https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. For people with epilepsy, living in counties that are more rural was associated with poorer health outcomes than for people living in more urban counties, according to a study published in Neurology. People living in the most rural counties hospitalized for epilepsy had nearly twice the odds of dying in the hospital than those living in the most urban counties. The study does not prove that living in rural areas causes worse health; it only shows an association. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-rural-areas-worse-health-people.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:00:04 EDT news699703621 Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have uncovered a surprising link between low brain sugar levels and the development of myelin—the protective coating that allows nerve cells to communicate rapidly and efficiently. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-glucose-brain-cells-myelin.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:00:04 EDT news696687721 Fluorescent proteins have revolutionized science, enabling researchers to tag and visualize individual molecules in living cells, tissues, and animals. Using these tools, researchers have watched viruses infect cells in real time, observed cellular trash collection, and tracked the signaling that spurs tumor growth. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-scientists-visualize-cellular-life-greater.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:30:01 EDT news695985689 Advanced liver disease (ALD) occurs when significant scarring causes the liver to lose function. Patients with ALD often have serious health challenges but have limited access to palliative care that could improve their quality of life. A new multicenter trial led by Manisha Verma, MD, and Victor Navarro, MD, at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital demonstrates a new approach that could potentially transform access to palliative care for patients with ALD and address a major care gap. The research is published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-access-palliative-patients-advanced-liver.html Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:40:07 EDT news695308141 A majority of people with advanced cancers endure cachexia, a muscle-, fat-, and organ-wasting condition that is currently incurable and can be life-threatening. Detecting and intervening early can slow progression, but poor understanding of how cachexia first arises in the body makes it difficult for doctors to identify the warning signs of impending wasting other than an overall loss of appetite (anorexia). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-protein-early-herald-cancer-cachexia.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:40:04 EDT news695033108 In a recent study, researchers found that exercise and aggressive cardiovascular risk reduction successfully improved heart health, but these efforts did not produce measurable cognitive benefits over two years in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-heart-health-alzheimer-disease.html Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:00:02 EDT news693496622 Inadequate access to menstrual hygiene products, also known as period poverty, may be more widespread in high-income countries than previously thought, according to a review published online March 13 in the Journal of Adolescent Health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-inadequate-access-menstrual-hygiene-products.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:20:04 EDT news693147120 An analysis of the 2025 AHA/ACC hypertension guidelines found that under the new guidelines, about 11% of adults ages 65 to 79 with stage I hypertension would no longer qualify for blood pressure medication, a major shift from previous rules that recommended treatment for all adults in this age range. The newly exempt group is made up of generally healthy, lower-risk older adults whose predicted 10-year cardiovascular risk falls below the new treatment threshold. The analysis is published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-hypertension-guideline-routine-treatment-adults.html Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:50:01 EDT news692956327 For patients with cancer and brain metastases (BM) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality, according to a research letter published online March 11 in JAMA Network Open. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-glp-receptor-agonists-linked-mortality.html Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:20:01 EDT news692625562 A research team led by Albert Einstein College of Medicine scientists has developed a new strategy to engineer immune cells that dramatically prolongs their effectiveness after being infused into patients to fight cancer and HIV, addressing a major limitation of current treatments. Their findings, published in Science Advances, describe a manufacturing approach that, compared to the existing process, generates longer-lasting immune cells that provide more sustained control of human blood cancers and suppression of HIV infection in mouse models. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-multi-cytokine-scaffold-car-cells.html Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:00:13 EDT news692537641 Adults with chronic pain who participated in New York State's (NYS) Medical Cannabis Program were significantly less likely to require prescription opioids, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-medical-cannabis-linked-opioid-adults.html Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:00:01 EST news684083474 Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling mechanism—chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA)—is essential for muscle health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-age-muscle-cell-recycling-defect.html Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:10:06 EST news683989237 When Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital began offering new mothers who gave birth there a follow-up visit with a nurse at home, Ebony Durant worried that the idea would be a hard sell for patients. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-home-moms-health-diapers-weeks.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:40:03 EST news682680541 Scientists at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have shown for the first time that glioblastoma—the deadliest form of brain cancer—affects not just the brain but also erodes the skull, alters the makeup of skull marrow, and interferes with the body's immune response. Drugs intended to inhibit skull-bone loss made the cancer more aggressive, according to results published in Nature Neuroscience. The paper is titled "Brain Tumors Induce Widespread Disruption of Calvarial Bone and Alteration of Skull Marrow Immune Landscape." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-glioblastomas-affect-brain-scientists.html Fri, 03 Oct 2025 05:00:18 EDT news678619381 A study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute-designated Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) has found that mutations in blood-forming cells may explain the increased risk for leukemia and other blood disorders among first responders exposed to the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster site and its toxic dust. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-toxic-exposures-blood-cancers.html Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:00:02 EDT news678442107 A large, long-term study led by an Albert Einstein College of Medicine researcher has found that the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in community settings is highly effective in protecting young women from infections caused by the cervical-cancer-causing virus—including women who didn't even receive the vaccine. The study was published today in JAMA Pediatrics. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-hpv-vaccine-vaccinated-unvaccinated-women.html Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:00:01 EDT news678358561 Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a life-threatening complication in children with serious underlying conditions such as heart defects or cancer. Treatment or prevention of thrombosis poses an additional challenge in everyday clinical practice. A therapy using the active ingredient rivaroxaban specifically tailored to children was successfully tested for the first time in 2020. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-venous-thromboembolism-children-rivaroxaban-effective.html Fri, 23 May 2025 09:54:03 EDT news667212841 Malnutrition-related diabetes—typically affecting lean, malnourished teens and young adults in low- and middle-income countries—is now officially recognized as a distinct form of the disease, known as type 5 diabetes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-diabetes.html Wed, 09 Apr 2025 05:39:04 EDT news663395941 Women who develop bacterial vaginosis (BV) often later acquire chlamydia, a common and potentially serious sexually transmitted bacterial infection. Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that BV actually consists of two subtypes—one of which significantly increases the risk of developing chlamydia infections. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-microbiome-sexually-transmitted-disease-women.html Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:53:10 EST news656175185 A study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine involving more than 200,000 adults found that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 29% increase in risk for developing dyslipidemia, a condition involving abnormal lipid (fat) levels in the blood. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-covid-sharply-boosts-blood-fat.html Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:55:04 EDT news649688101 Metastatic disease—when cancer spreads from the primary tumor to other parts of the body—is the cause of most cancer deaths. While researchers understand how cancer cells escape the primary site to seed new tumors, it's not well understood why some of these wayward cancer cells spawn new tumors—sometimes decades later—while others do not. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-scientists-special-immune-cells-metastatic.html Mon, 07 Oct 2024 11:00:01 EDT news647508532 A discovery by a three-member Albert Einstein College of Medicine research team may boost the effectiveness of stem-cell transplants, commonly used for patients with cancer, blood disorders, or autoimmune diseases caused by defective stem cells, which produce all the body's different blood cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-potential-approach-stem-cell-transplants.html Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:00:01 EDT news642319810 The underdiagnosis of dementia, especially among Black and Hispanic patients, is a long-standing challenge in medicine. A new study, published in Nature Medicine, finds that an easy five-minute assessment, paired with recommendations built into the electronic medical record system, led to a three-fold improvement in diagnosis and treatment for patients in a primary care setting compared to a control group. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-minute-people-dementia-primary.html Tue, 04 Jun 2024 05:00:01 EDT news636646082 Researchers at the National Cancer Institute-designated Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) have shown that a breakthrough therapy for treating blood cancers can be adapted to treat solid tumors—an advance that could transform cancer treatment. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-car-therapy-solid-tumors.html Wed, 08 May 2024 14:00:02 EDT news634377302 Just as you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that you can't make long-term memories without DNA damage and brain inflammation. Their surprising findings were published in the journal Nature in a paper titled "Formation of memory assemblies through the DNA sensing TLR9 pathway." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-03-term-memories-requires-dna.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:00:01 EDT news630749641 In a new case report, researchers at UCLA Health describe promising results using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the management of post-stroke cerebellar ataxia, a debilitating condition marked by impaired coordination and balance. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-case-results-transcranial-magnetic-post-stroke.html Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:29:03 EDT news617369341 Australian high school students who reported high social media use in conjunction with high levels of FoMO (fear of missing out) also reported increased symptoms of anxiety, while those with lower levels of FoMO had less anxiety when online, according to a new study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-teen-online-anxiety.html Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:58:04 EDT news616082281 In findings with potentially important implications for cervical cancer screening, scientists at the Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC) have developed a test for detecting a type of cervical cancer that Pap tests often miss. The findings published online today in the JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-hard-to-find-cervical-cancers.html Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:02 EDT news613232046 Acute radiation dermatitis (ARD)—characterized by red, sore, itchy or peeling skin—affects up to 95% of people undergoing radiation treatment for cancer. Severe cases can cause significant swelling and painful skin ulcers that can severely impair quality of life, yet little is known about why this condition occurs and no standardized treatments for preventing severe ARD have been widely adapted. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-simple-antibacterial-treatment-severe-skin.html Thu, 04 May 2023 11:00:01 EDT news602413983 Helping your mother make pancakes when you were three…riding your bike without training wheels…your first romantic kiss: How do we retain vivid memories of long-ago events? As described in a paper published in Neuron, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found the explanation. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-long-lasting-memories-brain.html Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:33:04 EDT news601641182