A push for more accessible HPV testing is underway. A new program called SHIP Trial Network, led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), is exploring testing for human papillomavirus (HPV) via self-collection to prevent cervical cancer, according to a press release. The Last Mile Initiative, announced at the White House …

Co-localization of MRI Images and joint tissue obtained at surgery. Representative images of Axial and Coronal views of target knee for co-localization of knee biopsy tissue by MRI identification before tissue harvest at joint replacement surgery. MRI scans are shown alongside a macroscopic image of tibia for each subject harvested …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected. A new study from Uppsala University confirms previous research on whether herpes can be a possible risk factor …

Flow chart describing the overall number of positive BCs, monomicrobial vs polymicrobial BCs and off-panel vs in-panel BCID detection profiles. *One or more microbes not detected. Credit: APMIS (2024). DOI: 10.1111/apm.13374 Every year some 49 million cases of sepsis occur, and 11 million sepsis-related deaths occurred worldwide in 2017, according …

A USP1 inhibitor, ML323, activates cdc42 and inhibits Ewing sarcoma growth. Credit: Genes & Cancer (2024). DOI: 10.18632/genesandcancer.235 A new research paper titled “Roles of USP1 in Ewing sarcoma” has been published in Genes & Cancer. Ewing sarcoma is a cancer of bone and soft tissue in children and young …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mothers are less likely to take antidepressants if their own parents and parents-in-law are healthy and live close by, a new study finds. On the flip side of the coin, antidepressant use was highest in mothers whose parents and parents-in-law were elderly, in poor health, and …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Body language and the understanding thereof is a crucial part of communication. It is often assumed that humans can innately recognize other’s emotions, but there is growing evidence that the ability to decipher these emotions is not instinctive but shaped by people’s culturally shared understanding of …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Feminist health narratives are being co-opted by commercial interests to market new technologies, tests, and treatments that are not backed by evidence, argue researchers in The BMJ today. Dr. Tessa Copp at The University of Sydney and colleagues say such marketing behavior risks harming women through …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Securing suitable childcare for the irregular and long working hours demanded by a medical career is a crippling financial burden and a draining source of stress for doctor parents, reveals an exclusive snapshot survey by The BMJ today. Some doctors have resigned or are considering resigning, …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Walking or jogging, yoga and strength training seems to be the most effective exercises to ease depression, either alone or alongside established treatments such as psychotherapy and drugs, suggests an evidence review published by The BMJ. Even low-intensity activities such as walking or yoga are beneficial, …

Sports fan depression is a “very real experience for avid sports fans,” said a licensed professional counselor. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) HEAD IN THE GAME – Here’s how to cope if your team lost the Super Bowl, according to mental health experts. Continue reading… ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ LUPUS …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Billions of people live in parts of the world that are so remote from the nearest hospital facility with a functioning blood bank that they are termed “blood deserts.” Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, …

Credit: Gustavo Fring from Pexels School uniform policies could be restricting young people from being active, particularly primary school-aged girls, new research suggests. The University of Cambridge study used data about the physical activity participation of more than a million 5–17-year-olds internationally. It found that in countries where a majority …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Processing times for complaints against drug companies suspected of having breached their industry code of practice have more than tripled in a nearly two-decade period, an investigation by The BMJ has found. Data analysis by Shai Mulinari at Lund University and Piotr Ozieranski at the University …

Construction and application of causality-enriched epigenetic clocks. Credit: Nature Aging (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43587-023-00557-0 What causes us to age? New “clocks” developed by researchers may help point to the answers. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, unveil a new form …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children in detention and after they return to the community require better quality health care due to their ongoing, complex health needs, a new report has found. Researchers from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), the Justice Health Group at Curtin University and the FXB (François-Xavier Bagnoud) …

Understanding the exposure risk of aerosolized Coccidioides in a Valley fever endemic metropolis. Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51407-x A new study of Valley fever spores collected from air filters around the Phoenix metro area is helping a research team led by scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), …

LH3 (procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 3) deposition increases in the medial aortic layer with age and Sox9 (SRY-box transcription factor 9) expression. A, Immunohistochemistry of Sox9, p16 (cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A), and LH3 staining in the aortic medial layer. Positive staining is shown in brown. Red arrows highlight the positive staining …

Mouse model of colostrum deprivation. Colostrum-deprived pups were cross-fostered at birth by dams that were no longer providing colostrum ((postnatal day (PND) = 9); no colostrum dam, orange). Control groups were cross-fostered at birth by dams that just delivered (Day 0) (Ctrl dam, black). Credit: Allergy (2024). DOI: 10.1111/all.16054 The first form …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Vitamin patches are trending on social media and advertised in posts and podcasts. With patches marketed for sleep, detox, immunity and hangovers, they are being talked up as near magical fix-all stickers. Manufacturers claim they are easy-to-use, convenient and ethical when compared with other types of …