bounced from one specialist to another in Japan? Can clinicians in London take lessons from a patient seeking asylum while suffering a medical emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border? Can doctors treating refugees in Africa inform health policy around the world?

5 Dec 2025

Study finds mixed reviews of virtual nursing programs among bedside nurses

Hospitals struggling to attract and retain enough registered nurses at the bedside are implementing alternative strategies to ensure patients get needed nursing care.

5 Dec 2025

Most Americans still back early hepatitis B vaccination despite policy debate

On December 5, 2025, the Trump administration's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), whose members were handpicked by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and vaccination critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is scheduled to determine whether it should recommend that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) change the recommendation in place since 1991 that newborns be vaccinated against hepatitis B.

5 Dec 2025

Restrictive state abortion laws may affect frontline care in obstetric emergencies

Although the United States does not guarantee health care as a right, federal law mandates that hospitals cannot deny anyone lifesaving emergency care.

5 Dec 2025

Researchers highlight five pathways through which microplastics can harm the brain

Microplastics could be fueling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, with a new study highlighting five ways microplastics can trigger inflammation and damage in the brain.

5 Dec 2025

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Understanding the heterogeneity in nicotine, tobacco, and cannabis use among young Americans

UCI MIND secures major funding for new Alzheimer's research facility

Insufficient sleep may decrease life expectancy

NYS Medical Cannabis Program reduces chronic pain patients' reliance on opioids

Understanding the health hazards of ultrafine particles emitted by small electric home appliances

Sleep may hold the key to staying active

Standard UK road crossing times may be unrealistic for older people with limited mobility

A North Carolina hospital was slated to open in 2025. Mired in bureaucracy, it’s still a dirt field.

Walking speed before surgery predicts who thrives after hip replacement

Many families of children with leukemia face significant financial hardship during treatment

Black patients with AML experience earlier onset and poorer outcomes

Billions still lack essential health services despite worldwide gains in coverage

WHO Member States push forward toward a unified Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system

New Lancet case study series highlights how social forces shape patient health

In RFK Jr.’s upside-down world of vaccines, panel votes to end hepatitis B shot at birth

New Lancet series blends social science with medicine to tackle global health inequities

Study finds mixed reviews of virtual nursing programs among bedside nurses

Most Americans still back early hepatitis B vaccination despite policy debate

Restrictive state abortion laws may affect frontline care in obstetric emergencies

Researchers highlight five pathways through which microplastics can harm the brain

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