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Recommendations Developed for Managing Pregnancy in Women With IBD
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 – In a global consensus statement published online Aug. 28 in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, recommendations are presented for managing pregnancy in women with...
Infants Without Comorbidities Also at Risk for Severe RSV Infection
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 – Comorbidities are seen less often in severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infants younger than 3 months compared with older children, according to a study...
First-Ever Detection For Early Head And Neck Cancers Under Development
FRIDAY, Sept. 12, 2025 — A new blood test can potentially detect head and neck cancers caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) up to 10 years before symptoms appear, a new study says. The test, called H...
Protecting Amazon Forests May Also Protect Human Health, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Sept. 12, 2025 — Destroying the Amazon rainforest doesn’t just threaten the environment, it may also make people sick. A study published Sept. 11 in the journal Communications Earth & Env...
Video Head Impulse Test, Caloric Test Can Differentiate Meniere Disease, Vestibular Migraine
FRIDAY, Sept. 12, 2025 – The video head impulse test (vHIT) and caloric test can help differentiate Meniere disease (MD) from vestibular migraine (VM), according to a study published online Aug. 6...
Sex Differences Seen in Characteristics, Course of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
FRIDAY, Sept. 12, 2025 – Significant sex differences are seen in the characteristics and course of schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD), according to a study published online Sept. 3 in Acta...
Potentially Inappropriate Medications Linked to Frailty at Cancer Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Sept. 12, 2025 – For patients with newly diagnosed cancer, an increasing number of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), as identified by the Geriatric Oncology Potentially...
Lung Cancer Screening Beneficial to Age 80 for Candidates Fit for Surgery
FRIDAY, Sept. 12, 2025 – People aged 75 to 80 years at last screen who are diagnosed with screen-detected lung cancer (LC) have lower overall survival, but those undergoing surgery have no survival...
How To Help Your Back-To-School Kid With Their Allergies
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 — Back-to-school is an exciting time for kids and parents, but it also marks the beginning of fall allergies as well as the cold and flu season. So on top of gathering c...
Parent-Focused Prevention Programs For Childhood Obesity A Bust, Evidence Says
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 — Programs that recruit parents to help fight early childhood obesity aren’t doing much good at all, a new evidence review says. There’s no evidence that these programs have a...
Endangered Shark Meat Found in U.S. Grocery Stores, Study Says
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 — Shark meat sold in the U.S. may come from endangered species without consumers realizing it, a new study warns. Researchers tested 29 shark products, including 19 fillets b...
Hospitals Vary in Their Definition of Blood Culture Contamination
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 – U.S. hospitals vary in how they define blood culture contamination (BCC), according to a study published online July 11 in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Valeria...
Urine Biomarker Panel Sensitive, Specific for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 – A urine-based biomarker panel has high accuracy for diagnosing prostate cancer (PCa), according to a study published in the September issue of eBioMedicine. Menglang Yuan,...
Features of Immunesenescence Present in Early Stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 – Some features of immunesenescence are present in the very early stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study published online Sept. 3 in eBioMedicine. Karim...
Ultrasound Helmet Provides Surgery-Free Brain Stimulation
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10, 2025 — Deep brain stimulation has shown promise in treating conditions ranging from epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease to cluster headaches, depression and schizophrenia. Unf...