Vitiligo linked to higher depression risk in a large US cohort

Women in counties with repeatedly lower cervical cancer screening rates suffer nearly double the rate of cervical cancer diagnoses, particularly of late-stage disease, and death from cervical cancer, according to a new analysis by researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.

A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported clinical trial has found that the outcome of treating complicated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections with two intravenous (IV) doses of the antibiotic dalbavancin seven days apart is just as good as daily IV doses of conventional antibiotics over four to six weeks.

Adults who smoke cigarettes and are addicted to alcohol or other drugs were more likely to achieve sustained remission of their substance use disorder symptoms if they also quit smoking, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Based on their analysis of data from a large U.S. study of smoking and health, researchers believe the results clearly show the benefit of pairing smoking cessation with addiction recovery efforts.

Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Tickle College of Engineering and UT Institute of Agriculture are partnering with technology development firm CFD Research Corporation to create a groundbreaking device that uses biomarkers in the blood to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder and other complex conditions.

Addiction is a widespread health issue that will affect about 1 in 5 Canadians over their lifetimes. For example, addiction to opioids has led to opioid and overdose crises in many cities, which has brought the social question of addiction to the forefront.

Exposure to harmful chemicals has long been linked to disease, but the specifics surrounding gynecological conditions are largely unknown. A study published in Environmental Health Perspectives by Joanna Marroquin, Ph.D., a Public Health, Epidemiology student, is the first to evaluate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in endometrial (uterine) tissue.

Researchers from the School of Biomedical Sciences at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), have made a significant advancement that could reshape the treatment landscape for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, which often resists treatment and recurs. This cancer is especially prevalent in Southeast Asia and China.

While gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is rarely performed during pregnancy—accounting for just 0.4% of procedures—there are times when it is urgently needed. A new review by physician-scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, offers experience-informed and, where possible, evidence-based recommendations to guide gastroenterologists in providing safe, effective care to pregnant patients when endoscopy can't wait.

In the beginning, not even Hynek Wichterle's postdoc thought his idea to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) had a chance.

With heat waves becoming more intense and frequent across the U.S., experts gathered for a Harvard webinar on how to protect children's health amid soaring temperatures.

It may be time to rethink certain genetic mutations associated with two devastating neurodegenerative disorders—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD)—according to a new Nature Neuroscience study from researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM).

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among women with gynecological cancers. The current medical playbook—surgery followed by chemotherapy—initially shows promise. Tumors shrink, sometimes disappearing entirely. But in more than 80% of patients, the cancer not only comes back, but returns more aggressive and increasingly resistant to the very treatments that once seemed effective.

Late nights, alcohol, and smoking on weekends may be doing more than disrupting your Monday mornings. They could also be triggering a newly identified sleep health concern known as "social apnea," warn researchers from Flinders University.

An unvaccinated child who lives in Kootenai County was diagnosed with measles just weeks after the virus was found in the area's wastewater. It's the second confirmed case of measles in Idaho this month.

John-Paul Sager appreciates the care he has received at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics, but he thinks it should be easier for veterans like him to use their benefits elsewhere.

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.