A salmonella outbreak tied to a major egg recall has sickened nearly 80 people and sent at least 21 to the hospital, health officials have said.
Stress genes clear dead cells, offering new disease insights
A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington details a novel strategy for how the body clears out dead cells during stress, revealing unexpected roles for well-known stress-response genes—a discovery that could help scientists better understand diseases affecting the immune system, brain and metabolism.
Study delves into the complexity of the most aggressive form of prostate cancer
Cancer cannot be understood as a single, uniform disease. The more we delve into studying each type of tumor, the more we recognize the need to subclassify the disease. This concept has led to what we now call precision oncology, characterizing the molecular features of a patient’s specific cancer to determine the most effective treatment.
Medical AI systems are failing to disclose inaccurate race and ethnicity information, researchers say
The inaccuracy of race and ethnicity data found in electronic health records (EHRs) can negatively impact patient care as artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into health care. Because hospitals and providers inconsistently collect such data and struggle to accurately classify individual patients, AI systems trained on these datasets can inherit and perpetuate racial bias.
Patients are opting in for 10 years of breast cancer treatment
As recommendations suggest extending hormone-based breast cancer treatment to 10 years for some patients, a new study sheds light on whether patients are opting for it.
Celebrity diagnoses underscore rising breast cancer rates in young women
More young women in the United States are being diagnosed with breast cancer and several celebrities have helped raise awareness by sharing their stories.
Deliberately infected participants lead to penicillin advance
A unique study purposely giving participants Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) to learn how much penicillin it takes to prevent infection has found the amount needed is much lower than previously thought—a discovery that will transform thinking on treatment for people living with rheumatic heart disease (RHD).
How stress may cause sleep and memory deficits
Stress worsens sleep quality and can impair memory. Shinjae Chung, from the University of Pennsylvania, led a study to explore a neural pathway in male mice that stress may influence, to cause sleep and memory disturbances.
Thousands of pediatric firearm deaths linked to more permissive state gun laws
Guns are now the leading cause of death for youth in the United States. Researchers from Mass General Brigham investigated whether firearm mortality rates among U.S. children ages 0–17 changed in the 13 years following a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that applied the Second Amendment to state and local governments.
Healthy sleep patterns in adolescence predict better cardiovascular health in the future
A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2025 annual meeting found that teens with earlier, more efficient, and less variable sleep patterns at age 15 had better cardiovascular health at age 22.