Routine AI assistance may lead to loss of skills in health professionals who perform colonoscopies

Adults aged 65 years and older are becoming the fastest-growing demographic, yet, the sexual health of older women is often understudied and untreated.

Many fertility specialists have long believed that having a thin endometrial lining—the inner layer of tissue in the uterus that supports a fertilized egg—could be an impediment to the implantation of an embryo. Thus, for patients in the U.S. with thin endometria, in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures are often delayed until the lining thickens.

Certain genetic mutations can have different outcomes depending on whether one inherits from their mother or their father. This phenomenon is known as parent-of-origin effects (POEs), where certain genes are switched on or off depending on their parental source. While scientists have been aware of this behavior for some time, little is known about the genetic traits of POEs, primarily due to the unavailability of parental genetic data.

Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a breakthrough diagnostic tool that could transform how quickly and reliably we detect illnesses like COVID-19, Ebola, AIDS or Lyme disease. The test uses just a single drop of blood, costs a couple of dollars and delivers results in only 15 minutes.

Mental health services must urgently increase investment in lifestyle interventions to improve care and help close the 15-year life expectancy gap faced by people with mental illness, a Lancet Psychiatry Commission report warns.

For many breast cancer survivors, fatigue may linger long after treatment ends, which can have a significant impact on cognitive function, ability to work, and overall quality of life. A new study from George Mason University's College of Public Health suggests that this is not just a subjective feeling but a measurable reality.

For many breast cancer survivors, fatigue may linger long after treatment ends, which can have a significant impact on cognitive function, ability to work, and overall quality of life. A new study from George Mason University's College of Public Health suggests that this is not just a subjective feeling but a measurable reality.

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Clinic for Special Children found that complement factor I (CFI) deficiency, an ultra-rare genetic disorder that can cause debilitating neuroinflammation, is more than 4,500 times more likely to be found in individuals of Old Order Amish ancestry than the rest of the global population.

Gait analysis and pain measures show that subtly adjusting the angle of the foot during walking may reduce knee pain caused by osteoarthritis. This approach may also slow progression of the condition, an incurable disease in which the cartilage cushion inside a joint breaks down.

Patients are still more likely to trust doctors and consider them more professional when they wear white coats, although women doctors in this attire are often misidentified as nurses or medical assistants, finds a review of the available research on the topic, published in the open-access journal BMJ Open.

Taste and price, rather than calorie content, seem to be the key considerations for those ordering takeouts online, despite calorie labeling legislation designed to help consumers make healthier food choices, suggests an analysis of survey responses, published in the open-access journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.

Overweight patients waiting for operations could safely use a particular type of weight-loss treatment to reduce the risk of surgical complications linked to their obesity, a new study reveals.

There seem to be reciprocal links between certain groups of gut bacteria and the risk of insomnia, suggests a Mendelian randomization study, published in the open-access journal General Psychiatry.

Anxiety symptoms among U.S. adults, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, appear to have remained stable, according to a massive online study spanning more than a decade. The findings, published in Clinical Psychological Science, challenge assumptions that the pandemic caused a widespread, enduring spike in psychological distress.

A new study has identified markers that may predict whether a chlamydia infection is likely to ascend into the uterus and endometrium. The work, published in Infection and Immunity, could lead to new diagnostics that can predict a woman's risk of severe infection.

While the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be widely studied and debated, the financial toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on individual patients is less understood. To address this gap, Rush University Medical Center researchers have analyzed self-reported data from more than 3,600 participants in the INSPIRE (Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infections Registry) to assess return-to-work, work productivity, and financial toxicity.

For decades, amblyopia has been considered a disorder primarily caused by abnormal visual experiences early in life. But new research from Mary Whitman, MD, Ph.D., pediatric ophthalmologist in the Department of Ophthalmology at Boston Children's Hospital, and her colleagues suggests the story is more complicated.

Up slightly from 16% last year, only 19% of women say a health care provider has discussed with them nutrition's role in breast cancer risk in a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult survey. However, fewer of those same women specifically mention diet this year when asked what steps they're aware of that women can take to lower their chances of developing breast cancer.