Health
Winter virus season so far is not too bad, but doctors worry about suffering to come
It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S.
Dec 13, 2025
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Disease or Syndrome: COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019)
Medical news and research articles
Health informatics
'Are you married?' Why doctors ask invasive questions during treatment
It's a rare occasion when my worlds of biomedical informatics and serialized lesbian melodrama fandom collide.
Dec 11, 2025
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Medications
ADHD prescriptions on the rise in Ontario, study finds
Annual prescriptions for drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased 157% in Ontario from 2015 to 2023, according to a new study from researchers at ICES, North York General, and The Hospital ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Among psychologists, AI use is up, but so are concerns
More than half of psychologists experimented with artificial intelligence tools in their practices in the past year, but almost all cite concerns about how the technology may affect their patients and society, according to ...
Dec 9, 2025
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Psychology & Psychiatry
School reopening during COVID-19 pandemic associated with improvement in children's mental health
Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked with significantly lower rates of mental health diagnoses among children, including anxiety, depression, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and a ...
Dec 8, 2025
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Vaccination
Polio survivors share insight on importance of vaccines in new research
Wearing masks, avoiding large gatherings, shutting down schools—those scenes might sound familiar to anyone who experienced the most recent global pandemic.
Dec 8, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Volcanic eruptions may have brought Black Death to Europe
Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most devastating pandemic in human history—to the shores of medieval Europe, new research has revealed.
Dec 5, 2025
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Health
Airplane and hospital air is cleaner than you might think
When it comes to the air in public places, germophobes can breathe a bit easier. According to a new Northwestern University study, the ambient air on airplanes and in hospitals mostly contains harmless microbes typically ...
Dec 3, 2025
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Radiology & Imaging
Women who receive mammograms also undergo lung scans if notified of eligibility
While most women over age 50 schedule mammograms for breast cancer, only a minority who are also eligible for low-dose CT scans for lung cancer undergo those potentially lifesaving screenings. A new study shows that targeted ...
Dec 3, 2025
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
COVID worsened Poland's abortion access, according to study
A new study led by King's has uncovered how the COVID-19 pandemic amplified barriers to abortion access in Poland, exposing the intersection of health emergencies with structural inequalities.
Dec 1, 2025
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