[ Credit: Sahil Singh from Pexels Colonoscopies performed by specially trained nurses as part of the Swedish bowel cancer screening program are of at least the same quality as those performed by doctors, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Endoscopy. The results suggest that nurses …

[ An international study conducted through the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network, including researchers at the University of California San Diego, helped inform the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent approval of dolutegravir, a second-generation integrase inhibitor, for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Huntington’s disease is caused by repetitive “stutters” in DNA—specifically repeated CAG sequences—that expand abnormally over time, leading to toxic protein accumulation that contributes to the progression of the disease. There is currently no cure for this rare and fatal genetic disease. Professor Vincent Dion of …

[ French health authorities said Thursday that the Shamonda virus, which usually affects livestock, had been detected in a human for the first time, in a severely immunocompromised patient who died earlier this month. Source link

[ Male breast cancer is far less common than breast cancer in women, but it is usually discovered later: Men with breast cancer often receive the diagnosis after finding a breast lump on their own. Kathryn Ruddy, M.D., an oncologist at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, explains key things to …

[ More than one-quarter of young adults in Britain now say their gym memberships matter more to them than vacations or eating out. Source link

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that adding emotion management skills to family-based behavioral weight management may help adolescents maintain weight loss after treatment ends. In a randomized clinical trial of 166 adolescents and their parents, one group received a family-based …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The results of numerous high-impact Phase III clinical trials that could affect kidney-related medical care were presented in person at American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2026, Oct. 22–25. Atacicept inhibits the cytokines B-cell activating factor (BAFF, also known as B-lymphocyte stimulator, or BLyS) and …

[ Graphical abstract. Credit: JCI Insight (2026). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.207365 New Maynooth University (MU) research led by the Department of Biology’s Dr. Ciara Flynn, working within the research group of Professor Andrew Hogan at the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research, has found that obesity can impair key immune cells …

Naomi Potter set up her own clothes company after feeling overwhelmed by the feeling of some clothes. BBC News

[ Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any previous Ebola outbreak, reaching three regions. Source link

Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench says her eye condition has left her unable to perform on stage or read, more than a decade after she was diagnosed. BBC News

[ The Ebola case detected in Nigeria is the Bundibugyo strain behind a major DR Congo outbreak, officials said Wednesday, marking the spread of the deadly disease to points across Africa. Source link

[ Death rates among adults ages 25–49 were 42% higher in the North than in the South of England in 2024, compared with 13% higher in 1981, according to research published today in The Lancet Public Health. Source link

[ Integrated analysis of different parts of a single tooth enabled the researchers to extract six types of forensic information: birth year, age at death, dietary and regional background, drug exposure, biological sex, and DNA profile. Credit: Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan A single tooth can contain valuable clues to …

[ A child opts for screen time over physical play. Credit: Graphic by Lindsay Robinson/UGA The effects of screen time on young children may depend on more than just how long they spend in front of a device, according to a new publication from the University of Georgia. The study …

Like ‘weeing lava’: living with chronic UTIs BBC News

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain The green energy transition presents a crucial opportunity to finance universal health coverage (UHC) in low- and middle-income countries, say experts in The BMJ‘s climate issue. Judite Gonçalves and colleagues argue that a ring-fenced share of funds generated by reducing fossil fuel subsidies, introducing carbon …

[ Credit: Mizuno K from Pexels For patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist exposure is associated with earlier sequential NAION, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, held Oct. 9 to 12 in New Orleans. …

[ Credit: Pietro Jeng from Pexels Patient and consumer representatives advising U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expert panels might actually be a Trojan horse for the pharmaceutical industry, a new study says. These supposedly average-Joe representatives often have ties to advocacy organizations funded by drugmakers, researchers recently reported in …