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Transdermal hormone therapy offers potential reduction in anxiety and depression

Hormone therapy–oral and transdermal–remains the most effective treatment for such bothersome menopause symptoms as hot flashes and is generally considered safe for most patients. A new study shows that risk profiles are different based on how the hormones are administered.

21 Oct 2025

Study reveals differing prescribing patterns for menopause therapy

Not all healthcare professionals receive the same type of formal education. That may help explain the results of a new study which suggests that provider type and specialty greatly affect whether a woman receives prescription medication treatment for menopause-related care and, if so, what kind of treatment she receives.

21 Oct 2025

New mechanism explains life-threatening pre-eclampsia at the molecular level

Pre-eclampsia is one of the most serious complications in pregnancy, affecting millions of women and newborns worldwide and potentially life-threatening. Despite intensive research, it has remained unclear what processes in the placenta lead to the disease.

21 Oct 2025

Food allergy diagnoses plummet after guideline implementation

Peanuts represent one of the most common causes of immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated, or anaphylactic, food allergies in children, yet a landmark study found that early introduction of peanut to infants may lower their risk of developing this allergy.

21 Oct 2025

Gender-affirming hormone therapy rewrites body proteins to match gender identity

Melbourne researchers have discovered gender-affirming hormone therapy can alter body proteins to match a person's gender identity, potentially affecting susceptibility to certain health conditions.

21 Oct 2025

New chip restores reading ability for macular degeneration patients

A tiny wireless chip implanted in the back of the eye and a pair of high-tech glasses have partially restored vision to people with an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration. In a clinical trial led by Stanford Medicine researchers and international collaborators, 27 out of 32 participants had regained the ability to read a year after receiving the device.

21 Oct 2025

Digital health program increases lung cancer screening rates in high-risk individuals

A new study led by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and MD Anderson Cancer Center, has found that a direct-to-patient digital health program can significantly increase lung cancer screening rates among people at high risk.

20 Oct 2025

WHO congratulates Fiji on eliminating trachoma as a public health threat

In a landmark public health achievement, Fiji has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem.

20 Oct 2025

Private Medicare, Medicaid plans exaggerate in-network mental health options, watchdogs say

Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans' members, a new federal watchdog report says.

20 Oct 2025

Stroke experts call for ethical guardrails as AI expands in clinical research

As artificial intelligence (AI) use continues to grow in nearly every industry, it is important to establish guardrails to make sure the technology is used ethically and responsibly. This is especially true in the field of medicine, where errors can be a matter of life and death and patient information must be protected.

17 Oct 2025

Global leaders unite to invest in health for economic growth

The World Bank Group, the Government of Japan, and the World Health Organization officially launched the Health Works Leaders Coalition.

17 Oct 2025

Improving logical reasoning in large language models for medical use

Large language models (LLMs) can store and recall vast quantities of medical information, but their ability to process this information in rational ways remains variable.

17 Oct 2025

After chiding democrats on transgender politics, Newsom vetoes a key health measure

California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a suite of privacy protection bills for transgender patients amid continuing threats by the Trump administration.

17 Oct 2025

States jostle over $50B rural health fund as Trump’s Medicaid cuts trigger scramble

Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea.

17 Oct 2025

VICT3R project builds momentum to accelerate animal-free safety testing

The VICT3R project is expanding its consortium by adding new beneficiaries and organisations to the network of contract research organisations (CROs) associated with the project.

16 Oct 2025

New vaccine label offers real-time heat exposure detection

A color-changing label could help prevent millions of vaccine doses from going to waste, say scientists from the University of Surrey. The innovation, now being commercialized through a partnership with MM PACKAGING GmbH (MM) Group and leading materials specialists Advanced Material Development Ltd (AMD), provides a low-cost and reliable way to show whether vaccines have been exposed to damaging heat.

16 Oct 2025

New framework aims to improve surgical quality improvement efforts

New study findings show the vast majority of small-scale quality improvement (QI) projects in surgery suffer from poor planning that can doom the effort from the start.

16 Oct 2025

OU researchers propose a novel solution to increase Indian Health Service funding

For many years, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has been underfunded, leading to health and life expectancy disparities among Indigenous people, according to University of Oklahoma researchers.

16 Oct 2025

American Heart Association launches financial grant program to teach CPR in schools

Today on World Restart a Heart Day, the American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere, launches a new financial grant program to equip 40 high school and college Heart Clubs across the country with CPR training and resources.

16 Oct 2025

NYU Langone sets the standard for organ transplant care

The NYU Langone Transplant Institute is the state's top-quality program for liver and kidney transplantation and has some of the fastest heart and lung transplant rates in the nation, according to the latest national data.

16 Oct 2025

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Transdermal hormone therapy offers potential reduction in anxiety and depression

Study reveals differing prescribing patterns for menopause therapy

New mechanism explains life-threatening pre-eclampsia at the molecular level

Food allergy diagnoses plummet after guideline implementation

Gender-affirming hormone therapy rewrites body proteins to match gender identity

New chip restores reading ability for macular degeneration patients

Digital health program increases lung cancer screening rates in high-risk individuals

WHO congratulates Fiji on eliminating trachoma as a public health threat

Private Medicare, Medicaid plans exaggerate in-network mental health options, watchdogs say

Stroke experts call for ethical guardrails as AI expands in clinical research

Global leaders unite to invest in health for economic growth

Improving logical reasoning in large language models for medical use

After chiding democrats on transgender politics, Newsom vetoes a key health measure

States jostle over $50B rural health fund as Trump’s Medicaid cuts trigger scramble

VICT3R project builds momentum to accelerate animal-free safety testing

New vaccine label offers real-time heat exposure detection

New framework aims to improve surgical quality improvement efforts

OU researchers propose a novel solution to increase Indian Health Service funding

American Heart Association launches financial grant program to teach CPR in schools

NYU Langone sets the standard for organ transplant care

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