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A new study from the University of Kansas details how U.S. tobacco corporations expanded into global food markets from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s, using strategies honed through cigarette sales to market ultra-processed foods, which are industrially processed and contain ingredients and additives that maximize their appeal. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-tobacco-firms-cigarette-tactics-globally.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:40:10 EDT news700135214 In a remote South African village, Paulina Mhlongo sits in the yard as health workers in green protective gear move briskly through her home, soaking the walls with anti-mosquito insecticide. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-climate-shifts-malaria-gains-ground.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:14:31 EDT news700114417 Non-invasive eye scans allow doctors a zoomed-in, three-dimensional look beneath the eye's surface without causing discomfort or pain to the patient. Used routinely in clinics worldwide, the scans produce detailed views of individual layers of the eye's interior to help diagnose conditions that threaten vision. But with that level of precision comes a flood of data—hundreds of images per scan that physicians have to review manually, a time-consuming process that is vulnerable to human error. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-ai-tools-eye-doctors-retinal.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:00:02 EDT news699881657 The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-ebola-africa-health-authorities.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:20:06 EDT news699615902 With obesity now affecting more than 40% of U.S. adults and fueling rising rates of heart disease, a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association calls for a comprehensive treatment approach that puts physical activity front and center. The statement, "Role of Physical Activity in Obesity Treatment and Cardiometabolic Health," was published in Circulation. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-health-scale.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:00:01 EDT news699263041 By the second week of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it was already clear that containing the spread of the hemorrhagic disease was proving to be difficult. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-ebola-outbreak-drc-hard.html Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:05 EDT news698919541 The risk from the deadly Ebola outbreak has been raised to the highest level for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, as the toll continued to rise. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-ebola-highest-dr-congo.html Fri, 22 May 2026 15:00:05 EDT news698680137 Scientists and physicians should advocate to protect the vaccine research infrastructure that has saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past 50 years, according to a new commentary by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Washington. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-advocacy-key-vital-vaccine.html Fri, 22 May 2026 11:20:02 EDT news698664661 Michele Barry, director of the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, explains how this strain differs, why public risk outside the DRC remains low, and what a global response requires. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-ebola-outbreak-1.html Fri, 22 May 2026 08:00:01 EDT news698648041 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday it wants to roll back some regulations on "forever chemicals" in drinking water put into place in 2024. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-rollback-pfas-standards-safety.html Wed, 20 May 2026 21:00:01 EDT news698502377 A study led by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson showed that giving the antibiotic azithromycin did not help preschool children seen in the hospital emergency room with bouts of severe wheezing. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-antibiotic-ineffective-wheezing-young-children.html Tue, 19 May 2026 12:40:15 EDT news698410441 When a baby is born, hospital staff move quickly through a standard checklist of newborn care: taking measurements, administering antibiotic eye ointment to prevent eye infections, and giving a small injection of vitamin K. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-newborn-vitamin-shot-parent.html Fri, 15 May 2026 14:20:06 EDT news698071261 A recent study shows that the rapid increase of new nicotine products and the influence of the tobacco industry are perceived to significantly hinder the European countries' ability to achieve ambitious tobacco control goals. Without strong support at the EU level and rapid responses to changes in the market, the targets risk remaining unmet. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-goal-tobacco-free-generation-stronger.html Thu, 14 May 2026 01:20:01 EDT news697903904 A new treatment for patients with life-threatening infectious diseases is being pioneered in Melbourne by researchers at The Alfred and Monash University. VICPhage, a clinical partnership between The Alfred and Monash, is one of the first in Australia to offer end-to-end capacity in phage therapy to treat some of the most challenging infections. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-phage-therapy-case-reveals-hidden.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:00:01 EDT news696256874 Most fat stores energy; the body's brown fat does the opposite. Unlike the white fat that accumulates just under our skin, brown fat burns calories and glucose to generate heat. Formally known as brown adipose tissue, it is a specialized metabolic tissue whose importance in adults has only come into focus in recent years. Brown fat—stored in small, distinct pockets deep within the body—plays an outsized role in body-weight regulation and blood-sugar control, making it an attractive target for metabolic therapies. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-3d-dna-brown-fat-reshape.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:20:01 EDT news696161222 Doctors in Liverpool working with researchers at the Center for Trials Research at Cardiff University have identified promising evidence for the effectiveness of an early and rapid diagnostic test for sepsis. Teams from the University of Liverpool and NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group conducted the study to address this common and serious condition. They were joined by colleagues at the Center for Trials Research, at Cardiff University, as well as investigators at 20 NHS acute care hospitals in England and Wales. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-advances-accurately-sepsis.html Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:00:04 EDT news693498241 JMIR Publications has released a critical analysis in its News and Perspectives section regarding the global resurgence of cholera and the vital role of digital surveillance in fragile settings. The article, "When Old Diseases Return: Cholera, Crisis, and Digital Surveillance in Fragile Settings," examines how the convergence of climate change, economic collapse, and conflict is bringing back a preventable disease once thought to be under control. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-digital-surveillance-cholera-crisis-zones.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:50:01 EDT news693068191 A White House briefing in September 2025 that raised concerns about acetaminophen use during pregnancy and promoted the drug leucovorin as a potential autism treatment was followed by sharp changes in how doctors prescribed those medications nationwide, according to a new study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-white-house-autism-linked-swift.html Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:00:02 EST news692009161 Precision and timing of gene expression is essential for normal biological functions and, when disrupted, can lead to many human diseases, including cancers. However, how molecular machines—protein complexes—that control gene expression locate to specific genes at specific times within the nuclei of our cells has remained a mystery. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-major-nuclear-protein-complexes-specialized.html Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:29:42 EST news687108542 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Exdensur (depemokimab-ulaa) as an add-on maintenance treatment for severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype in adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-fda-exdensur-severe-asthma.html Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:00:03 EST news685630760 Scientists think snakes and lizards could help them find new ways to prevent painful kidney stones and gout in people. And it all owes to an evolutionary trick. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-snake-pee-key-kidney-stones.html Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:08:57 EST news682513729 One of the biggest concerns with upper respiratory tract infections, like the common cold or a nasal infection, is the potential for more serious deep lung secondary infections, like pneumonia. If these secondary infections occur, they often develop rather quickly. This is highly concerning for vulnerable populations, like children and the elderly, who are more at-risk from pneumonia and other serious deep lung infections. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-mechanics-mucus-droplets-swift-infections.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:49:37 EST news682267771 Adults who experience poverty-level family income—whether sustained or intermittent—over two decades spanning young to mid-adulthood face a significantly higher risk of dying prematurely than those who are never in poverty, according to new research led by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-term-poverty-unsecured-debt-early.html Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:17:04 EST news682003022 What do world leaders talk about when they think we're not listening? This week it was the idea of living forever. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-transplants-wont-putin.html Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:00:04 EDT news676284842 Playwright William Congreve wrote in the Restoration period that music "hath charms to soothe a savage breast." And, as it turns out, back pain in 21st-century patients as well. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-music-therapy-ease-pain-ed.html Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:10:00 EDT news676210191 Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM) and its precursor conditions. The new method, known as SWIFT-seq, utilizes single-cell sequencing to profile circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood, offering a non-invasive alternative to traditional bone marrow biopsies. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-blood-multiple-myeloma-alternative-bone.html Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:05:03 EDT news673866301 Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-emergence-polio-papua-guinea-global.html Mon, 19 May 2025 10:55:04 EDT news666870901 Watching no more than one hour of TV a day may lower the risk of heart attack, stroke and other blood vessel diseases among people with varying levels of genetic risk for type 2 diabetes, including high genetic risk, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-minimal-tv-viewing-heart-disease.html Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:00:05 EDT news660902941 Patients at the Lyell McEwin Hospital were less likely to be re-admitted when their likelihood of discharge was evaluated by an artificial intelligence system, new research has found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-score-vital-laboratory-likelihood-hospital.html Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:45:01 EST news659281496 A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-hospital-nurse-dies-uganda-ebola.html Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:27:29 EST news657451643