People whose biological age is higher than their chronological age may be more likely to develop dementia than people whose biological age matches or is lower than their chronological age, according to a study published on April 30, 2025, online in Neurology®, the medical journal of the…
Category: 5. Health
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A protein link between brain diseases and leaky blood vessels
Reduced levels of a critical protein are linked to devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, frontotemporal dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Surprisingly, the protein shortage primarily affects the brain’s blood vessels.
University of Connecticut researchers report in the…
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Semaglutide treats liver disease in two thirds of patients
Semaglutide effectively treats liver disease in two thirds of patients, new research has found.
Results from the ESSENCE phase 3 clinical trial published today in the New England Journal of Medicine shows treating patients with the substance can halt and even reverse the disease.
The…
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How Preschool Can Boost Your Child’s Mental Health
Preschool children are playing with clay in classroom.
Once considered a luxury of the upper class alone, parents everywhere are now signing their children up to attend preschool. In the United States, pre-kindergarten attendance rates of 3-to-4-year-olds are about 47%, according to data…
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Ozempic and Wegovy ingredient may reverse signs of liver disease
The diabetes and weight loss drug semaglutide reversed liver scarring and inflammation. It’s among several drugs in the works for the condition MASH.
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Engineers develop wearable heart attack detection tech
Every second counts when it comes to detecting and treating heart attacks. That’s where a new technology from the University of Mississippi comes in to identify heart attacks faster and more accurately than traditional methods.
In a study published in Intelligent Systems, Blockchain and…
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Breast cancer mortality in women ages 20-49 significantly dropped between 2010 and 2020
From 2010 to 2020, breast cancer deaths among women ages 20-49 declined significantly across all breast cancer subtypes and racial/ethnic groups, with marked declines starting after 2016, according to an analysis of data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry…
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Nursing 2025: No relief in sight as burnout, stress and short staffing persist
Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ: CCRN), a leader in workforce solutions and tech-enabled staffing, recruitment and advisory services, today released its fourth annual survey, “Beyond the Bedside: The State of Nursing in 2025” report. In partnership with Florida Atlantic University’s Christine…
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Broader antibiotic use could change the course of cholera outbreaks, research suggests
Cholera kills thousands of people and infects hundreds of thousands every year — and cases have spiked in recent years, leaving governments with an urgent need to find the best ways to control outbreaks.
Current public health guidelines discourage treating cholera with antibiotics in all but…
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Lower screening age calls for more tailored bowel cancer surveillance
Australia’s recent move to lower the starting age for bowel (colorectal) cancer screening from 50 down to 45 years old will mean better outcomes — but it will also increase the burden on an already struggling healthcare system, warn Flinders University researchers.
They predict that the…
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