Healthcare News and Research

Latest Healthcare News and Research

How a new U.S. health study is fixing bias in wearable data research

By providing wearables and internet access, ALiR closes the digital health data gap, fostering equity and improving AI model generalizability in healthcare.

9 Oct 2025

Prior incarceration linked to poor health in older adults

A recent analysis reveals that older adults with prior incarceration report worse physical and mental health than their peers, even if they were incarcerated in the distant past. The findings are published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

9 Oct 2025

Natural sweetener improves hair loss treatment

Androgenetic alopecia is a common form of hair loss in both men and women-also called male pattern baldness and female pattern hair loss.

9 Oct 2025

Surgical menopause associated with higher risk of workforce exit

Menopause before the age of 45 (known as early menopause) is associated with an increased risk of an array of serious diseases, including cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis.

8 Oct 2025

Discovery of vascular-associated fibroblastic cells opens new path for diabetes treatment

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the cells that produce insulin-a critical hormone that regulates blood sugar in the body.

8 Oct 2025

Ireland launches next phase of national precision oncology program

Today (8th October), Ireland's Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, launched Phase 2 of the country's leading and largest ever cancer research program, Precision Oncology Ireland (POI).

8 Oct 2025

Japan's registry transforms outcomes for infants with biliary atresia

Biliary atresia (BA) is the leading cause of liver failure in infants, marked by progressive destruction of the bile ducts. Until the late 1950s, the disease was universally fatal, with no effective treatments. The development of the Kasai portoenterostomy brought new hope, but outcomes varied widely, and many patients still required liver transplantation (LTx).

8 Oct 2025

California’s nursing shortage is getting worse. Front-line workers blame management.

California, like much of the nation, is not producing enough nurses working at bedsides to meet the needs of an aging and diverse population, fueling a workforce crunch that risks endangering quality patient care.

8 Oct 2025

Empowering genomics research with cloud-based innovation

Discover how Discovery Life Sciences enhances genomics research with cloud-based platforms like DNAnexus.

From DNAnexus, Inc. 8 Oct 2025

Depression during pregnancy raises risk of gestational diabetes

Findings indicate that antenatal depression increases the risk of gestational diabetes, underscoring the need for early intervention and lifestyle support.

8 Oct 2025

New computer-driven method helps understand how membrane proteins work at the atomic level

Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring cells stick together.

7 Oct 2025

Cesarean births in advanced labor linked to higher risk of womb scarring

Women who have Cesarean births at an advanced stage of labor are about eight times more likely to develop scars in the womb which are known to increase the likelihood of premature births in future pregnancies, UCL researchers have found.

7 Oct 2025

Aston University and BCHC strengthen partnership with new memorandum of understanding

Aston University and Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together in a variety of areas including staff training, research and public engagement.

7 Oct 2025

Discovery opens up new avenues for treating rotavirus infections

Rotavirus causes severe dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children, contributing to more than 128,500 deaths per year globally despite widespread vaccination efforts.

7 Oct 2025

Identifying Alport syndrome in children through universal age-3 urine screening

The most common first diagnosis of Alport syndrome in Japan is during the universal age-3 urine screening.

7 Oct 2025

AI, omics, and systems biology could transform heart drug development

AI, omics, and systems biology can now help scientists design targeted drugs for cardiovascular disease pathways once thought "untreatable."

7 Oct 2025

Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring

As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some Democratic-led states have struck out on their own, setting up new systems to help them assess the science and maintain immunization access for their residents.

7 Oct 2025

Huawei smartwatch nearly matches gold-standard sleep test

A study reveals the HUAWEI WATCH GT2 smartwatch accurately tracks sleep stages, yet it falls short in diagnosing sleep disorders compared to PSG.

7 Oct 2025

AI must optimize home care, continuity, and early detection for older adults

HealthFORCE, a national alliance of leaders dedicated to addressing the root causes of America's healthcare workforce crisis, along with the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) and West Health, today released "Aging Well with AI: Empowering Care through Innovation," the first in a two-part white paper series exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can strengthen the U.S. healthcare workforce and improve access to care.

7 Oct 2025

PAHO Director calls for stronger cooperation in health financing and security

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa met on Wednesday October 1 with members of the Council of the Americas' Healthcare Series leadership group and with health authorities from Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Panama to advocate for stronger cooperation in health financing and security.

6 Oct 2025