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Pretrained Machine Learning Models May Help Accurately Diagnose Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Resource-limited Settings

Artificial intelligence models, pretrained on vast datasets, significantly outperformed a standard baseline model in identifying nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC) from digital images of tissue samples, according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, held April 25-30.

April 27, 2025

May 20 2025

• $5 Million Gift From Scott and Sandi Borchetta To Support NICU Program
• LJI scientists uncover clues to how a viral infection can lead to arthritis-like disease
• Study Suggests Genetic Mutation in Some Ashkenazi Jewish Men May Be Linked to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk
• To Suss Out Who's Sick, Humans Rely on Senses at a Distance
• New Method Dramatically Improves Cryo-EM's Imaging Capabilities
• Pulmonary Embolism in Children More Common Than Previously Thought
• ASTRO Survey Underscores Damaging Impact of Continued Medicare Cuts on Cancer Care; Bipartisan ROCR Act Offers Solutions
• Possible Plastic Contamination Prompts Nationwide Ice Cream Recall
• NIH Scientists Still Face Layoffs Despite RFK Jr.'s Reassurances
• Publix Recalls Baby Food Over Possible Lead Contamination
• Scientists Find Gene That Helps Explain Why Men Are Taller Than Women
• Cleveland Clinic Children's Among First Hospitals to Use Novel Gene Therapy to Treat Inherited Blood Disorders
• Heart Failure Patients Increase Their Odds Of Death By Skipping Yearly Doctor Visit
• Recovering From A Heart Attack? Here's What You Shouldn't Do
• Brain Wave Decoder Figures Out How To Cause Movement In Spinal Cord Injuries
• Pregnant People and Infants in U.S. Communities Prone to Wildfire Smoke Often Lack Geographic Access to Health Care
• Pets Might Be Adding To Antibiotic Resistance
• Oral Health Linked To Migraines, Fibromyalgia
• Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Linked to Long-Term Deficits
• ICU Delirium Tests Misclassify Spanish-Speakers
• Maternal Air Pollution Exposure Worsens Asthma Severity for Offspring
• Concussion? When To Start Physical Therapy
• Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Survey Shows Mental Health Conditions Disrupt a Majority of American's Sleep
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Develop Promising Tools to Enhance Gene Therapy Delivery for Hard-to-Treat Diseases
• World Governments for the First Time Take Vital Step to Prevent, Prepare for, and Respond to Catastrophic Pandemics
• Microbial Pioneers: How Bacteria Shape Dental Implant Health From Day One
• Safe Medication for Mother and Child

May 19 2025

• Cancer During Young Adulthood Carries Long-Term Mental Toll
• New Study Finds that Physical Pressure Escalates Liver Cancer Aggression
• Heteroplasmic de novo MT-ND5 Truncating Mutations: Implications for Mitochondrial Function in Oncogenesis
• Young Newlywed, UTSW Cancer Team Wage 'Infinity War' on Stage 4 Lymphoma
• Common Analgesic Gas Aids in Opening of Blood-Brain Barrier
• First Human Bladder Transplant Performed at UCLA
• Limited Evidence Suggests Calorie Restriction May Slightly Reduce Depressive Symptoms in People with Elevated Cardiometabolic Risk
• You and Your Pet Can Share Resistance to Certain Medications. Here's How
• Helping Cancer Patients Their Way to Healthier Lives
• FDA Gives Full OK to Novavax COVID Shot for High-Risk Groups
• Former President Joe Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
• New Models Help Docs Distinguish Severe Pneumonia In Children
• Doctors Perform First-Ever Human Bladder Transplant in U.S.
• Ciliary Dysfunction Linked to Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Severity
• Having a Team Therapist Reduces Burnout in Critical Care Nurses
• Deep Learning Can Predict Lung Cancer Risk From Single LDCT Scan
• Sophisticated Data Analysis Uncovers How City Living Disrupts ADHD's Path to Obesity
• Policies Targeting Road Transport Emissions Could Save 1.9 Million Lives Globally by 2040, New Study Finds
• Youth Shape the Vision for the Austin HOPE Center
• One Woman's Fight for Recovery Highlights Urgent Need for Long COVID Research
• GLP-1 Drugs Appear To Lower Cancer Risk
• Researchers Discover New Protein Target for Childhood Medulloblastomas
• Couch Potatoes Have Greater Risk Of Brain Decline, Even If They Exercise
• Black Patients, Women Face Worse Outcomes, Death In Heart & Blood Vessel Procedures
• Laying the Groundwork to Diagnose Speech Impairments in Children with Clinical AI
• Song Lyrics Matter When Managing Your Mood, Study Says
• Inhaled Microplastics Inhibit Key Immune Cell in the Lungs
• AI Can Help Track MS Progression
• Living with Anxiety? Regular Sleep May Be Especially Important for Heart Health
• Changes in the Aging Heart May Reduce the Risk of Irregular Heartbeats
• Scientists Discover NELL2's Dual Role: Boosting Bone Formation While Curbing Fat Accumulation
• Could Personality Tests Help Make Bipolar Disorder Treatment More Precise?
• Mayo Clinic Discovery Could Mean More Donor Hearts by Extending the Preservation Time
• Value in Health Journal Spotlights "Whole Health" in Special Series
• Some Parents Say They Waited Too Long to Stop Pacifier Use or Thumb-Sucking in Children
• Experts Provide Practical Advice for Families Worried About Picky Eaters

May 18 2025

• Climate Change Increases Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Got Pruney Fingers? Here's The Scientific Skinny To Explain It
• Methotrexate as Effective as Prednisone in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
• Waitlist Deaths Dropped Under New Lung Transplant Allocation System
• Wearable Sensor Could Be Used to Monitor OSA Treatment Response

May 17 2025

• Chimpanzees' Drumming May Be Ancient Form of Communication

May 16 2025

• Sylvester Cancer Tip Sheet - May 2025
• FDA Gives Marketing Nod to Blood Test for Diagnosing Alzheimer Disease
• UCLA researchers to participate in key sessions at American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
• Scientists Discover Key Gene Impacts Liver Energy Storage, Affecting Metabolic Disease Risk
• Largest Genomic Study of Veterans with Metastatic Prostate Cancer Reveals Critical Insights for Precision Medicine
• Researchers Find CRISPR Is Capable of Even More Than We Thought
• Can Mindfulness Combat Anxiety?
• From Fighter Jets to Fighting Cancer: How Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center's Dr. Goy Helped a Veteran Soar Again
• Novo Nordisk, U.S. Biotech Company Team Up to Create Obesity Pills
• Custom Gene Editing Helps Baby With Rare Condition
• Toxic Metals Found in All Rice Samples in New Report
• In Healthy Aging, Carb Quality Counts
• Infant Immune Systems Respond Differently to Severe COVID-19
• Republican Medicaid Cuts Could Cause Rural Hospital Closures, CEOs Warn HealthDay TV
• Ebun's Story: Being a "Minority within a Minority" in Healthcare
• Valeria's Story: A Commitment to Medicine that Began in the ER
• Medicare Low-Income Drug Benefit Saves Lives, Study Says
• Adults Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes Face Heart Health Issues, Risk Of Early Death
• Houston Wastewater Foretold Texas Measles Outbreak
• Testosterone Therapy Doesn't Increase Cancer Risk For Transmasculine People
• Barbie's Feet Have Changed With The Times
• When L.A. Wildfires Broke Out, CHLA's Behavioral Health Team Rushed In

May 15 2025

• Large Disparities in Adoption of Alzheimer's Infusion Therapy Raise Concerns About Access
• Overlooked Cell Type Orchestrates Brain Rewiring
• Using Testosterone Gel to Treat Women Recovering from Hip Fractures Provides No Added Benefits, Clinical Trial Finds
• Study Finds Scottish Safe Staffing Act Implementation Facing Challenges
• Under Embargo: School Dinners May Encourage Picky Teenagers to Eat Better, Says New Study
• Unlocking the Brain's Secrets
• Wesper is Rewriting Sleep Apnea Diagnosis: The FDA-Cleared Tech That Replaces Cannulas with Comfort
• Two University of Idaho Professors Earn Elite Researcher Status for Contributions to Fisheries and Global Health
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles Experts to Present at 2025 Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Meeting
• Study Aims to Establish Key Biomarkers in Rett Syndrome
• Government of Grenada Signs Agreement with the New York-based Mount Sinai Health System for the Development of a New, State-of-the-Art, Affiliate Hospital for the people of Grenada, Carriacou and Peti
• American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) to host Annual Meeting in San Francisco, September 27-October 1
• Skip the Extra Salt: Study Shows Heart Healthy Diet and Sodium Reduction Lower Risk of Heart Disease
• Exercise Focus Group Leaps Into Virtual Reality
• MSU Study: Ransomware Drives US Health Data Breaches
• How Play Can Have Mental Benefits for Children with Austim
• How Rearranged Genes Drive Kidney Cancer Progression
• Mount Sinai Experts to Present New Research on Preeclampsia, Doula Care and More at 2025 ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting
• U.S. Suspends Live Animal Imports Amid Screwworm Outbreak in Mexico
• VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Brain Fog and Long COVID Inflammation Study - Virtual Press Briefing
• Scientists Find Two Brain Biomarkers in Long COVID Sufferers May Be What's Causing Their Brain Fog, Other Cognitive Issues
• Trump's Surgeon General Pick Touts Psychedelics for Health
• NIH Research Cuts Leave Cancer Patient Facing Hard Choice
• Shorter Radiation Therapy After Prostate Surgery Safe, Study Finds
• Conservatives Privately Support Several Firearm Policies, but Don't Publicly Demand Them
• Study Finds No Link Between COVID Vaccine And Miscarriage Risk
• Alzheimer’s Drug Can Be Safely Administered In Memory Clinics, Study Says
• Smartphones Aid Recovery From Broken Leg, Hip
• Your Kitchen: Cooking, Conversation and Hand Injuries
• Broken Heart Syndrome Remains A Killer, Especially For Men
• Improvements In Prostate Cancer Tracking Help Men Stay In Active Surveillance
• 'Mini-Strokes' Linked To Long-Lasting Fatigue
• Dental Flosser for at-home Stress Monitoring
• Study Reveals Why Women Tend to Have Faster Heartbeats, Men More Irregular Rhythms

May 14 2025

• Study Reveals Surprising Side Effects of High-Dose Radiation Therapy
• First Successful Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Using Deceased Donor in Blood Cancer Clinical Trial
• Women's Physical Activity Levels are Less Variable Than Men's, Study Says
• Tracing the Path from Basic Research to Transformative Therapies
• The Medical Minute: Leaky Bladder? Why It Happens (and What You Can Do About It)
• Q&A: UW Researcher Discusses the "Cruel Optimism" of Tech Industry Layoffs
• Breathwork Isn't Just Woo-Woo -- The Science Behind It Is Rock Solid, Says UCLA Neurobiologist
• At the Bedside: Parents of Daughters with Rare Juvenile-Onset Huntington's Disease Find UTHealth Houston Center of Excellence for Care and Support
• Models Predict Severity of Pneumonia in Kids to Help Guide Treatment
• A Clot-Breaking SonoThrombectomy(tm) Ultrasound System Shows Promise in First-In-Human Clinical Trial
• Yale Cancer Center Experts Set to Present Advances in Cancer Research at the World's Largest Clinical Oncology Conference
• Interplay Between Key Proteins Could Serve as a Target for Cancer Treatment
• 'STEM Day at the Lab' Enters Its 10th Year of Bringing Science to LLNL Communities
• Duration of Overweight/Obesity During Treatment Linked to Worse Outcomes in Pediatric Leukemia Patients
• How to Stop Hepatitis A? Wash Your Hands
• Loss of Medicare Part D Subsidy Linked to Higher Mortality Among Low-Income Older Adults
• Combining Laboratory Techniques Yields Wealth of Information About Deadly Brain Tumors
• AAN Issues Evidence in Focus Article on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
• Celtics Star Jayson Tatum Out for Season With Torn Achilles
• RFK Jr. Criticized for Swimming With Grandkids in Bacteria-Filled Creek
• FDA to Review and Possibly Ban Fluoride Supplements for Kids
• New Generation of Skin Substitutes Give Hope to Severe Burns Patients
• People with Lupus Who Have Certain Antibodies Are More Likely to Experience Blood Clots, Researchers Find
• Family Doctors Find It Tough To Talk Sex With Patients
• Sports, Exercise Protects Mental Health Of Growing Kids
• AI Can Catch Hard-To-Detect Breast Cancers In Mammograms
• More U.S. Teens Getting Weight-Loss Surgery
• Drug Effective Against Early Migraine Symptoms
• Academy Award-Nominated Movie Helps Researchers Identify Brain Region Biased Towards Drug Cues and Treatment Effects in Individuals With Heroin Use Disorder
• Weight Gain, Delayed Motherhood Linked To Breast Cancer Risk
• Study Tests Therapeutic Cooling for Babies With Mild Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
• 1 in 4 Kids Live with Parents Who Have Alcohol or Other Drug Problems

May 13 2025

• Proposed Theory: Psychedelics Induce Right-Brain Dominance
• A Call for Disclosure When Using AI with Patient Communications
• UC Davis Health Offering FDA-Approved Test That Can Diagnose Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease
• Dual Functions of PME-1 Protein Critical for Brain Development and Disease Treatment
• Artificial Intelligence-Based Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Mammography Microcalcification
• CHLA Researcher Uses Low-Field MRI to Assess Lung Capacity in Children With Single Ventricle Hearts
• University of Utah Partners with XPRIZE to Support Global Effort to Revolutionize Healthy Aging
• When Doctors Dismiss Symptoms, Patients Suffer Lasting Harm
• From Bench to Bedside: SHRO-Led Review Illuminates the Translational Power of Liquid Biopsy in Gynecological Oncology
• Mapping a New Brain Network for Naming
• Blackouts Boost Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Risk Among Young Kids
• OpenAI Releases HealthBench Dataset to Test AI in Health Care
• Fresh & Ready Foods Recalls Products After Listeria Outbreak
• U.S. Advises Older Travelers to Avoid Chikungunya Vaccine
• New Study Amplifies Rural Voices to Improve Palliative Care at End-of-Life
• Curious? Healthy Brain Aging Might Depend On It
• GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Cut Alcohol Cravings By Two-Thirds
• No Link Between ADHD Meds And Psychosis, Study Says
• Hearing Aids Effective In Combating Loneliness Among Seniors
• HIV Pills Might Prevent Alzheimer's
• First-of-Its-Kind Surgery Uses Eye Socket to Remove Spinal Cancer
• 'Loop'hole: HIV-1 Hijacks Human Immune Cells Using Circular RNAs
• Recent Synthetic Endeavors on Anticancer Heterocyclic Natural Products
• New Research Study Reveals Sedentary Behavior Is an Independent Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease

May 12 2025

• Review of Mental Health Referral Data Highlights Patterns--and Gaps--in 0-5 Care
• Scientists track tiny structures key to advanced electronics
• How Neutrophil Calprotectin Unmasks Future Atherosclerotic Heart Disease Risk
• UMGCCC Researchers Share New Findings on Link Between Lifetime Alcohol Use and Colorectal Cancer and More at AACR 2025
• Researchers Identify Roles of Key Genes in Colon Cancer Development
• Despite Higher Sensitivity, Multitarget Stool DNA Tests Not as Cost-Effective for Early Detection of CRC Compared with FIT
• As Demand for "Nonvaccinated" Blood Increases, Experts Call for National Policy Prohibiting Directed Blood Donations
• The American College of Physicians announces quality agenda for internal medicine
• Researchers Say Dance and Lullabies Are Learned, Not Hardwired
• Zepbound Outperforms Wegovy in Head-to-Head Weight Loss Study
• Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Life-Saving Baby Heart Device
• World-First Solar Thermal Demonstrator Targets Net Zero Breakthrough for Industry and Agriculture
• Olympic Anti-Doping Lab Puts U.S. Meat Supply to the Test
• Drug to Slow Alzheimer's Well Tolerated Outside of Clinical Trial Setting
• Vitamin Supplements and Cancer: New SHRO-Backed Study Warns Against Unsupervised Nutritional Interventions
• UTHealth Houston Study Reveals Long-Term Mental Health Benefits of Healthy Relationship Skills Program for Adolescents
• A Novel Mechanism Links Lipoprotein(a) to Blood Clotting in the Arteries and Increased Risk of Heart Attack
• Pregnancy Health Problems Increase Kids' Blood Pressure
• U.S. Illicit Opioid Use Could Be 20 Times Higher Than Previously Estimated
• FDA Approves At-Home Cervical Cancer Test for Women Ages 25 to 65
• Common Neural Underpinnings Identified for Sleep Disturbances Associated with Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum, Chronic Tic, and Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorders
• Birth Control Pill Increases Risk Of Asthma Attacks In Young Women
• Poor Heart Health Increases Risk of Dementia for Black Americans
• Medicaid 'Unwinding' Cost Kids Access To Asthma Inhalers, Other Chronic Disease Meds
• OrthoTrophix Initiated Phase 2b Clinical Trial of TPX-100 in Patients with Mild to Severe Knee Osteoarthritis
• Double Lung Transplant Saves Mother Of Twins
• National Cancer Research Month with Dr. Raghav Sundar
• Generative AI on Track to Shape the Future of Drug Design
• Advanced AI Model Enhances Diagnostic Accuracy in Digestive Disease Detection
• Andelyn Biosciences Applies the AAV Curator(r) Platform to Deliver Novel Gene Therapy for an Ultra-Rare NEDAMSS Disease Patient 14-Months after Diagnosis
• Rethinking Medication Adherence: A Stakeholder Blueprint
• New Research Reveals Surprising Trends in Women's Health Economics Authorship
• What Does Medicaid Do? 10 Findings From Research
• Mother of Twins Travels From Germany to Chicago for Life-Saving Lung Transplant After Being Diagnosed with Terminal Lung Cancer
• Eco-Friendly Extraction and Chitosan Aerogel Delivery Enhance Antibacterial Potential of Carya Cathayensis Husk Triterpenoids

May 11 2025

• Sweet Tooth Explained: Researchers Reveal How We Taste Sugar

May 10 2025

• Topical Antibiotic May One Day Treat Infected Ears

May 9 2025

• Three New Color Food Additives From Natural Sources Approved by FDA
• At the Bedside: Mom with Rare Genetic Condition Survives Pregnancy and Delivers Healthy Baby Boy, Thanks to Physicians at UTHealth Houston
• What Is Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy? A CHLA Neurosurgeon Describes the Procedure for Children With Cerebral Palsy
• The skinny on fat, ascites and anti-tumor immunity
• Loyola Medicine Ophthalmologists Travel to Guatemala to Provide Advanced Eye Care
• RPI Researchers Make Strides Toward Quantum Networking
• Multimodal Multitask Foundation Model Enhances Lung Cancer Screening and Beyond
• Catching Waves: Children's Hospital Los Angeles' CATCH Program Empowers Kids With Hand Differences to Push Their Limits
• Study Reveals Key Insights into Glioblastoma Recurrence, Possible Therapy Targets
• Geographic Location Affects Health Risks in Older Adults
• Older Adults Are Getting Infected with HIV, but Prevention Focuses on Young People
• South African Study Identifies Two New Breast Cancer Genes in Black Women
• Trump Taps Wellness Influencer Casey Means for Surgeon General
• Thinking About a Tattoo? FDA Warns These Inks Could Be Dangerous
• Some Cancers Increasing in People Under 50, New Report Shows
• Smartphone Mobility Data Predicts Recovery After Lower-Extremity Fractures, Study Finds
• A Hot Topic: How Temperature Fuels Energy Loss in Fuel Cells
• Childhood Obesity Triples Odds Of Weight Discrimination
• Talk Therapy On The Rise, Psychiatric Meds Used Less Often
• Blood Testing Could Catch Cancers Early, Projections Say
• Smoking Doesn't Explain Increased COPD Risk For Women
• Women With Autoimmune Disease At Greater Risk For Heart-Related Death
• Ovary Removal Reduces Death, Cancer Risk Among Genetically Prone Breast Cancer Survivors
• New ACG Guideline on Nutrition in Liver Disease & More in May Issue of AJG
• Moms Helping Moms: Postpartum Depression Eased Through Peer Support Program

May 8 2025

• Unique Model of Rare Epileptic Disease Helps Pinpoint Potential Treatment Route
• New Gene Linked to Severe Cases of Fanconi Anemia
• Protein Found in Rheumatic Diseases Causes Inflammation in COVID-19 Patients
• Protein Linked to Immunotherapy Resistance in Kidney Cancer
• Roswell Park Announces Positive Progress in Clinical Trial of Novel Immunotherapy SurVaxM
• Backed by Science and Evidence, New Jersey's Actions Aim to Advance Maternal Health
• FDA-Designated Orphan Drug Could Increase Radiation Efficacy in Lung Cancer
• Moderna's Combo Flu and COVID Shot Shows Promise
• When Statins Aren't Enough, This Drug May Help Lower 'Bad' Cholesterol
• Trump Administration Ends CDC's Key Infection Control Committee
• MD Anderson Research Highlights for May 8, 2025
• What Retina Specialists Want You to Know About Retinal Detachment
• Addressing Ethical Challenges Requires Continued Commitment
• Advanced Imaging and Targeted Therapy Help Men with Prostate Cancer Safely Defer Surgery and Radiation Therapy
• The Medical Minute: Stroke: The Women's Condition No One Talks About
• Building Vaccines for Future Versions of a Virus
• CDI Lab Demonstrates Key Molecular Factor in Exhaustion of Immune Cells - with Treatment Implications
• Alcohol's Impairment of Women's Working Memory Varies Across the Menstrual Cycle, Adding to Evidence that Estrogen May Help Protect Certain Cognitive Functions
• Trajectory of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms during Alcohol Treatment May Predict Relapse
• In Personalized Interventions for Risky-Drinking College Students, More Thorough is More Effective--But Only When They're Paying Attention
• Positive Mindset Linked to Fewer Problems Related to Drinking
• Face Mask Can Detect Kidney Disease Via Breath
• Worried About Prostate Cancer Screening? New Study Shows Better Judgment In Treatment
• Down Syndrome Patients Have Higher Stroke, Heart Attack Risk
• Early Alzheimer's Testing Can Provide Peace Of Mind
• Mayo Clinic Q and A: How Belly Breathing Benefits Your Body, Mind
• Ultra-Processed Foods Linked To Parkinson's Disease Risk
• Sleep Apnea Linked To Memory-Related Brain Decline
• What Parents Should Know About Newborn Hearing Screenings
• NUTRITION 2025 Showcases Latest Research on the Food We Eat and Its Impact on Our Health
• Engineering an Antibody Against Flu with Sticky Staying Power
• Moffitt Researchers Show That Reactivity to Tumor Antigens is Important for TIL Therapy

May 7 2025

• No One to Play With? UCLA's PEERS for Preschoolers Program Is Changing That
• Discovery of Dopamine Receptors in a Previously Overlooked Part of the Brain Sheds Light on the Complex Circuitry for Anxiety and Depression
• Eating Disorders: The Hidden Health Crisis on College Campuses
• Dual-Action Approach Targeting Inflammation Shows Potential as Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
• A Faster Route to Eliminating Parasitic Infection Endemic to Africa
• Why Screen for Iron Deficiency? It's Common, Consequential & Curable
• Genetic Test Underused in Cancer Care
• COVID-19 Vaccines Not Linked to Miscarriage
• Insulin Resistance in Youth May Inform Type 2 Diabetes Prevention
• Older Women May Benefit From Regular Mammograms
• Nearly Three in Four Parents Report Sensory Overload
• Enhanced CAR T Cell Therapy Offers New Strategy for Lymphoma
• Eating Ultra Processed Foods May Speed Up Early Signs of Parkinson's Disease
• Sleep Apnea During REM Sleep Linked to Memory-Related Brain Changes
• Dr. Vinay Prasad to Head FDA Vaccine, Biologics Division
• Top FDA Inspection Official to Retire Amid Staff Frustration
• Europe Launches $565 Million Campaign to Attract U.S. Scientists
• Food Choices Could Influence First Period, Research Shows
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons Issues New Guidelines on the Role of Emerging Therapies in Managing Adults with Metastatic Brain Tumors
• Bat Virus Evolution Suggests Wildlife Trade Sparked COVID-19 Virus Emergence in Humans
• AI Model Improves Delirium Prediction, Leading to Better Health Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients
• Study Finds Teens Driving Older Vehicles Have Increased Risk for Fatal Crashes
• Neuroscientists Pinpoint Where (and How) Brain Circuits Are Reshaped as We Learn New Movements
• Controllable Ultrahigh-Affinity Molecular Recognition Explained Through 'Molecular Velcro'
• Nicotine Pouch Use Doubles Among U.S. High Schoolers
• Conversion Therapy Harms Heart Health
• Stress Quadruples Risk Of COPD Flares, Study Says
• Shingles Vaccine Could Protect Heart Health
• Junk Food for Thought: Landmark Canadian Study Directly Links Ultra-Processed Foods to Poor Health
• Childhood High Blood Sugar Can Cause Heart Problems In Young Adults
• Tip Sheet: A Promising Target for Rare Liver Cancer, a Functional Cure for Multiple Myeloma -- and Support for People with Ovarian Cancer
• Chronic Illnesses Such as Asthma and Allergies Have Psychological Impacts
• Specialized Face Mask Can Detect Kidney Disease with Just Your Breath
• Knowing Your Alzheimer's Risk May Ease Anxiety but Reduce Motivation for Healthy Habits
• Empowering Minds: Professor Habib Ammari's Intensive Lecture Series Enriches Math & Physics Academic Community
• Targeting Epigenetics: New Insights Into Oral Cancer Progression and Treatment

May 6 2025

• New CDC nPEP Guidelines Should Become 'Part of General Medical Practice'
• Kids May Take More Than a Month Longer to Recover From Non-Sports Related Concussions
• Long COVID May Cause Long-Term Changes in the Heart and Lungs and May Lead to Cardiac and Pulmonary Diseases
• Low Blood Sugar Contributes to Eye Damage and Vision Loss in Diabetic Retinopathy; Experimental Drug May Help Treat Condition
• Shelters at Bus Stops Intended to Provide Relief From Heat Can Actually Result in Higher Temperatures, UTHealth Houston Researchers Discover
• Perfuse Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from the Completed Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of PER-001 Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Glaucoma
• Salmonella Outbreak in 6 States Tied to Backyard Poultry, CDC Says
• COVID Boosters Might Not Be Updated for Next Season, FDA Commissioner Says
• Marijuana Use While Pregnant Linked to Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight
• $800M in LGBTQ Health Research Funding Nixed by Trump Administration
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Recommend New Standard of Care for Families with Hereditary Neuroblastoma Linked to ALK Mutation
• Most People Say They Want to Know Their Risk for Alzheimer's Dementia, Fewer Follow Through
• American Academy of Dermatology Survey: Half of Americans Worry About Skin Aging, but Many Still Skip Sunscreen
• Second Opinions Don't Significantly Delay Breast Cancer Treatment
• JMIR Biomedical Engineering Invites Submissions on AI Applications in Biomedical Engineering
• RSV Antibody Treatment Effective For Babies
• Follow-Up Test For High Blood Pressure Condition Not Worthwhile, Researchers Say
• 1 in 10 Doctors is Burned Out
• Nuts, Seeds OK For People With Diverticulitis, Study Says
• Cancer Patient Avoided Side Effects With New Advance In Radiation Therapy
• Study: Neighborhood Stress May Impact Kids' Brains -- and Increase Depression Risk
• Often Seen as Waste, Stool May Yield Clues to Microbiome's Role in Cancer Treatment