Researchers identify link between excessive folate and gestational diabetes

A new study has found that trust in researchers is the strongest factor influencing whether older adults are willing to participate in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) biomarker research. In a survey of 399 older adults with no previous research involvement, those who expressed very high trust were significantly less hesitant to take part in studies, even after accounting for differences in age, education, race and knowledge of ADRD.

Women in their final trimester of pregnancy who lived within 6.2 miles of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Field blowout—the largest uncontrolled release of toxic air pollutants from an underground gas storage facility in U.S. history—had a nearly 50% higher-than-expected chance of having a low–birth-weight baby, according to a new study by UCLA researchers.

On World Sepsis Day, health experts remind Americans that sepsis strikes 1.7 million people in the U.S. each year and causes more than 350,000 deaths.

When Sherry Mansour, MD, assistant professor of medicine (nephrology), first began her training at Yale, she was struck by the high rates of heart failure among her patients with kidney disease.

A new Mayo Clinic study finds that many heart attacks in people under 65—especially women—are caused by factors other than clogged arteries, challenging long-standing assumptions about how heart attacks occur in younger populations.

Imperial College London's Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology reports a model-predictive control approach that times non-pharmaceutical interventions from noisy real-time case data, generally achieving better control with lower intervention costs than preset schedules or simple thresholds.

Retta Jacobi stepped onto a metal platform that lifted her to an entrance on the side of a custom-designed semitrailer. Once inside, she lay down on a platform that technicians slid into an MRI machine. Jacobi hoped the scan would help pinpoint the source of the pain in her shoulders.

Rabat, 15 September 2025 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), together with the Kingdom of Morocco, today opened a landmark meeting in Rabat to launch the Health Emergency Leaders Network for Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. This network is the first of its kind, bringing together deputy ministers and senior health emergency leaders from Ministries of Health in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, alongside international partners to forge stronger regional defences that also reinforce global health security. “When crises transcend borders, so must our response—seamlessly, efficiently, and with one voice. The Network’s value is clear: trust, operational alignment with global efforts, and a mechanism to share lessons and advance cross regional opportunities before emergencies erupt. But its success will depend on the trust built among Member States. It must be country-driven, sustained, and rooted in shared responsibility,” said Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “Africa CDC’s journey since 2017 has been rooted in the vision of a New Public Health Order, with leadership and partnerships at its core. Through the continental Incident Management Support Team (IMST), co-chaired by Africa CDC and WHO, we have shown the power of connected action in responding to outbreaks such as Mpox. Beyond systems, Read more...

Despite positive signs in reducing overuse of psychotropic medication in aged care, some areas still need urgent attention according to Macquarie University's Associate Professor Magda Raban.

Fall is in the air. Chicago evenings have a crisp breeze. But something has been bugging Annie Andrews.

Side effects experienced when taking oral contraception may be affected by women's expectations and beliefs about the pill, according to an exploratory study by psychologists.

An artificial intelligence (AI) program created by Cedars-Sinai may reduce hospitalizations in people diagnosed with heart failure, a new study reports.

Everyone gets headaches, but not all headaches are the same.

Duke Clinical Research Institute-led research finds that changing clocks and adjusting to daylight savings time showed no significant association with acute myocardial infarction (AMI, or heart attack) incidence or in-hospital outcomes.

As fall approaches, it's time to start preparing for the start of flu season as well.

A new study shows that 94% of older Australians say having gardening space where they live is extremely important. But as the housing crisis impacts more older adults, not everyone can access the benefits.

"Everybody can get" the COVID-19 vaccine.

Although Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted on social media in April that the "most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine," in a CBS News interview that month, he said, "The federal government's position, my position, is that people should get the measles vaccine, but the government should not be mandating it."