Glass half empty? Nutrition studies shouldn't just focus on what parents do wrong If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to care for children's food needs. Aug 20, 2025 0 11
Companies may be misleading parents with 'outrageous' claims about banking baby teeth Parents are spending thousands of pounds to bank stem cells from their children's milk teeth—but the recipient companies' claims about their future medical value are unproven and potentially misleading, reveals an investigation ... Aug 20, 2025 0 18
Menopause misinformation is harming care, warn experts Many direct to consumer menopause services are unnecessary and do not improve care, warn experts in The BMJ. Aug 20, 2025 0 17
Pilot study provides foundation for understanding how music therapy improves pain after pancreatic surgery A study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health has found that it was feasible to conduct a live music-assisted relaxation and imagery session among patients admitted for pancreatic surgery. Participants described the ... Aug 20, 2025 0 17
Study shows culture shapes shared mental health decision making A new study has revealed that cultural background can influence how mental health care staff approach shared decision-making with patients. Aug 20, 2025 0 20
A future biomarker may help match melanoma patients with the best therapy for them Immune checkpoint blockade medications have revolutionized cancer treatment, giving patients and providers new hope to control and sometimes cure metastatic cancer. However, predicting which patients will benefit from this ... Aug 20, 2025 0 17
Study shows marked improvement in survival rates for pediatric heart transplantation within Nordic countries In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were included in the study, ... Aug 20, 2025 0 20
Sleeping flies that still manage to escape shed light on inhibitory neuronal networks Flies too need their sleep. In order to be able to react to dangers, however, they must not completely phase out the environment. Researchers at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now deciphered how the animal's brain ... Aug 20, 2025 0 46
Looking at inflammation and aging through an evolutionary lens It's been a long-accepted reality that with age comes increased inflammation—so widely accepted it's been dubbed "inflammaging." With this increase in age-related chronic inflammation also comes serious health concerns, such ... Aug 20, 2025 0 24
Molecular characterization of a rare type of lung cancer may point the way to a treatment target Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC), a rare and aggressive type of lung cancer, has a high chance of metastasis, no standard treatment and a poor survival rate. A study published in Nature Communications provides ... Aug 20, 2025 0 17
