AI helps ID candidates for targeted breast cancer treatment

Around half of teenage girls experience moderate to severe period pain. The mechanical force of the uterus contracting and inflammatory chemicals such as prostaglandins contribute to this pain.

A rigorous randomized clinical trial of rizatriptan conducted by UCLA and Mayo Clinic researchers failed to outperform placebo in relieving the acute symptoms of vestibular migraine.

More and more people over the age of 50 are taking up physical exercise. Medical associations resoundingly agree that this is a good thing. Physical exercise is not only key to disease prevention, it is also a recommended part of treatment for many illnesses.

Wild swimming and forest bathing have gained in popularity, all in a bid to improve our health. With "green prescriptions" now being issued by doctors instructing patients to spend time outdoors, the idea of "nature cure"—spending time in the natural world for healing purposes—may seem like a recent development.

Musician Billy Joel recently canceled his concert tour, announcing he will undergo physical therapy for a condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus that is affecting his hearing, vision and balance.

Work-related fatigue among cargo seafarers has increased, despite efforts to monitor work and rest regulations on ships, a study from Cardiff University shows.

Pelvic floor health is crucial for overall well-being but is often overlooked. Ryenn Sanger, NP and Marc Eigg, MD, experts in pelvic conditions at the University of Rochester Medical Center, explain how to strengthen pelvic floor muscles and what to look out for with pelvic health.

Clinical trials are about to begin on kava-talanoa sessions as a solution for people with the "notoriously difficult-to-treat" post-traumatic stress disorder. A review has been published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

Regular peer group support sessions can improve the well-being of mental health nurses, according to new collaborative research out of Western Australia published in the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.

29 May 2025, Cairo, Egypt On 31 May the world will mark World No Tobacco Day 2025 under the banner “Bright Products. Dark Intentions”. This year's theme sheds light on the tobacco industry's tact

Approximately 1 in 3 pediatric mental health Emergency Department (ED) visits resulting in admission or transfer exceeded 12 hours, and over 1 in 8 exceeded 24 hours, according to estimates based on nationally representative data from 2018 to 2022. Seven in 10 of all kids staying in the ED over 12 hours were there for suicidal thoughts or attempts, and over half for aggressive behaviors.

Machine-learning algorithms can now estimate the "brain age" of infants with unprecedented precision by analyzing electrical brain signals recorded using electroencephalography (EEG).

A parent-mediated intervention (PMI) is beneficial for child communication outcomes in children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), according to a study published online May 27 in Pediatrics.

The role of AI in medical decision-making elicits different reactions in people when compared with human doctors. A new study investigated the situations where the acceptance differs and why with stories that described medical cases.

Patients with systemic sclerosis or Sjögren's syndrome suffer from various inflammatory reactions triggered by the body's own immune system. A team of researchers has investigated the role of certain immune cells in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis and Sjögren's syndrome. They recently published their findings in the journal Rheumatology.

By 2030, non-communicable diseases will account for 75% of all deaths annually. Eight percent of these will be in the global south. Most of these diseases are what we call silent killers: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as certain types of cancer at increasingly younger ages.

Prior COVID-19 vaccination did not stop the immune system from mounting a protective response to the delta and omicron strains, though new mutation-specific antibody production dipped slightly, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and published in Nature Immunology.

Texas this year has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened more than 700 in the state, sent dozens to hospitals and led to the death of two children who were unvaccinated.