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For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), evidence supports continuation of buprenorphine during episodes of acute pain, but overall evidence for pain outcomes in these patients is low, according to a review published online March 18 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

A study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) reveals that girls who use Instagram and TikTok regard the impact of these social media on their psychological well-being more negatively than boys. Among the possible causes, the research indicates that girls make more intensive use of social media and feel more observed and pressured by the image and physical appearance they present on these networks, as well as needing more external approval.

A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led study found that patients are more likely to get colonoscopies following abnormal stool test results if patient navigators assist them through the process.

Researchers from the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) conducted a large-scale epidemiological study to explore the potential health benefits of high muscle strength in preventing type 2 diabetes (T2D) across varying levels of genetic risk.

Depression affects millions of people worldwide, but much is still unknown about this illness and treatments don’t always work. Ph.D. candidate Jesper Pilmeyer examined patients’ brains using MRI technology. The patterns he discovered in the brain scans can help make a more accurate diagnosis and predict how the illness will progress.

Millions of people around the world live with cardiac arrhythmias. Only in Spain, it is estimated that more than one million citizens suffer from them. Detecting and treating them accurately continues to be one of the great challenges of cardiovascular medicine.

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong contributor to coronary risk, with risk increasing markedly as people age.

Inga Rødahl from the Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) is defending her thesis, titled “Features of innate lymphoid cells in human fetal tissues and adult respiratory infection,” on 4 April, 2025. The main supervisor is Jakob Michaëlsson (MedH).

A recent study by KI-researchers Nadia Davoody and Sravya Katta reveals significant gaps related to health care professionals’ awareness of gender diversity, proper communication strategies, the specific needs of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex (TNBI) individuals, and the societal and structural challenges they face.

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has released a groundbreaking consensus statement on conduction system pacing (CSP), marking a significant milestone in the evolution of pacing therapy. The document was officially presented today at the EHRA 2025 congress in Vienna and simultaneously published in EP Europace.