Why are family doctors leaving the workforce? Retirement, burnout creating a US primary care 'brain drain' A bad back led Dr. Dale Block to retire from family medicine in 2019 after nearly four decades of treating patients. Jul 14, 2026 0 5
Lettuce suspected in growing multistate Cyclospora outbreak Michigan health officials have identified lettuce and other salad greens as the leading suspected source of a growing multistate outbreak of Cyclospora, a parasite that causes watery diarrhea. Jul 14, 2026 0 19
Worried about your aging parents? Welcome to the caregiving club One in 10 Americans say they are a caregiver for a parent 65 or older, according to 2025 Pew research. And many people in the sandwich generation—those who have both children and aging parents—start their caregiving journeys ... Jul 14, 2026 0 5
Primary care initiation of continuous glucose monitoring is effective Among adults with insulin-treated diabetes, initiation of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) by primary care clinicians is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and significant reductions ... Jul 14, 2026 0 3
Virtual, sustained smoking cessation program for cancer patients doubles quitting rate, clinical trial shows A new study shows that a smoking cessation treatment program delivered in community oncology care settings can nearly double quit rates for patients with cancer who currently smoke. Investigators from Mass General Brigham ... Jul 14, 2026 0 3
Researchers uncover new therapeutic vulnerability in one of the most aggressive childhood leukemia An international team led by the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) in Barcelona, the Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENyO) and the University of Granada (UGR) has identified a new biological ... Jul 14, 2026 0 4
Most community health centers provide prenatal care, but one-third still lack services A new national study provides the first comprehensive look at prenatal care services offered by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), revealing that while these safety-net providers play a critical role in caring for ... Jul 14, 2026 0 3
Genetic safeguard protects the female heart—and what happens when it's lost Men and women are not born with the same risk of heart disease, and for decades scientists have struggled to explain why. A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, published in Genes & Development, ... Jul 14, 2026 0 4
Scientists discover how macrophages age differently throughout the body Why does the immune system become less effective as we age? A new USC study published in BMC Biology offers fresh insights by examining a key immune cell type across tissues: macrophages. Jul 14, 2026 0 12
Scientists uncover genetic clues from a tumor-prone reptile that could advance cancer research A new study led by experts at the University of Nottingham suggests a pet gecko with an unusually high risk of tumors may be a promising model for understanding how cancer develops and spreads. The findings of the study, ... Jul 14, 2026 0 12