LGBTQIA+ students in conservative states face higher rates of depression and anxiety, national study suggests

The broccoli and Brussels sprouts that often get pushed to the edge of the plate might aid in reducing the risk of colon cancer.

University of Arizona researchers devised a new method to deliver cancer chemotherapy drugs to pancreatic and breast cancer tumors more effectively and with less damage to healthy tissues than standard forms of chemotherapy. The paper is published in Nature Cancer.

A new publication highlights the success of an international partnership working to strengthen nursing and midwifery in the Caribbean. "Fostering International Collaborations to Inform Nursing and Midwifery Policy: A Caribbean Initiative," appears in the International Nursing Review.

A genetic test of cord blood at birth may hold the key to predicting a child's future risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to exciting new research from Australia and Hong Kong.

Adults with hearing loss (HL) with hearing aids have a reduced risk for dementia, according to a research letter published in JAMA Neurology.

The brain holds a "map" of the body that remains unchanged even after a limb has been amputated, contrary to the prevailing view that it rearranges itself to compensate for the loss, according to new research from scientists in the UK and US.

Using vaginal estrogen tablets was not associated with an increased risk of recurrent ischemic stroke among postmenopausal women in a registry in Denmark, according to research published in Stroke.

Australian researchers have used an innovative genome-wide screening approach to identify genes, and their encoded proteins, that play critical roles in the prevention of lymphoma development, revealing new potential treatment targets for these blood cancers.

Weight-loss interventions, including gastric bypass surgery and drugs that prevent dietary fat absorption, can be invasive or have negative side effects. Now, researchers have developed edible microbeads made from green tea polyphenols, vitamin E and seaweed that, when consumed, bind to fats in the gastrointestinal tract.

A multicenter study has analyzed nearly 2,000 digitized tissue slides from colon cancer patients across seven independent cohorts in Europe and the US. The samples included both whole-slide images of tissue samples and clinical, demographic, and lifestyle data.

If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to care for children's food needs.

Parents are spending thousands of pounds to bank stem cells from their children's milk teeth—but the recipient companies' claims about their future medical value are unproven and potentially misleading, reveals an investigation by The BMJ.

Many direct to consumer menopause services are unnecessary and do not improve care, warn experts in The BMJ.

A study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health has found that it was feasible to conduct a live music-assisted relaxation and imagery session among patients admitted for pancreatic surgery. Participants described the music therapy intervention as beneficial and useful throughout recovery while also providing feedback to improve the intervention and data collection procedures moving forward.

A new study has revealed that cultural background can influence how mental health care staff approach shared decision-making with patients.

Immune checkpoint blockade medications have revolutionized cancer treatment, giving patients and providers new hope to control and sometimes cure metastatic cancer. However, predicting which patients will benefit from this expensive and sometimes toxic, but potentially lifesaving, class of medications has been a challenge.

In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were included in the study, 461 of whom received a transplant. The results show that survival rates have increased significantly over time despite the modest volumes in the region—a development that the researchers attribute to technological advances, advanced technologies and better health care practices.

Flies too need their sleep. In order to be able to react to dangers, however, they must not completely phase out the environment. Researchers at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now deciphered how the animal's brain produces this state. As they describe in the journal Nature, the fly brain filters out visual information rhythmically during sleep—so that strong visual stimuli can still wake the animal.