Beyond Age: Frailty Shapes Decisions and Recovery in Very Old ICU Patients
For decades, chronological age has quietly shaped some of the most consequential decisions in intensive-care medicine: who should be admitted to an intensive care unit,...
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Financial Strain Drives Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence Among Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
A Hidden Price of Survival: One in Three Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Report Skipping Care Because of Cost For people with type 1 diabetes,...
Severe Right Heart Failure After HeartMate 3 Implantation in a Small Child
A Heart Pump Fit Inside a Child’s Chest—But Her Right Ventricle Could Not Keep Up A device designed to rescue failing hearts in adults has...
Toward Shared Decision-Making for Kidney Xenotransplantation
Pig Kidneys Are Moving Toward the Clinic. The Hardest Transplant Decision May Be Ethical For decades, kidney xenotransplantation has been presented as a possible escape...
Rebalanced mitochondria restore succinate dehydrogenase activity, reduce succinate release in liver cancer
A metabolic feedback loop inside liver cancer cells may help tumors grow and spread—and researchers say disrupting it could weaken the disease. In a study...
Tumor Fracking May Reveal a Key Mechanism for Drug Transport
Tumors May “Frack” Under Pressure, Reshaping How Cancer Drugs Spread When doctors inject a drug directly into a tumor, the goal seems straightforward: place a...
Chlorogenic Acid Protects Transplanted Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Torsion-Induced Azoospermia Models
A compound found in coffee, fruit and vegetables may help protect the stem cells needed to make sperm from the damaging effects of deep freezing,...
AI Network Sharpens Retinal Vessel Mapping and Biomarker Analysis Across Scales
An AI Network Maps the Eye’s Tiny Blood Vessels to Reveal Hidden Signs of Disease A new artificial-intelligence system could turn the branching blood vessels...
Cancer and Fertility Outcomes in Patients With Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumors
A rare ovarian tumor that can transform the body with male-pattern hormonal changes may be compatible with fertility preservation in carefully selected patients, according to...
SH2D4A–HDGF Axis Mediates OTUD4’s Control of Ovarian Cancer Malignant Behavior
A Molecular “Brake” May Help Ovarian Cancer Cells Resist Their Own Most Dangerous Behaviors Ovarian cancer cells may be controlled by a previously underappreciated molecular...
AI Tool Uses TC-Net to Predict Student Dropouts and Personalize Interventions
Artificial Intelligence Flags Students at Risk of Dropping Out—and Triggers Personalized Support A new artificial-intelligence system designed to identify students at risk of leaving school...
Turning Agro-Waste into Xylan Prebiotics Could Boost Gut Health
A New Route from Farm Waste to Gut-Friendly Prebiotics Rice straw, sugarcane bagasse and pineapple peels are usually treated as bulky agricultural leftovers, burned, composted...
Pharmacist-Led Care Linked to Safer Medications and Better Outcomes in Older Adults
A Pharmacist’s Daily Review May Have Cut Medication Problems and Hospitalizations in Older Adults For older adults living with several chronic diseases, taking medicine is...
Hesperidin protects against aluminium-related brain damage, reducing inflammation and oxidative stress
A Citrus Compound Protected Mice From Aluminium-Linked Brain Damage in a 28-Day Study A compound found in citrus fruits has shown a striking ability to...
Mild Cognitive Impairment Shows Distinct Brain Atrophy Patterns With Clinical Implications
A new analysis of brain scans from hundreds of people has found that mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often considered an early stage on the path...