There are over six million Americans with heart failure who are at greater risk of losing their cognitive abilities earlier in life, a study suggests.
FDA approves Qfitlia to cut bleeding episodes in patients with hemophilia
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Sanofi’s Qfitlia (fitusiran) for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with hemophilia A or hemophilia B, with or without factor VIII or IX inhibitors (neutralizing antibodies).
Researchers develop nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine
The State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the InnoHK Center for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics (CVVT) have pioneered an influenza virus vector-based nasal spray vaccine platform and developed a nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine. The study is published in Nature Communications.
Gender-affirming care key to transgender men’s health and happiness
Body image and quality of life among transgender men could be improved with more gender-focused care, according to research by Nottingham Trent University in the U.K. and Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
Study finds physicians treating chronic back pain need more education about axial spondyloarthritis
Many physicians who treat patients with chronic back pain lack the knowledge to identify people with axial spondyloarthritis, a chronic inflammatory disorder, and do not routinely screen for it, according to research led by Yale School of Medicine and published recently in the Journal of Rheumatology.
Percentage weight loss targets in obesity management—is this the wrong objective?
New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) suggests that weight loss programs targeting a particular percentage weight loss are often failing, and that other factors should be considered, including improvement of obesity-related complications, enhancing quality of life and overall physical and social functioning.
Understanding the mechanics of perinatal brain inflammation
When something goes wrong before or during birth, doctors know the potential consequences are huge and often harmful; what they often don’t know is the exact nature of the damage that is caused by inflammation of the perinatal brain.
Surgery doesn’t always help with chronic rhinosinusitis: New risk score predicts treatment efficacy
A new CT-scan-based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to chronic rhinosinusitis.
Is TikTok right? Do I need to eat more protein?
In the ever-changing wellness industry, one diet obsession has captured and held TikTok’s attention: protein.
Study finds one in five US adults use multiple drugs, revealing new patterns in substance use
A study from researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals that nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adults have used multiple drugs in the past year, showing that substance use is fairly common and more complex than just using one drug at a time. The study was published last week in the American Journal of Public Health.