Available for over a year According to the White House, Melania Trump has taken on an unexpected diplomatic role. It’s been reported that she helped to broker a temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. The agreement, due to come into effect today, is intended to allow humanitarian aid into the …

[ As GLP-1 use to lose weight becomes more common, a UGA researcher helps break down the pros and cons of using the medication in adolescent populations. Credit: Kaiya Plagenhoef/UGA GLP-1 medications have become a popular tool for weight loss. But are they appropriate for all age groups? Short for …

[ AI is biased toward well-known or highly visible products: When asked to recommend drug products, LLMs tended to favor well-known brands and products with greater online visibility, even when alternative products were available. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University Large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT and Claude, are increasingly being …

[ A new clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine establishes evidence‑based recommendations for the management of shift work disorder in adults. Source link

[ A Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology suggests that analyzing DNA in cerebrospinal fluid could provide another source of information when MRI cannot provide a clear brain tumor diagnosis or obtaining tissue through biopsy is difficult or potentially unsafe. Source link

Available for over a year Women with endometriosis often spend years searching for answers. On average, it can take around a decade to get a diagnosis. So could a new generation of tests, which are far less invasive than what’s available today, help cut that wait from years to days? …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine have released a publication that redefines heart health in girls and women. The organizations together outline four distinct “Female Life Stages” offering women and health …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research led by internist-nephrologist Dr. Michele Eisenga shows that SGLT2 inhibitors, a class of drugs widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease, consistently increase hemoglobin and hematocrit levels. By combining data from 85 randomized clinical trials involving more than …

[ Credit: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels Weightlifting has a reputation for “bulking up,” so it may not be the first type of exercise you choose when you want to lose weight. That reputation sells it short. Building muscle can help you burn more calories and manage your weight over time, …

[ Credit: Unsplash Triple-negative breast cancers, which are more frequently diagnosed in younger women, are a subtype of breast tumor characterized by the absence of hormone receptors and HER2 overexpression. As a result, they do not respond to hormone therapy or HER2-targeted treatments. Their prognosis is generally less favorable than …

[ Digital breast tomosynthesis reveals early-stage breast cancer by highlighting surrounding structural abnormalities (arrow). This distinctive feature enables diagnoses at an earlier stage in mammography screening. Credit: Referenzzentrum Mammographie Münster With around 75,000 new cases per year, breast cancer is by far the most common cancer among women in Germany. …

[ A molecular view of the risk of thrombosis. Red blood cells in the blood (left) release heme during hemolysis. This binds to plasmin (blue protein in the center) and inhibits the breakdown of the fibrin network (right). Credit: Marie-T. Hopp / University of Koblenz When it comes to blood …

The trust says it is continuing efforts to recruit consultant obstetricians for Daisy Hill while preparing to temporarily consolidate births and inpatient maternity care at Craigavon from 23 November. However, mothers in the Newry area say losing local inpatient maternity services would leave families facing longer journeys at a time …

[ Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Patients have been left feeling suicidal after feeling like their doctor was saying their symptoms were ‘all in their head’—according to research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Cambridge. A new study uncovers concerns about misdiagnosis, stigma and inconsistent care …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Feeling overwhelmed by the noise and chaos of parenting? You’re not alone. A new nationwide survey from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago finds six in 10 parents experience sensory overload. The survey of 1,000 U.S. parents found overstimulation happened most often at home, but also …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain At a clinic in South Africa, researchers have identified airborne ESKAPE bacteria that survive most antibiotic medicines. The clinic is in a densely populated inner-city area. Researchers from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) published the study in Indoor Air. They sampled air in the clinic …

[ A woman plays with her dog at sunset Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at a park in Kansas City, Mo. Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File An extra hour of sleep is on the way for most Americans, though the “fall back” to standard time will bring darker afternoons, too. One …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tadalafil is a prescription drug closely related to Viagra. It is used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) and the urinary symptoms of an enlarged prostate. Both competitive and recreational athletes sometimes use it too, to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a condition that can limit …

[ Scheme for how dietary fructose inhibits HCC progression through F1P-mediated inhibition of MPI and protein N-glycosylation. Credit: Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41392-026-02695-4 Fructose is an important nutrient that, despite having a chemical structure very similar to that of glucose, is metabolized very differently in the body. …

[ On a busy street in Karachi, Pakistan, a health care worker kneels down so she’s eye to eye with a toddler. She squeezes two drops of liquid onto the child’s tongue. Then she takes out a purple marker and colors the child’s pinkie fingernail so everyone can see that …