Medicine
Assessing the environmental and downstream human health impacts of decentralizing cancer care
About The Study: This cohort study found that using decentralization through telemedicine and local care may substantially reduce cancer care’s greenhouse...
New study finds popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs associated with reduction in incidence and recurrence of alcohol-use disorder by at least half
CLEVELAND—A new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reveals that the popular diabetes and...
Fewer than 1 in 4 patients receive dietary counseling after a heart attack
Although diet is the leading contributor to premature death from heart disease in the United States, fewer than one-quarter of people who...
Endocrine Society Guideline recommends healthy adults under the age of 75 take the recommended daily allowance of vitamin D
BOSTON—Healthy adults under the age of 75 are unlikely to benefit from taking more than the daily intake of vitamin...
A dark side to dark chocolate? New study finds very minimal risk for kids from metals in chocolates
Chocolate lovers may have been alarmed by a 2023 Consumer Reports finding that some dark chocolate brands could contain harmful...
Urgent need for action now for increasing threat from invasive alien species
While invasive alien species have long been recognised as a major threat to nature and people, urgent action now is...
Intoxication without alcohol: Auto-brewery syndrome
How can someone have alcohol intoxication without consuming alcohol? Auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which gut fungi create alcohol...
Stepped palliative care for patients with advanced lung cancer
About The Study: A stepped-care model, with palliative care visits occurring only at key points in patients’ cancer trajectories and using...
Insurance often denies GLP-1 medications for teens with type 2 diabetes, obesity
BOSTON—Health insurance companies often deny coverage for new medications that treat children and teens with obesity and type 2 diabetes,...
Crisis intervention program leverages social media to reduce suicide risk
An Oregon-based program that monitors social media use may have helped deter more than 150 youth suicide attempts in the...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Warm seawater speeding up melting of ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists warn
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Probiotics during pregnancy shown to help moms and babies