https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A man in his 30s arrived at the Royal London Major Trauma Centre after what sounded like a relatively minor cycling accident. He had been riding a shared ebike when he lost control and fell. By the time I met him, scans had revealed a complex fracture around his ankle where his shinbone (tibia) had pierced his skin. He would need multiple surgeries to fix his broken bone and grafts for his skin and muscles, followed by many months of rehabilitation and a prolonged period away from work. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-lime-bike-leg-doctors-ebike.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:03 EDT news700306713 Flatulence, or farting, is something people often joke about or find embarrassing when it happens unexpectedly. It is, however, an essential bodily function that allows the digestive system to keep pressure within the intestinal tract low and prevents painful stretching of the stomach and intestines. Even though it is normal to fart, it remains unclear what counts as a healthy number. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-people-gas-app.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:05 EDT news700130400 A smartphone app can help individuals with advanced cancer deal with symptoms and maintain their quality of life, according to new research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-smartphone-app-advanced-cancer-quality.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:40:01 EDT news699624208 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 Appalachia has a legacy of making the most with limited resources, but there's one thing that there's no way to stretch: sleep. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-disorders-linked-socioeconomic-disparities-appalachia.html Thu, 28 May 2026 13:40:01 EDT news699191099 An estimated 15.8 million people in the United States live in pharmacy deserts. With limited access to health care services, like hospitals and pharmacies, these individuals are at risk of elevated mortality risk and higher rates of preventable disease progression. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-people-closest-pharmacy-health.html Tue, 19 May 2026 08:00:01 EDT news698325602 An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused more than 80 deaths has a "very high lethality rate" and no vaccine or specific treatment, the country's health minister warned Saturday. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-vaccine-latest-ebola-outbreak-drc.html Sat, 16 May 2026 15:20:01 EDT news698162742 Screens are everywhere in children's lives. They use them at school and at home. They see screens used by their parents as they work on laptops, use phones to arrange playdates or look up outings or recipes on tablets. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-screens-modern-parenting-healthy.html Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:10 EDT news697716542 When college students drink very heavily or to the point of blacking out, they're more likely to report poorer cognitive functioning the next day, like forgetting someone's name or having trouble making decisions, according to new research from the University of Oregon. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-heavy-toll-college-students-cognition.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:20:01 EDT news696142322 A major clinical trial has found that real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) significantly improves blood glucose management in adults living with type 2 diabetes who are treated with basal insulin. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-glucose-blood-sugar-diabetes-trial.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:30:05 EDT news696172861 Obesity during pregnancy has been steadily increasing worldwide. In the United States, over 60% of pregnant individuals enter pregnancy overweight or obese, and more than half go on to exceed recommended gestational weight gain guidelines. This growing pattern is a concern for health care professionals, as obesity during pregnancy is linked to a higher risk of several health complications for the mother. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-mobile-app-based-healthy-weight.html Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:04 EDT news696071831 Depression is among the most widespread mental health disorders worldwide, affecting an estimated 1 in 20 people. It is characterized by persistent sadness, hopelessness, disrupted sleep patterns, changes in appetite and a loss of interest in everyday activities. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-movement-mood-depression-early.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:40:01 EDT news695552078 A team of scientists from NTU Singapore has developed a new biochip that, when paired with artificial intelligence, can quickly and accurately detect extremely small amounts of microRNAs, which are tiny genetic markers linked to diseases such as heart disease. Introduced in an article published in the journal Advanced Materials, the new biosensing platform combines a specially designed nanophotonic chip with AI-automated image analysis. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-ai-powered-biochip-genetic-markers.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:20:03 EDT news695463755 A medical, humanitarian, transhumanist and politically neutral project: This is how Neuralink has described itself since it was first founded in 2016. Over the past decade, however, the company created by Elon Musk to develop implants for human-brain-computer communication has revealed itself to be much more than that. A study by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), published in Culture, Theory and Critique, explores how this neural technology paves the way for a new form of power: psychopolitics. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-neuralink-tech-paves-path-psychopolitics.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:20:03 EDT news694960629 The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly scanning for plants. Or crouched behind a tree trunk with binoculars, pausing mid-breath to find the source of a bird call. It often feels like a treasure hunt. What will turn up today? And how can we share those observations with the world? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-clearer-citizen-science-people-health.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:00:01 EDT news694174908 The first systematic review to track long-term trends across pre- and post-pandemic periods finds a dramatic rise in screen use among children and adolescents. Screen time among children and adolescents has increased significantly over the past three decades, with a clear rise occurring after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new systematic review conducted at the University of Turku, Finland. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-screen-children-adolescents-decades-covid.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:40:09 EDT news694100221 New Australian research has shown that a tailored, home-based program can dramatically cut the number of falls, one of the most dangerous risks faced by survivors of stroke. The "falls after stroke trial" or FAST, published in the British Medical Journal, found a coordinated program of functional exercise, preventing hazards around the home and out-of-home mobility coaching reduced falls by 33% over 12 months. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-home-based-slashes-falls.html Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:20:01 EDT news693565790 Type 2 diabetes is often triggered by a sedentary lifestyle or poor diet. At the same time, however, some people have genes that make it much more likely they will develop the disease. In other words, they are far more susceptible to developing diabetes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-widespread-temptations-bad-news-people.html Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:20:01 EDT news693572341 Children who use social media for more than three hours per day are more likely to develop greater levels of depression and anxiety compared to those who use it more moderately. The findings are the latest analysis to come from the SCAMP study, led by public health researchers at Imperial College London and based on data from more than 2300 children in schools across London. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-children-social-media-linked-depression.html Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:20:05 EDT news693482643 New research found that youth who become increasingly addicted to social media, mobile phones or video games are at greater risk of suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts and emotional or behavioral issues. The study, published June 18 in JAMA, was led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University and University of California, Berkeley. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-addictive-screen-total-linked-youth.html Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:09:05 EDT news669470942 Nystagmus during vertigo attacks in patients with Meniere disease can be video-recorded with a mobile phone and provide a helpful therapeutic aid, according to a study published online Dec. 12 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-nystagmus-vertigo-meniere-disease-therapeutic.html Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:40:01 EST news657895034 A cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app has been found to significantly prevent increases in depression in young people who are at high risk—and could be implemented as a cost effective public mental health measure. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-mental-health-app-depression-young.html Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:16:56 EDT news647612211 Knowledge and ideas circulate freely at international conferences but so do germs carried from abroad on mobile phones, a new study shows. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-pose-potential-health-biosecurity.html Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:39:04 EDT news646918741 A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and is published today in the journal Environment International. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-mobile-linked-brain-cancer-major.html Sat, 07 Sep 2024 13:00:01 EDT news644673420 A new study has found that regular mobile phone use was positively associated with incident cardiovascular disease risk, especially in current smokers and individuals with diabetes. In addition, this association was partly attributed to poor sleep, psychological distress, and neuroticism. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-09-regular-mobile-cardiovascular-diseases.html Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:10:01 EDT news644571481 One of Britain's biggest mobile network operators said on Sunday it will warn parents they should not give smartphones to children under the age of 11. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-dont-smartphones-kids-uk-mobile.html Mon, 26 Aug 2024 03:14:14 EDT news643860849 A new way to map the spread and evolution of pathogens, and their responses to vaccines and antibiotics, will provide key insights to help predict and prevent future outbreaks. The approach combines a pathogen's genomic data with human travel patterns, taken from anonymized mobile phone data. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-mobile-track-pathogen-evolution-superbugs.html Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:00:01 EDT news639217863 Every year an estimated 20 million babies worldwide are born with low birth weight, according to the World Health Organization, leading to a wide range of significant short- and long-term consequences. Though you may think the obvious answer is greater emphasis on food and nutrition for pregnant women, leading McGill University researchers are proposing an unexpected solution: the cellphone. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-mobile-impact-infant-birth-weight.html Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:50:10 EST news624642605 A study published in Health Data Science, reveals critical insights into socioeconomic disparities in unhealthy food reliance using novel mobile phone data analysis. This study, led by researchers Charles Alba and Ruopeng An from Washington University in St. Louis, marks a significant departure from traditional survey-centric approaches, offering a more dynamic nationwide perspective. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-mobile-unhealthy-food-consumption-disparities.html Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:31:02 EST news623953861 A new study from The University of Western Australia has found the world is experiencing a myopia (short-sightedness) epidemic, and the main cause is computer screens rather than mobile phones or tablets. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-11-myopia-epidemic-blame-short-sightedness.html Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:11:03 EST news619805461