Helping a child with constipation: A pediatrician's advice

For many older women, the question of whether to continue breast cancer screening has been uncertain. While most guidelines recommend mammograms up to age 74, advice for women 75 and older has been less clear. Now, a new study from researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that regular mammograms may still offer significant benefits for women in their 80s.

A new eyedrop has shown early success in delivering protective compounds to where they're needed most in the eye, raising hopes for less invasive treatment of serious vision conditions.

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a diagnostic tool that could transform the way acute leukemia is identified and treated. The tool, called MARLIN (Methylation- and AI-guided Rapid Leukemia Subtype Inference), uses DNA methylation patterns and machine learning to classify acute leukemia with speed and accuracy. This tool has the potential to significantly improve patient care by allowing faster and more precise treatment decisions.

A new study jointly led by the School of Clinical Medicine at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has found that surgical removal of the diseased parathyroid gland—known as parathyroidectomy—significantly reduces the risk of developing diabetes by 30% in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT).

A research collaboration involving scientists and students at The University of Texas at Dallas has found a clear connection between chronic sickle cell disease pain and the bacteria present in the gastrointestinal tract.

Art isn't just for stages and studios. It can be a powerful public health resource. That's the takeaway from a new international study, commissioned by the Jameel Arts and Health Lab, that examined nearly 100 research projects from 27 countries to consider how arts programs, such as music, dance, theater, storytelling and other creative and cultural activities, can help prevent some of the world's biggest killers: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other non-communicable diseases, which account for 74% of preventable deaths worldwide.

Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a minimally invasive method for recording brain activity through blood vessels. Their article, "Microendovascular Neural Recording from Cortical and Deep Vessels with High Precision and Minimal Invasiveness," is published in Advanced Intelligent Systems.

Plain packaging of vape pods reduces young people's interest in trying them, but does not reduce interest among adults, according to a new study led by UCL and King's College London researchers.

US Scenario Modeling Hub, a collaborative modeling effort of 17 academic research institutions, reports a universal COVID-19 vaccination recommendation could avert thousands more US hospitalizations and deaths than a high-risk-only strategy.

In a new study that combines synthetic biology with cancer immunotherapy, researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Central South University in China have developed an engineered strain of gut-homing bacteria that stimulates potent antitumor immune responses against colorectal cancer (CRC).

Lying on top of an operating room table with his chest exposed, Larry Black Jr. was moments away from having his organs harvested when a doctor ran breathlessly into the room.

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday—about half of them at birth. About 90% of that subset developed a chronic infection.

Infective endocarditis is an infection of the inner lining of the heart, most often affecting the valves. It occurs when bacteria or other microorganisms enter the bloodstream and attach to the heart, causing potentially life-threatening damage. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, the condition remains associated with high mortality and serious complications.

Spotting a concussion can be tricky. After a potential head injury, you can ask if the person feels dizzy or has a headache—but that relies on self-reporting, which isn't always accurate.

Much excitement has built in recent years on the new class of incretin drugs that include glucagon-like-peptide-1 inhibitors (single agonists such as semaglutide) and also dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and GLP-1 receptor agonists (dual agonists such tirzepatide). Billions of dollars are now being poured into research to develop new anti-obesity medications that exhibit stronger effects while minimizing side-effect profiles.

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure—a condition called hypertension.

If you're one of the 45% of Australians with private health insurance, chances are the government pays, or has paid, a proportion of your premiums via rebates.

Louisiana health officials have confirmed a fifth death this year linked to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare and dangerous flesh-eating bacteria found in warm coastal waters.