[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patient information leaflets are meant to help people use their medicines safely. But many people find them confusing, overwhelming or even frightening. If a document designed to keep people safe ends up putting them off their treatment, it’s a sign that something isn’t working. These …

[ 2026 influenza notifications by state and territory. Credit: NIDSS The weather is warming, and hay fever season has begun, but more influenza cases are being reported than expected for spring. In the two weeks ending Sept. 6, flu cases were up 27% from the previous two weeks. Case numbers …

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain Backlash against public health officials, including intimidation and threats of physical harm, has been widespread in the years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and public health officials face ongoing risk in a divisive nation, according to a new study. “The backlash we’re studying …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the brain, information travels among distributed networks, groups of interconnected regions that work together and contribute to specific behaviors, feelings or thoughts. To study how information travels through these networks under different conditions, many neuroscientists rely on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a noninvasive …

Olivia Dews and sister Charlotte Casey have a life limiting neurological condition. BBC News

[ Philip Procter and Håkan Engqvist demonstrate the strength of the adhesive by testing it on a model of a bone fracture. Credit: Marcus Holmqvist More than 10 years ago, Håkan Engqvist and Philip Procter began developing a bone glue designed to help repair fractures. Now, the glue has been …

[ Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Communicating normal test results that reveal no abnormalities isn’t always enough to ease a patient’s worries. In a study published in The Annals of Family Medicine journal, researchers asked 349 participants to imagine having gastrointestinal symptoms and a relative recently diagnosed with bowel cancer. …

[ New international guidelines on the safe use of diagnostic ultrasound have been published in the journal Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, bringing together, for the first time, a harmonized global position on recommended maximum exposure times associated with displayed Thermal Index values. Source link

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research has found that mothers with poor sleep quality in late pregnancy had babies with lower weight in the first six months of life but higher weight at ages 1–2 years. This effect was strongest in male infants and in babies born at term. …

[ The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first drug to treat Alexander disease, a rare, progressive and often fatal neurological disorder that can affect motor, cognitive and autonomic functions like heart rate and breathing. The drug, Zanvastro, is the first and only disease-modifying treatment for Alexander disease. Until …

[ Gevick Safarians remembers the conversations. Patients dealing with cancer and other diseases with very poor prognoses, hoping not for years but for months—a little more time to settle their affairs, to figure out who would care for their pets. Those encounters stayed with him. Source link

[ More than one-third of pediatricians believe immigrant families in their practices are avoiding seeking medical care for their children, according to a research brief published in Pediatrics. Source link

[ Sports parents overwhelmingly say the benefits of organized competition outweigh the drawbacks for them and their children, a new survey has found. Nearly 9 out of 10 sports parents (89%) said the benefits of youth sports outweigh the drawbacks, according to the new Associated Press/Ipsos survey of parents of …

“This investigation shows just how quickly and dramatically these bacteria can change,” says Dr Charlene Rodrigues, consultant in Pathogen Genomics at UKHSA. “The fact this outbreak variant was able to spread to so many young people was due to the social environment, a place where lots of close social mixing …

[ The scenario often unfolds like this: Medical researchers investigate a frequently used drug and report that it’s less effective for older patients than previously thought, or that its risks outweigh its benefits in older adults. More studies follow, confirming those findings. After a few years, medical associations revise their …

[ Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels Engaging core muscles—through movement, exercise or even coughing—may be a key regulator of blood flow in the brain. When the body moves, the contraction of abdominal muscles increases pressure in blood vessels connected to the brain through the spinal column. A new study by …

[ Cold activates brown adipose tissue and increases energy expenditure. The bright areas in the FDG-PET/CT scan show where the tissue takes up particularly large amounts of glucose. Credit: Matthias Betz Brown fat burns energy to generate heat and is therefore considered a promising target for new obesity treatments. Researchers …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Postpartum women who experienced simultaneous physical pain and depression said that these symptoms compromised their ability to care for themselves and their infants, their mother-infant bonds and relationships with others, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found in a recent study. Health and kinesiology …

[ Graphical abstract. Credit: Molecular Therapy Advances (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.omta.2026.201835 In a study published in Molecular Therapy Advances a team of researchers led by Professor Haruhisa Inoue (Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University) and Professor Yuishin Izumi (Tokushima University) demonstrate that adenine base editing can correct a …

Partners of women going through the menopause are being invited to experience one of the symptoms at a forthcoming support event. At the Menopaus’ull Support Network event in Hull next month, health group Over The Bloody Moon will be taking one of its MenoVests, allowing people to experience a hot …