Smartphone imaging system shows promise for early oral cancer detection in dental clinics

Approximately 20% of American adolescents experience a mental health disorder each year, a number that has been on the rise. Genetics and life events contribute, but because so many factors are involved, and because their influence can be subtle, it's been difficult for researchers to generate effective models for predicting who is most at risk for mental health problems.

While our immune systems typically do a great job containing pathogens and clearing infections, they can occasionally overreact. When the immune response to infection becomes excessive, it causes rapid, widespread organ damage in a life-threatening condition called sepsis. Worldwide, sepsis imposes significant social, economic, and health costs. Estimates put global cases of sepsis at 50 million per year, resulting in over 11 million deaths annually.

Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that patients with violent injuries often face legal and financial needs that can have an impact on their recovery—and that providing legal help at the bedside can make a measurable difference.

An international research team led by a University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine investigator has revealed ultra-detailed intricacies in how nerve signals activate at the neuromuscular junction, a specialized synapse that connects motor neurons to skeletal muscle fibers.

Mental health disorders are more prevalent among incarcerated individuals than in the general population, and disorders related to substance use are especially prevalent among incarcerated women. Yet little research has focused on how women's mental health changes or persists following incarceration and during re-entry.

Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have recently found that a certain protein may have a large influence on how the immune system functions.

The doctor suggests opting for a treatment that is better for the environment. How do patients react to this? Doctors and psychologists together discovered that this has little impact on patient confidence in the doctor.

Wiring up the brain's trillions of circuit connections is an enormous job performed by a huge crew of molecules. Among the less understood members are circular RNAs, transcripts from DNA that assume a closed loop shape. A study by a team of neuroscientists centered at MIT shows that one such circular RNA from the Homer gene (circHomer1) takes on a significant and somewhat surprising role in how the developing brains of mice form connections (synapses) in the visual system.

A study published in Science reveals a cellular mechanism involved in the inheritance of genetic mutations. The study also points to a potential treatment that could reduce the risk of babies being born with serious, incurable mitochondrial diseases.

As our hair goes gray and our muscles weaken with age, our immune system also changes. In particular, the stem cells that become blood or immune cells can develop mutations, potentially leading to cancers or other dysfunctions.

Patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) have an increased prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Oct. 14 in BMC Gastroenterology.

In cancer patients, the health of the thymus—a key part of the body's immune system—is associated with the outcomes these patients experience after immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment, according to an international study reported at ESMO 2025.

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill to fast-track the study of psychedelic drugs, which a coalition of veterans say hold enormous potential to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

Population-based estimates of cumulative breast cancer risk for established pathogenic variants (PVs) vary by family history and potentially modifiable risk factors, according to a study published online Oct. 9 in JAMA Oncology.

A new study from NYU Tandon, NYU Langone Health, and the NYU Stern School of Business offers one of the first data-driven looks at how generative AI might help health care providers manage their message overload—and why many are hesitant to adopt the technology.

Food processing takes many forms, and most foods are processed in one way or another—by grinding, pasteurization or fermentation. People don't want to eat unprocessed wheat—they want to eat bread. Moreover, bread, yogurt, cheese, and cured sausages such as salami are all fermented using fungal or bacterial cultures.

Voluntary assisted dying is being debated in the Northern Territory (NT) parliament this week.

A research team at the Seville Biomedical Institute (IBis) has identified a new molecular mechanism that explains the high sensitivity of Ewing sarcoma (an aggressive bone cancer that mainly affects children and adolescents) to certain chemotherapy drugs, such as irinotecan. The results, published in the journal Oncogene, open the door to more personalized and effective strategies for treating this type of cancer.