Radioactive ion beams successfully treat animal tumors in study

When Jesse J, Christina Applegate and Katie Thurston spoke openly about their mastectomies, their candor did more than share private struggles. It highlighted a procedure that, while often life saving, is unevenly available depending on the genetic lottery into which someone is born.

A recent study of more than 3.8 million women who gave birth in California found that those who were multiracial were more likely to have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder compared with women of a single race.

The UK's Health Security Agency has advised overseas travelers to take precautions to avoid contracting the potentially severe mosquito-borne virus, Chikungunya.

Animal studies suggest that some food additives, such as artificial colorants and sweeteners, emulsifiers, and antimicrobial preservatives, could be harmful to gut health. A recent review published in The FASEB Journal summarizes the literature and finds that more clinical studies are needed to assess the potential impacts on humans, especially those with inflammatory bowel diseases. In the meantime, the authors suggest policy changes that could help people make more informed choices.

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are using novel nonviral gene therapy technology to gain insight into how to treat age-related heart disease. Researchers found that adding more brown fat or increasing the level of a fat molecule, or lipokine, released by energy-burning brown fat helps preserve heart health.

In an advance for climate-informed disease early warning systems, a team of researchers, public health actors and meteorologists have developed a prediction model capable of forecasting dengue outbreaks in the Caribbean up to three months in advance.

A new study finds that a high-salt diet triggers brain inflammation that drives up blood pressure. The research, led by McGill University scientist Masha Prager-Khoutorsky in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team at McGill and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, suggests the brain may be a missing link in certain forms of high blood pressure—or hypertension—traditionally attributed to the kidneys.

Researchers from the Global Center for Asian Women's Health (GloW) and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have found that selected maternal biomarkers from first-trimester random blood samples can effectively predict a woman's risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

You may have heard high-impact activity—exercise such as running, jumping, football and basketball—is good at building bone density and strength. But what about when you're standing still, lifting weights at the gym?

More than half of patients prescribed medical cannabis for chronic musculoskeletal pain stop using it within a year, according to new research from Philadelphia that raises fresh questions about the drug's longevity and its role in long-term pain management—especially among older adults.

Our imagination might not be as powerful as we think when it comes to holding visual images, according to a first-of-its-kind study by psychologists at Nottingham Trent University (NTU).

In a significant research advancement that may help inform treatment strategies for millions of patients worldwide, a research team led by Prof. Fei-Yuan Hsiao of National Taiwan University and Prof. Liang-Kung Chen of National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University has provided important new insights into a critical clinical question: "Which diabetes medications may offer better lung outcomes for patients with both diabetes and COPD—and does patient frailty matter?"

Heart attacks are life-changing events, but one type can be particularly distressing.

For the first time, people can get their annual flu vaccine without leaving the comfort of home.

Texas Children's is pleased to announce that a three-year-old girl has been successfully treated with the first-ever FDA-approved gene therapy treatment for AADC deficiency.

Mental health providers are trained to guide others through trauma, yet their own exposure to clients' suffering can take a significant toll. Studies show that between 40% and 85% of providers experience compassion fatigue or secondary traumatic stress—key signs of reduced professional quality of life. These stressors are often ongoing and layered, and when combined with limited coping tools and a sense that they have little control over their circumstances, the impact can be even greater.

A new study delving into the genetic drivers of a rare and aggressive childhood cancer called Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor (MPNST) has revealed metabolic frailties in the cancer cells that might be exploited to improve treatments for patients.

Automated insulin delivery (AID) systems such as the UVA Health-developed artificial pancreas could help more type 1 diabetes patients if the devices become fully automated, according to a new review of the technology.