Experts urge risk-based monitoring as Barrett's esophagus care moves beyond one-size-fits-all

Grid cells are a class of specialized neurons in a brain region called the entorhinal cortex, which is known to support spatial navigation and some memory processes. Past neuroscience studies have found that as humans and other animals move in their surroundings, these cells fire following a grid-like pattern, creating a sort of internal map of the environment.

Around nine in 10 U.S. adults have not heard of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, a newly defined health condition affecting nearly 90% of adults that includes heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and obesity, according to a new survey from the American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere. However, many are interested in learning more about it.

Patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer who are not candidates for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy showed significantly improved progression-free survival when treated with the antibody drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan compared to standard chemotherapy.

A multicenter Phase II clinical trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated significant tumor shrinkage and disease control in patients with advanced pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL), two rare and potentially life-threatening neuroendocrine tumors.

Results from a trial led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that a targeted therapy combination improved outcomes for patients with metastatic clear-cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC)—a type of kidney cancer—whose disease progressed following immunotherapy.

Overcrowding in hospital emergency departments (EDs) is bad for patients and expensive for the public purse.

Every year, more than 12,000 Australians undergo open heart surgery—an hours-long medical procedure during which surgeons go inside the chest cavity and repair faulty heart valves or bypass blocked cardiac arteries.

As the U.S. confronts a historic health care workforce crisis, a new white paper released today calls on federal and state policymakers to modernize outdated laws, regulations, and payment systems in order to harness the full potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in care delivery.

How do mammals manage to eat in situations that cause anxiety, step into exposed spaces, or slow down when anxiety drives them to keep moving? A new study pinpoints a leptin-sensitive circuit in the lateral hypothalamus that helps to overcome anxiety to perform essential behaviors such as exploring, feeding, and limiting maladaptive hyperactivity.

Melbourne researchers have discovered gender-affirming hormone therapy can alter body proteins to match a person's gender identity, potentially affecting susceptibility to certain health conditions.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive and often fatal blood cancer, has long resisted a class of drugs called proteasome inhibitors, which work well in multiple myeloma.

A USC-led team has developed an innovative way to predict blood pressure outcomes after bariatric surgery that outperforms the current standard practice. In 108 adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery, the researchers used blood tests taken before the procedure to predict which patients would have improved blood pressure five years later. The study is one of the first to use cutting-edge "omics" techniques, which analyze the body's small molecules and proteins, to predict long-term health outcomes.

New research reveals that the number and complexity of cancer clinical trials since 2001 have varied across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with economic growth contributing to disparities, but only to a certain extent. The findings are published in Cancer.

A drug that harnesses the immune system to attack cancer cells has proved successful in preventing a rare and aggressive form of skin cancer from spreading to other organs when given immediately after surgery, a new study shows.

Depression is a mental illness, and support for depression can improve emotions, thoughts, and well-being. A new guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends that patients aged 18 and older talk to their health care providers about depression rather than undergo routine screening with standard tools, like questionnaires. The guideline is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by the Ebbinghaus illusion, a classic example of how context can shape what we see. Place a circle among other smaller circles, and it seems bigger; place it among larger ones, and it shrinks before our eyes. This illusion fascinates psychologists because it reveals that perception is not a mirror of the outside world but a clever construction of the brain.

Peanuts represent one of the most common causes of immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated, or anaphylactic, food allergies in children, yet a study found that early introduction of peanut to infants may lower their risk of developing this allergy.

Two cases of a potentially more severe strain of mpox have been confirmed in Los Angeles County.