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'Forever Chemicals' Linked To Elevated Childhood Blood Pressure
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 — Kids exposed to PFAS “forever chemicals” before birth have an increased risk of high blood pressure in childhood, particularly during their teen years, a new study says. Teena...
Childhood Trauma Boosts Endometriosis Risk
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 — Traumatic childhood events can increase a woman’s risk of endometriosis later in life, a new study says. Women’s endometriosis risk increased 20% if they had experienced child...
More Than 460 CDC Workers Reinstated After Layoffs
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 — More than 460 laid-off employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are being rehired, officials said June 11. The reinstatement notices went out t...
Childhood Cancer Treatment, Genetics Contribute to Subsequent Neoplasm Risk
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 – Cancer treatments and genetic predisposition contribute to the risk of subsequent neoplasms (SNs) among long-term childhood cancer survivors, according to a study published...
Circulating Tumor DNA Can Be Detected Several Years Before Cancer Diagnosis
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 – Circulating tumor DNA can be detected more than three years prior to a clinical cancer diagnosis, according to a research brief published online May 22 in Cancer Discovery....
Most TikTok Videos on Inflammatory Bowel Disease Are Low Quality
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 -- The most-viewed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) videos on TikTok provide low-quality medical information, according to a study published online in the May/June issue ...
Mindfulness, Transcranial Stimulation Promising for Urgency Urinary Incontinence
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 – Mindfulness (MI) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex offer therapeutic benefit for reducing situational urgency urinary...
Huntington Disease Digital Motor Score Can Enhance Progression Detection
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 – The Huntington disease (HD) Digital Motor Score (HDDMS), which is derived from smartphone sensor-based motor tests included in a remote HD digital monitoring platform, can...
Doctors' Preferences for Their Own End-of-Life Care? No Life-Sustaining Practices
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 – Many physicians would personally prefer to avoid life-sustaining practices if they had advanced cancer or Alzheimer disease, according to a study published online June 10 in...
Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Medical Students Less Likely To Finish School
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 — Bisexual, gay and lesbian medical students are more likely to leave school before graduation, a new study says. Bisexual medical students were twice as likely to drop out or ...
RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 — A longtime vaccine critic hired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reviewing safety data in an effort to revisit debunked claims that vaccines may cause autism. O...
New Mothers Face Significant Loss of Uninterrupted Sleep
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 – New mothers face a significant loss of uninterrupted sleep through week 13 postpartum, according to a study presented at SLEEP 2025, the annual meeting of the Associated P...
Blood-Based Screening Has Acceptable Accuracy for Colorectal Cancer Detection
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 – A blood-based test has acceptable accuracy for colorectal cancer detection but not for advanced precancerous lesions in an average-risk colorectal cancer screening...
Mitochondrial Genetics Key to Metastatic Melanoma Immunotherapy Resistance
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 – For patients with metastatic melanoma, mitochondrial (MT) haplogroup T (HG-T) is associated with resistance to an anti-programmed cell death protein-1-based immune...
Generative AI Model for Draft Radiological Reporting Improves Documentation Efficiency
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 – Clinical use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated draft radiograph reports is associated with improved radiologist documentation efficiency while maintaining clinical...