Health

February 9, 2026

ECDC report: 10-fold increase of hepatitis E cases in the EU/EEA in the last 10 years

Credit: ECDC/European Centre for Disease prevention and Control The incidence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been steadily increasing...

Treatment rapidly reverses the effect of blood thinner dabigatran

PHILADELPHIA -- At least 28 million prescriptions for blood thinners are filled by pharmacists yearly for the irregular heartbeat of...

Women and men may have different bipolar disorder biomarkers

Men and women react differently to compounds associated with immune system response to bipolar disorder, according to an international team...

Guidance for metrics to improve patient care

Credit: University of Plymouth People with long term conditions, multiple long term conditions and those at the end of life...

Study of premature babies has implications for future treatment

Research carried out by the University of Kent with doctors on the neonatal unit at the William Harvey Hospital and...

ECDC report: 10-fold increase of hepatitis E cases in the EU/EEA between 2005 and 2015

Credit: ECDC/European Centre for Disease prevention and Control The incidence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been steadily increasing...

Contaminants in food: Identifying and assessing risks as early as possible

Dioxins, mineral oils, perfluorinated substances - people do not only obtain important nutrients with their food. They also ingest undesirable...

USPSTF recommendation regarding behavioral counseling for cardiovascular disease prevention

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care professionals individualize the decision to offer or refer adults...

Caregiving needs increase as older adults approach the end of life

Dying adults in the United States have 2.5 people assisting them, on average, according to a new study. Yet those...

Prosthetic knee type may determine cost of care for amputees

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical...

Tulane University awarded $12 million to create Lassa vaccine and treatment

Credit: (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test...

Risk-reducing mastectomy questioned for BRCA mutation carriers with prior ovarian cancer

Mutations in the BRCA gene correspond to a higher lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, and many women...

Systems Medicine, a groundbreaking new open access journal launching in 2018

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 11, 2017--Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of...

Immune system may keep body from neutralizing HIV-1 virus

AURORA, Colo. (June 11, 2017) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that a process...

Imaging reveals how well PTSD patients will respond to psychotherapy, researchers find

A pair of studies led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine demonstrates that scientists can predict, with...

Survey reveals widespread bias in astronomy and planetary science

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In an online survey about their workplace experiences, 88 percent of...

Single protein controls genetic network essential for sperm development

Bottom Line: Scientists have found a single protein--Ptbp2--controls a network of over 200 genes central to how developing sperm move...

Who should treat patients with opioid use disorder?

In a Point/Counterpoint, two doctors debate whether or not family physicians should provide medication-assisted treatment to their patients with opioid...

Dr. John Buster inducted into ACOG Hall of Fame

Credit: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island John E. Buster, MD, of Providence, a reproductive endocrinologist with Women &...

DxNA LLC announces 510(K) submission of GeneSTAT analyzer and GeneSTAT coccidioides assay