Supermarket treatments for depression don't require a prescription. But do they work?

Atopic dermatitis (AD) was associated with an increased risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD) in an Asian population, according to a study published online July 10 in the Journal of Dermatology.

A Sydney-based study of 69 young people seeking mental health care found almost a quarter showed disrupted body clocks that showed signs that looked like jet lag, despite not having traveled across time zones. The University of Sydney researchers suggest the finding could lead to new ways to treat and study mental health conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder.

UBC Okanagan researchers have developed a 3D bio-printed model that closely mimics the complexity of natural lung tissue, an innovation that could transform how scientists study lung disease and develop new treatments.

About 90% of the ice cream sold in the U.S. will no longer contain artificial dyes by 2028, federal health officials announced.

Oral cancer is a growing public health concern, particularly in South Asia, where it affects tens of thousands each year. In India alone, oral cancer accounts for 40% of all cancers, largely driven by the widespread use of tobacco-based products like gutka. The situation is worsened by limited access to early screening and treatment, especially in rural and underserved areas. Most cases are diagnosed at advanced stages, when treatment is more difficult and survival rates are lower.

A University of Manitoba expert is a vital part of an international team of scientists studying the alarming changes in the spread of mpox across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to better understand the rapidly evolving virus.

It's common knowledge that obesity is a global epidemic, particularly in industrialized countries, and that it is a major cause of disease and poor overall health. However, there has been a tug-of-war in the debate of whether the main cause of obesity is diet or a lack of exercise.

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are a major challenge in everyday medical practice, as they often cannot be treated with antibiotics. According to the Robert Koch Institute, there are 400,000 to 600,000 infections with hospital germs in Germany every year—around 10,000 to 20,000 people die from them. Alternative treatment options are therefore needed.

Emeli Chatterjee, Ph.D., of the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author and Saumya Das, MD, Ph.D., of the Division of Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Cell Genomics, titled "The extracellular vesicle transcriptome provides tissue-specific functional genomic annotation relevant to disease susceptibility in obesity."

Immune checkpoints are regulatory proteins that prevent the immune system from attacking healthy tissues. Some cancer cells exploit these checkpoints to avoid immune detection. Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB)—a therapy that uses antibodies to block these deceptive signals—can unleash the immune system to destroy cancer.

Your feet do more than get you from place to place—they're key to your overall health.

Ultrasound (US) imaging is a widely employed diagnostic tool used for real-time imaging of various organs and tissues using ultrasonic sound waves. The waves are sent into the body, and images are created based on how the waves reflect off internal tissues and organs. It is used for guiding many medical procedures, including biopsies and injections, and is important for dynamic monitoring of blood vessels.

Penn Medicine researchers have identified genetic conditions in a large percent of adults admitted to the intensive care unit, dispelling the belief that genetic testing only benefits a pediatric population.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have identified a previously overlooked protein, Epac1, as a key driver of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic and progressive lung-scarring disease. Their findings, demonstrated across cell cultures, preclinical models, and samples of human lung tissue, show that blocking Epac1 can slow the progression of the disease.

New research explains how low levels of the electrolyte sodium in the blood can disrupt the timing of the heartbeat in patients taking widely used rhythm-control medications such as flecainide, which is commonly prescribed for atrial fibrillation and other fast or irregular heart rhythms.

The American Heart Association wants people to know that "there's no reason to avoid seed oils and plenty of reasons to eat them," but some media headlines and social media influencers will ask you to believe otherwise.

A population-based cohort study emulating a target trial estimated the effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) compared with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors on the risk for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and its complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.

In a new mouse study, researchers have used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to uncover new insights into how the fallopian tube transports preimplantation embryos toward the uterus for pregnancy. These findings help lay the foundation for understanding certain causes of infertility and pregnancy complications in people.