https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. JMIR Publications has released a News and Perspectives story on technological innovations in women's health care. In "Bridging the Gender Gap in Health Care Innovation: The Evolution of FemTech," correspondent Jenny Castillo Cato covers how FemTech has expanded over the past decade to become a major force in women's health worldwide. The findings are published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-frontier-women-health.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:20:05 EDT news700412659 A year after changes to federal leadership in the U.S. public health system, a new poll finds that trust in public health agencies has dropped dramatically. Only 50% of U.S. adults say they trust health recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), compared to 77% in spring 2025. The fraction who say they trust their state health department has declined from 80% to 66%, and the fraction who say they trust their local public health department has fallen from 82% to 70%. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-poll-cdc-fallen-year.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:00:11 EDT news700402202 While online research is a useful way to reach people who may not take part in in-person studies, researchers are increasingly concerned that fake, automated and duplicate survey responses can reduce data quality and compromise findings. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-fraud-critical-online-health.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:40:04 EDT news700392422 Remote monitoring isn't a panacea for reducing readmissions across all conditions—and for some patients, clinicians should proceed with caution, clinical trial results published in JAMA Network Open suggest. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-remote-readmissions-sepsis-trial.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:30:01 EDT news700302841 The Journal of Medical Internet Research released a feature story on the accuracy and utility of consumer wearables that estimate so-called biological age in its News and Perspectives section. In "Sorting Science From Marketing in the Era of Data-Driven Biological Aging Clocks," JMIR Correspondent Jenna Congdon breaks down the gimmick—how biosensor-enabled devices use proxy data to approximate age, the differences between consumer models and research-grade clinical clocks, and how users can best interpret these metrics. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-biological-aging-clocks-insights-diagnostics.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:20:06 EDT news700306743 Important mental health history is often present in medical records but hard to find, especially when it is missing from the diagnosis codes that clinicians, researchers, and health systems use to search for and count conditions. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-machine-method-history-hidden-veterans.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:00:01 EDT news700113062 There can be too much of a good thing, and that has been the case with Vitamin A in the U.S.. A recent study in JAMA Network Open has found that between January and March 2025, America's Poison Centers reported a 38.7% increase in vitamin A exposures during the measles outbreak across many states. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-vitamin-poisonings-rose-measles-misinformation.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:00:01 EDT news699808455 You sit down to start a task you care about. Nothing happens. You open your phone instead. Minutes turn into hours. You feel restless, flat, or oddly exhausted, even though you haven't done much at all. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-dopamine-menus-small-pleasures-unstuck.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:20:07 EDT news699796142 Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a telehealth doctor, Karleigh McClain was admitted to the hospital, she said. The 31-year-old compliance consultant from Hendersonville, Tennessee, said she couldn't stop vomiting. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-telehealth-booms-demand-glp-1s.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:40:04 EDT news699687506 People with problematic Internet use are unconsciously drawn to certain types of online content. These findings could help researchers develop targeted training programs to support people with problematic Internet use. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-online-content-exerts-irresistible.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:20:01 EDT news699631202 A News and Perspectives article published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research investigates the potential implications of AI–enabled toys for children's well-being and development. Authored by JMIR Correspondent Simon Spichak, "Policymakers and Researchers Zero In On the Impact of AI Toys" explores the rapid proliferation of consumer toys integrated with LLMs, the severe lack of research regarding their impact on early neurodevelopment, and the growing privacy and transparency concerns raised by experts and policymakers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-neurodevelopmental-unknowns-privacy-ai-toys.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:00:04 EDT news699624720 A News and Perspectives report on emerging pharmaceutical access models in the United States has been published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. In "Affordable GLP-1? When Digital Platforms Meet Policy Reform", a JMIR Correspondent Xiangming Jenny Zhan investigates how a convergence of federal policy, manufacturer-led digital distribution, and telehealth integration has drastically lowered the cost of GLP-1 medications outside the traditional insurance system. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-digital-platforms-policy-shifts-reshape.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:20:01 EDT news699529487 Teenagers who frequently use social media are about three times more likely to try cannabis than those who use it occasionally, new research from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-teens-glued-social-media-cannabis.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:40:03 EDT news699552002 Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots respond to everyday health-related questions from general users with nearly 76% accuracy, which raises concerns about their trustworthiness in real-world client-facing applications, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-doctor-gpt-ai-responses-health.html Sat, 30 May 2026 11:00:04 EDT news699191570 A News and Perspectives expert analysis on consumer wearable platforms' forays into the clinical health care space. Authored by MedTech expert Blythe Karow, MBA, "Meet the New Health Care Gatekeeper: Your Wearable" lays out the implications of wearable tech companies owning the first conversation about a patient's health, as well as the potential impacts on patient trust, policy, and regulation. The analysis appears in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-analysis-reveals-consumer-wearables-emerge.html Fri, 29 May 2026 11:20:03 EDT news699268837 A feature story authored by Simon Spichak, MSc investigates how biotech companies like Cortical Labs and FinalSpark harness human brain cells to electrodes, performing computational functions and testing the cells' responses to electrical and chemical stimuli. To create biocomputers, scientists grow organoids—small spheres of, in this case, neural tissue—on top of multi-electrode arrays in a hardware shell, which can then be used for everything from testing medications to playing video games. The work is published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-lab-grown-brain-organoids-power.html Thu, 28 May 2026 22:00:02 EDT news699182395 Problematic media use is associated with sleep disturbances in children diagnosed with enuresis, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Pediatric Urology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-problematic-media-linked-disturbances-children.html Thu, 28 May 2026 16:00:02 EDT news699192822 A report in the Journal of Medical Internet Research shows developments in the evidence gap in drug safety during pregnancy in its News and Perspectives section. In "How Machine Learning Can Help Close Evidence Gaps for Drug Safety in Pregnant Women", health writer Michelle Falci interviews the principal investigators of two projects which use machine learning to analyze large datasets of medication exposure and outcomes, then identify and evaluate possible links. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-machine-gaps-drug-safety-pregnancy.html Wed, 27 May 2026 21:00:01 EDT news699097260 In a new study from Karolinska Institutet, researchers investigated whether AI-generated versions of two common CBT techniques would be perceived as equally culturally relevant and acceptable as versions adapted by a human psychologist. The findings, published in JMIR Formative Research, suggest that AI could help make evidence-based psychological treatments more accessible to refugees and migrants. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-ai-cultural-psychological-treatment-migrants.html Tue, 26 May 2026 20:20:01 EDT news699012052 Researchers published a story on how 3D-printed anatomical models are being used to improve surgical outcomes. Authored by ICU nurse and health writer Jenna Congdon, BSN, RN, "Printing Personalized Medicine: 3D Models Bring Better Surgical Outcomes" reports how ENT surgeon Kyle VanKoevering, MD first used 3D modeling to recreate, then print, the head of a fetus with a potentially airway-obstructing facial mass in order to determine whether a risky surgical procedure would be necessary during delivery. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-3d-surgical-outcomes-expert.html Tue, 26 May 2026 12:20:08 EDT news699013261 Punishing regimens of facial exercises. Intentional starvation. Reshaping the jawline or cheekbones by smashing them with a hammer or chisel. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-looksmaxxing-isnt-tiktok-trend-severe.html Mon, 25 May 2026 10:40:02 EDT news698919962 Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS, a professor at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and an affiliate of both the Design Lab and Qualcomm Institute, with decades of experience conducting empirical research on digital health research ethics, argues that there needs to be a rethink about informed consent in the digital health era. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-digital-health-era-consent.html Wed, 20 May 2026 08:00:01 EDT news698476622 It's widely known that low-income Black women suffer far higher maternal health risks than low- income white mothers, often because they lack access to quality health care. But in a new book, UC Berkeley law professor Khiara M. Bridges makes a forceful argument that maternal health disparities affect Black women at every rung of the socioeconomic ladder. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-qa-wealth-shield-black-americans.html Mon, 18 May 2026 17:20:06 EDT news698335261 A group of pediatric eye disease researchers has launched an open-access tool designed to help manage pediatric cases of amblyopia, a condition in which the brain fails to properly develop normal vision in one or both eyes early in life. It is the leading cause of preventable single-eye (monocular) vision loss, affecting 3 of every 100 children in the nation. The tool is aimed at expanding access to evidence-based amblyopia clinical-decision-making expertise amidst a shortage of pediatric eye care specialists in the United States. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-access-children-amblyopia.html Mon, 18 May 2026 10:40:04 EDT news698317801 It's tough to avoid the current hype about the health benefits of injecting peptides. Although these substances—essentially, synthetic bits of protein in solution—have long made the rounds in the fitness world, their popularity has exploded. Social media influencers, podcasters, wellness clinics and online sellers promote peptides as a quick and easy way to build muscle faster, heal injuries more quickly, reduce inflammation, lose fat, sleep better and more. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-peptide-people-recover-injuries.html Thu, 07 May 2026 12:20:02 EDT news697374061 Our childhood experiences create ripple effects across our lives and with those whom we encounter. Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, have been linked to depression and dementia, and even to perpetuating abuse. The intergenerational transmission of abuse is well-known to affect the children of victims, and recent evidence has also connected a high number of ACEs to an increased risk of abusing elders, indicating broad impacts on later-life relationships and violent behavior. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-positive-abuse.html Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:01 EDT news697365721 Mental health clinicians are over five times more likely to see evolutionary explanations of anxiety as helpful for their patients, rather than the genetic approaches currently taught to trainee doctors and psychiatrists in the UK and US, a new study shows. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-doctors-favor-anxiety-patients-human.html Wed, 06 May 2026 19:00:01 EDT news697278960 A day after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina in late September 2024, Toni Brewer had no power or water. The storm had strewn fallen trees across most roads, wiped out phone and internet communications, and put some neighborhoods near her Asheville home underwater. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-natural-disasters-crisis-recovering-opioid.html Mon, 04 May 2026 21:40:01 EDT news697106248 Artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are getting pretty good at diagnosing some diseases, even when they are complex. But how do chatbots do when guiding treatment and care after the diagnosis? For example, how long before surgery should a patient stop taking prescribed blood thinners? Should a patient's treatment protocol change if they've had adverse reactions to similar drugs in the past? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-physicians-benefit-ai-nuanced-clinical.html Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:04 EDT news696502663 "I should stop." Have you ever said those words to yourself as you scrolled through one disheartening online post after another? This phenomenon is popularly known as doomscrolling. You may wonder: Why is it so difficult to stop doomscrolling once you start? More importantly, what can you do to break free from the negative spiral? Craig Sawchuk, Ph.D., a psychologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, offers insights. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-doomscrolling-scroll-mental-health.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:20:04 EDT news696776881