Study identifies NYC workers most at-risk for dangerous summer heat

The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative called thimerosal.

In a study from the University of Gothenburg, 2.7% of 70-year-old women were found to have tumors of the meninges. The researchers emphasize that such findings should be treated with diligence and careful consideration.

Kids watching YouTube videos are being hammered with messages promoting junk food like candy, sugary drinks, fast food and sweet or salty snacks, a new study says.

Findings from the largest study of its kind have revealed an abnormal process in the womb lining as the explanation behind some preventable pregnancy losses. The research, led by University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, paves the way for new treatments for some women who experience recurrent miscarriage.

During sleep, the brain must achieve a delicate balance: disconnecting from sensory input to allow restorative functions, while remaining alert enough to wake if danger arises. How does it sort through external stimuli—particularly sounds—during sleep? Scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Institut Pasteur have studied how the brain responds to so-called "rough" sounds, such as screams or alarms.

When I work shifts in the emergency department, I often find myself weighing two imperfect options for patients who might have a sexually transmitted infection. Should I administer antibiotics "just in case," or wait for lab results to process a day or two later and risk the patient not returning for antibiotics? Based on national guidelines, the ED tends to swing toward coverage.

In a world that is often overwhelming for people with autism, a new study by Australian and U.S. researchers is calling for a rethink in how calming spaces and sensory rooms are designed.

A new study by the University of Oxford, published in the journal npj Vaccines, shows that a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with a 29% reduction in dementia risk in the following 18 months. The findings suggest a novel explanation for how vaccines produce this effect.

In the midst of a multi-state measles outbreak, a new poll by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the de Beaumont Foundation finds that most U.S. adults (79%) say parents should be required to have children vaccinated against preventable diseases like measles, mumps, and rubella to attend school. This includes a majority of adults across party lines—90% among Democrats and 68% among Republicans—as well as 66% of those who support the "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) movement. It also includes 72% of all parents. Among all U.S. adults, about one in five (21%) do not support routine childhood vaccine requirements.

New research on home care cooperatives—agencies co-owned and managed by home care workers—has identified key factors that appear to significantly improve the quality of care for patients.

In a recent study published in Communications Psychology, researchers from NYU led by Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at NYU Tandon and Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Adeen Flinker and Postdoctoral Researcher Adam Morgan used high-resolution electrocorticography (ECoG) to investigate how the human brain assembles sentences from individual words.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Auckland in New Zealand have developed a groundbreaking bioelectric implant that restores movement in rats after injuries to the spinal cord. This breakthrough offers new hope for an effective treatment for humans suffering from loss of sensation and function due to spinal cord injury.

Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, is widely consumed worldwide, whether for recreational or medicinal purposes. Over the past decades, the use of cannabis has been fully legalized or decriminalized in various countries worldwide, including Canada, many U.S. states, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Portugal.

Groundbreaking research by the University of Sydney has identified a new brain protein involved in the development of Parkinson's disease and a way to modify it, paving the way for future treatments for the disease.

Obesity plays a crucial role in how severely blood vessels are damaged—and this depends on where excessive fat accumulates in the body. This is the finding of a research team from the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), working together with international collaborators.

Many survivors of cardiogenic shock showed evidence of new cognitive impairment after leaving the hospital, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. The findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, highlight a need to screen survivors and provide referrals to neuropsychology experts, the authors said.

It's referred to as a phantom, yet it's anything but scary. In fact, for patients who need tumors extracted, it could help advance a promising surgical procedure.

The U.K. is asking patients whose pancreas became dangerously inflamed after taking obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound to come in for tests to understand whether there's a genetic risk for the condition.