Domain EYEION.com for sale! This premium domain is available now at Kadomain.com

Oral or transdermal hormone therapy? The mental health risks are not the same, study suggests

  • medicalxpress.com language
  • 2025-10-21 19:36 event
  • 11 hours ago schedule
Oral or transdermal hormone therapy? The mental health risks are not the same, study suggests
Hormone therapy–oral and transdermal–remains the most effective treatment for such bothersome menopause symptoms as hot flashes and is generally considered safe for most patients.

60. Q&A: Is online grocery shopping affecting our eating habits?

  • 10 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Online grocery shopping rocketed in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing recommendations made getting groceries delivered an attractive alternative to going to the store.

61. Reasonable adjustments and better training improve health outcomes in the learning disability community

  • 10 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Megan Pritchard, a third-year nursing student at Aston University, has written a paper outlining the health inequalities faced by people with learning difficulties and suggesting achievable ways to mitigate the problems.

62. Polio vaccination remains vital as global eradication faces new challenges, study says

  • 10 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

October 24 marks World Polio Day. The vaccination against poliomyelitis is considered one of the greatest achievements in preventive medicine. It has prevented millions of cases of paralysis and saved hundreds of thousands of lives. It has pushed back a disease that, in the 1950s, still paralyzed thousands of children in Germany and caused many deaths.

63. Triplet combinations of immunotherapy and targeted treatments as first-line therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma

  • 10 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

KEYMAKER-U03 is an international, multicenter, open-label, Phase I/II umbrella trial evaluating experimental combinations of pembrolizumab-based immunotherapy and targeted treatments for advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).

64. Botox-like substance brings relief to Ukrainian war amputees

  • 10 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Botulinum toxin injections provide greater short-term relief for phantom limb pain than standard medical and surgical care among Ukrainian war amputees, reports a new study led by Northwestern Medicine and Ukrainian physicians.

65. Cold, flu, RSV or COVID? A parent's guide to a child's symptoms

  • 10 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

As we head deeper into fall and toward the holiday season, your little one may start to exhibit symptoms like a runny nose, cough, or fever. But with the overlap between the common cold, influenza (the flu), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19, it can be difficult to know what is behind their illness and how to treat it.

66. Predicting physical activity change after a cardiovascular diagnosis

  • 10 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Brain connectivity patterns and environmental factors can predict which older adults will successfully increase physical activity after receiving a cardiovascular diagnosis. Nagashree Thovinakere and colleagues studied 295 cognitively healthy but physically inactive older adults from the UK Biobank who received cardiovascular diagnoses during a roughly four-year period. Their findings are published in PNAS Nexus.

67. Open-source mobile network for controlling robotic arms could enable remote medical procedures

  • 10 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

A new development in affordable, open-source mobile networks that enables near-real-time control of robotic arms could help doctors work on patients in remote locations in the years to come.

68. Large-scale analysis shows potential long-term benefits of initiating hormones during perimenopause

  • 11 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Menopause may take a toll on women physically and emotionally due to declining estrogen levels. For some, the use of hormone therapy has proven valuable in managing bothersome menopause symptoms.

69. Oral or transdermal hormone therapy? The mental health risks are not the same, study suggests

  • 11 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Hormone therapy–oral and transdermal–remains the most effective treatment for such bothersome menopause symptoms as hot flashes and is generally considered safe for most patients.

70. The likelihood of being prescribed hormone therapy may depend on the type of provider seen

  • 11 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Not all health care professionals receive the same type of formal education. That may help explain the results of a new study which suggests that provider type and specialty greatly affect whether a woman receives prescription medication treatment for menopause-related care and, if so, what kind of treatment she receives.

71. AI model combines clinical and magnetic resonance data to improve prediction of breast cancer recurrence

  • 11 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in the world among women, with more than 2.3 million cases a year, and continues to be one of the main causes of cancer-related mortality. Precisely predicting whether this type of tumor will reappear remains one of the key challenges in oncology.

72. Macrophages can fuel liver cancer spread by supplying acetate to tumor cells

  • 11 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Chinese researchers have revealed a mechanism that triggers metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)—the most common type of primary liver cancer—through the production of acetate by tumor-associated macrophages.

73. Gene deficiency that causes obesity also protects from heart disease, finds new study

  • 11 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Deficiency of the gene melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) is linked with obesity among adults. A recent study has found that the same deficiency also leads to surprising outcomes such as reduced risk of heart disease, lower cholesterol, and triglycerides. These results contradict the well-established correlation between obesity and cardiovascular diseases.

74. Health policy tool integrates personal decision-making into disease prediction model

  • 11 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Inspired by tensions between health and financial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new model could significantly improve predictions of how disease will spread by acknowledging the trade-offs in a health crisis between public health and personal welfare.

75. New blood test could streamline Alzheimer's diagnosis and treatment access

  • 11 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Scientists at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have identified simpler and less invasive methods to improve Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, potentially making it easier for patients to access emerging treatments.

76. Mosquito saliva may hold clues to fighting chikungunya inflammation

  • 12 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

Scientists from the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) have uncovered a surprising mechanism showing how mosquito saliva can alter the human body's immune response during chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection, contributing to Singapore's broader efforts to strengthen infectious disease preparedness.

77. Disrupting cancer's secret hubs: A new way to halt tumor growth

  • 12 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

In a city, coworking hubs bring people and ideas together. Inside cancer cells, similar hubs form—but instead of fueling progress, they supercharge disease. That's what researchers at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) have discovered inside the cells of a rare and aggressive kidney cancer.

78. Study reveals Parkinson's protein clumps rob brain cells of vital energy

  • 12 hours ago schedule
  • medicalxpress.com language

A new study led by Rice University's Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede has revealed that protein clumps, or plaques that clog the brain, associated with Parkinson's disease are not merely waste; they can actively drain energy from brain cells. These clumps, composed of a protein called alpha-synuclein, were found to break down adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the molecule responsible for powering nearly all cellular activities.

Cookie Policy

We use cookies and similar technologies to help the site provide a better user experience. By using the website you agree to our Cookie Policy, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.