2,770 cases of arboviral disease reported in 48 states and D.C. in 2023

COPD patients who receive intensive guidance from a hospital pharmacist during their stay use their inhalation medication more correctly and with greater confidence. This was shown in a study conducted by Annelies I.M. Walravens and Emma Walravens (Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), in collaboration with colleagues from—among others—the Queen Elisabeth Institute in Oostduinkerke. The study also demonstrated that the applied protocol is feasible in clinical practice and widely supported by health care professionals.

Cancer and heart disease, two leading causes of death worldwide, may be more connected than we previously thought, according to a new UCLA Health study revealing that certain cardiac blood markers can strongly predict future cancer risk—even in people with no history or symptoms of heart disease.

The University of Twente is introducing its first MDR-compliant open-source medical device: the 3D base plate. This open-source initiative provides an alternative route to low-risk medical devices that are not commercially viable. However, it does have a clinical added value for the patient.

Aging is the primary risk factor for cancer, dementia, and cardiovascular diseases. As the understanding of the biology of aging constantly improves, there are already initial approaches to geroprotection, which seeks to reduce the age-related risk of disease and thus extend healthy lifespan.

A study published in the Journal of Marketing reveals a powerful way to combat declining physical activity levels: anthropomorphizing fitness equipment. This novel approach, explored by researchers Lili Wang of Zhejiang University and Maferima Touré-Tillery of Northwestern University, highlights how assigning human-like traits to workout tools can transform exercise routines.

Doctors' decisions to prescribe antibiotics are strongly influenced by their own use of and attitudes toward antibiotics—and even more so by their beliefs about their peers' behavior. A new study published in Kyklos shows that Swedish doctors who perceive their colleagues as being restrictive about antibiotic prescriptions are more likely to refrain from prescribing the medication themselves.

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that chronic exposure to artificial light at night (LAN) can trigger depression-like behaviors by activating a specific neural pathway in the brain.

Many people with mental health or substance use disorders experience stigma and perceived biases when seeking medical care—not directly related to their mental health—in a hospital emergency department (ED/ER), according to research by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Digital inhalers may help predict impending acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.

Following the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) decision, 42% of surveyed clinicians who provided abortions in states banning abortion relocated to another state, almost all to states not banning abortion, according to a research letter published online June 11 in JAMA Network Open.

A research team led by Prof. Li Hai from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new computational model that can accurately predict lung motion caused by breathing, offering safer and more precise options for lung biopsies and radiotherapy. The findings were published in Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics.

You wouldn't microwave fish around your worst enemy—the smell lingers both in kitchen and memory. It is one few of us like, let alone have positive associations with. But what makes our brains decide a smell is stinky?

AI is making its way into women's health in unusual ways, from a sanitary napkin that can predict ovarian cancer to an algorithm trained to detect patterns of endometriosis years before traditional diagnostic methods.

Neither delivery of electronic nudge letters nor letters to general practice increase uptake of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online June 7 in Circulation.

Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have helped uncover how ticks mount a defense against a deadly virus increasingly found in parts of East Asia, a discovery that could help disrupt disease transmission.

A highly cited trial from 2007 used by international health agencies to support the use of medication for adolescents with depression has been critically reviewed by a team from the University of Adelaide.

Antimicrobial resistance is still spreading in the environment despite a reduction in the amounts of antibiotic drugs prescribed, according to a new study led by the University of Bath. Researchers warn that multiple approaches will be required to tackle the increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance to public health.

Diabetes during pregnancy—whether pre-existing or gestational—may lead to increased fat accumulation around the fetal heart, according to a new meta-analysis published in Biomolecules and Biomedicine. The findings suggest a possible early marker for future cardiometabolic disorders in children born to mothers with diabetes.