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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Oct-2025 13:11 ET (7-Oct-2025 17:11 GMT/UTC)

2-Jul-2025

Mental health disorders, malaria, and heart disease most affected by covid pandemic

Disrupted care during the covid-19 pandemic led to sharp increases in other non-covid causes of illness and death, particularly mental health disorders, malaria in young children, and stroke and heart disease in older adults, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

Journal: The BMJ
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Zhejiang Province Vanguard Goose-Leading Initiative, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Mega-Project of National Science and Technology for the 13th Five-Year Plan of China

2-Jul-2025

Over decades, a healthy lifestyle outperforms metformin in preventing onset of Type 2 diabetes

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers including Vallabh “Raj” Shah, professor emeritus in The University of New Mexico Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the School of Medicine, found that the health benefits from a healthy lifestyle outperformed metformin in preventing the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

Journal: The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

2-Jul-2025

The New England Journal of Medicine shines spotlight on forensic pathology

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Review article by Mount Sinai physician and colleagues gives an overview of their role in public health, family support, and the justice system

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine

2-Jul-2025

Support networks may be the missing link for college students who seek help for excessive drinking

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

College students who want help overcoming high-risk drinking could benefit from a two-pronged approach that combines an individual-focused psychological theory with social network analysis. That’s according to a new study from Texas A&M University School of Public Health Assistant Professor Benjamin Montemayor and former doctoral student Sara Flores, both in the Department of Health Behavior.

Journal: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

2-Jul-2025

Researchers find “forever chemicals” impact the developing male brain

University of Rochester Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

“Forever chemicals” or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely used in consumer and industrial products for the better part of a century, but do not break down in the natural environment. One PFAS, perfluorohexanoic acid or PFHxA, is made up of a shorter chain of molecules and is thought to have less of an impact on human health. New research from the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester suggests otherwise, finding that early life exposure to PFHxA may increase anxiety-related behaviors and memory deficits in male mice.

Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience

2-Jul-2025

Perceived social status tied to cardiovascular risks in women but not in men

McGill University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women who see themselves as having lower social status are more likely than other people to show early signs of heart stress linked to future disease risk, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill and Concordia universities.

Journal: Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
Funder: Courtois Cardiovascular Biorepository Program

2-Jul-2025

Unprocessed red meat has no notable effect on obesity and related diseases

Texas Tech University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Texas Tech researchers’ rigorous analysis of available data challenges longstanding public health assumptions about the risks of consuming unprocessed beef.

Journal: Obesity