Cataract surgery becoming an in-office procedure, experts say Imagine popping by your eye doctor's office for a quick cataract surgery. Oct 23, 2025 0 0
Scanning the tongue to detect and track motor neuron disease Standard MRI scans of a person's tongue could assist in the early detection and ongoing monitoring of motor neuron disease. Oct 23, 2025 0 0
Dementia linked to problems with brain's waste clearance system Problems with the brain's waste clearance system could underlie many cases of dementia and help explain why poor sleep patterns and cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure increase the risk of dementia. Oct 23, 2025 0 2
Alzheimer's disrupts circadian rhythms of plaque-clearing brain cells, mouse study shows Alzheimer's disease is notorious for scrambling patients' daily rhythms. Restless nights with little sleep and increased napping during the day are early indicators of disease onset, while sundowning, or confusion later in ... Oct 23, 2025 0 38
Widely-used technique for assessing IVF embryos may be flawed, study suggests A test deployed in many fertility clinics to assess the viability of embryos for use in IVF is likely to overestimate the number of embryos with abnormalities, suggests a study published in Nature Biotechnology. Oct 23, 2025 0 19
AI tool beats humans at detecting parasites in stool samples Scientists at ARUP Laboratories have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that detects intestinal parasites in stool samples more quickly and accurately than traditional methods, potentially transforming how labs ... Oct 23, 2025 0 0
Experts present scientific evidence to support classification of postpartum psychosis as a distinct disease An international panel of leading experts on women's mental health is recommending that postpartum psychosis be recognized as a distinct category of mental illness and classified accordingly within standardized medical coding ... Oct 23, 2025 0 0
Gastroesophageal reflux disease linked to increased risk for incident acute myocardial infarction Patients with preexisting gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have an increased risk for incident acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a study published online Oct. 13 in JGH Open. Oct 23, 2025 0 0
Sentinel lymph node biopsy noninferior to lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer For patients with early-stage cervical cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy alone is noninferior to lymphadenectomy with respect to disease-free survival, according to a study published online Oct. 15 in the New England Journal ... Oct 23, 2025 0 0
Disrupted sleep in teens identified as suicide risk factor Teenagers who don't get enough sleep on school nights or have interrupted sleep are at greater risk of suicide, new research from the University of Warwick has found. Oct 23, 2025 0 0
