[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Relying on a urinary catheter is a standard part of medical care for hundreds of thousands of patients each year. Unfortunately, the device carries the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), for which bacteria are widely recognized as the primary cause. And yet, many …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Thousands of infants contract respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) every year. While most experience mild symptoms, the virus can cause severe breathing difficulties in newborns and young infants and may require hospital treatment. Since fall 2025, pregnant women in Denmark have been offered an RSV vaccine …

[ Graphical abstract. Credit: Acta Biomaterialia (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2026.05.006 Total joint replacement is a proven treatment to relieve chronic knee pain, but concerns have been raised that particles from the device may migrate to the brain and cause memory problems. New research from Rush University shows this may not be …

[ While social media algorithms have become excellent at matching a user’s viewing habits with targeted, personalized content, psychologists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that these algorithms may negatively influence a user’s mental health. Source link

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Injury or pain affects participation for one in five physically inactive women taking part in social sport, with those from lower-income households more likely to be injury-affected, new research from La Trobe University shows. Researchers surveyed more than 1,330 physically inactive women who had participated …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain South Africa’s infant vaccination rate has fallen to its lowest level in years, with more than a third of babies receiving no vaccines at the start of 2026, the health department said Thursday. It called for urgent action to halt the decline in immunization and …

The disorder may affect hundreds of thousands of people in the UK, but many face significant delays in getting a diagnosis. BBC News

[ Immunotherapies such as CAR T-cell therapy are used primarily to treat cancer. In the future, these patient-specific therapies, manufactured from patients’ own immune cells, could also help cure autoimmune diseases. Six patients with particularly severe rheumatoid arthritis have now received this treatment at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin. In the journal Nature …

[ Congo’s Health Minister Roger Kamba administers an Ebola vaccine to a health care worker in Kisangani, Congo, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Credit: AP Photo/Samy Kamanga Congo on Thursday began vaccinating people against Ebola as health authorities work to slow the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history. Health workers …

[ Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Heart failure hospitalization risk increases after short-term exposure to cold spells, lower ambient temperatures and higher ambient temperatures, according to a study published in JACC and presented at ESC Congress 2026. The increase in hospitalizations in Sweden shows how temperature extremes can contribute to sudden …

[ Older adults who experienced food insecurity in both midlife and later life had nearly four times the risk of probable dementia as those who remained food secure, according to new University of Michigan research. Source link

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have discovered that SGLT2 inhibitors, a class of drugs originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely used for heart failure, work by activating a key enzyme that helps heart cells produce and use energy more efficiently. The study, published today in Science, potentially …

[ According to a master’s thesis at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), a mobile game can make physical activity more enjoyable. Two master’s students investigated how the mobile game “BitPet” affects physical activity, motivation and social well-being. The three-week study involved 51 participants and combined questionnaires, interviews, …

[ by Ha Thi Thanh Nguyen, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Jiaxin Ling, Steven Lam, The Conversation Credit: Siegfried Poepperl from Pexels Wildlife farming is common in Vietnam, where people breed and trade wild animals for pets, food and traditional medicine. By 2021, the country had around 6,744 wildlife farms housing 1.8 million …

Autism and ADHD care is at risk of descending into chaos, NHS bosses are warning, as costs spiral out of control and unregulated private providers capitalise on the huge demand for help. The NHS Alliance, which represents health managers, says the current system represents a “bad deal” for patients and …

[ Fluorescent image of leukemic blast cells. Credit: The Jackson Laboratory Precancerous blood cells can actively reshape their surroundings, prematurely aging cells in the bone marrow to create conditions that favor their own growth and potentially increase the risk of blood cancer, according to a new study by researchers at …

[ Tens of thousands of new mothers across Britain may be suffering from undiagnosed PTSD following childbirth, according to a University of East Anglia report. Source link

Luke Grindlay, 23, was diagnosed with HSD in primary school when teachers noticed he struggled to use pens and cutlery. He hasn’t sought treatment, which he says is probably down to “imposter syndrome”, fuelled by a lack of information on HSD. “If you go online to research this, there’s nothing …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The annual societal cost of Parkinson’s disease across Europe reached €22.8 billion in 2019, equivalent to €28.8 billion at 2025 prices, according to a new study published in Movement Disorders. As the number of people living with Parkinson’s disease continues to grow, researchers warn that …

[ Schematic of iT differentiation to CD4+ cells. Credit: Stem Cell Reports (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2026.103058 Researchers at the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University (BU) have developed a scalable method for generating CD4+ helper T cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), overcoming …