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Medicine & Health

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-Nov-2025 19:11 ET (12-Nov-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)

21-May-2025

The dietary bug in a cancer therapy

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a surprising link between diet, intestinal microbes and the efficacy of cancer therapy.

Journal: Cell
Funder: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stand Up To Cancer, NIH/National Institutes of Health, New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research

21-May-2025

A gene variant increases the risk of long COVID

Karolinska Institutet
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of researchers has found a genetic link to long-term symptoms after COVID-19. The identified gene variant is located close to the FOXP4 gene, which is known to affect lung function. The study, published in Nature Genetics, was led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland.

Journal: Nature Genetics

21-May-2025

New strategy for screening anxiety and depression in epilepsy patients, study shows

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows an improvement in screening rates for anxiety and depression among epilepsy patients with the implementation of an electronic health record (EHR)-based strategy.

Journal: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

21-May-2025

Global virus network statement in support of the WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord

Global Virus Network
Business Announcement

The GVN strongly supports the World Health Organization’s (WHO) newly adopted Pandemic Preparedness Accord. This

21-May-2025

Area deprivation index may not accurately measure neighborhood health

American Thoracic Society
Meeting Announcement

Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is linked to worse health outcomes, but there are significant differences in how socioeconomic determinants of health are measured. Now new research presented at the ATS 2025 International Conference finds that a widely used socioeconomic index may not accurately classify patients who live in areas with a high cost of living.

Meeting: ATS 2025 International Conference

21-May-2025

Medications that suppress REM sleep improve survival in ALS patients

American Thoracic Society
Meeting Announcement

During REM sleep, the body enters a state of paralysis. This can pose a danger for patients with weakened diaphragms due to neuromuscular diseases. Now new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference has shown that antidepressants that suppress REM sleep are associated with improved survival in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Meeting: ATS 2025 International Conference

21-May-2025

National scientists group asks National Institutes of Health to investigate study that resulted in deaths of 100 animals

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Business Announcement

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed a complaint today, May 21, 2025, with the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare requesting an investigation of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s study of the effects of ginger root extract on pain in rats. The group also sent a letter to Texas Tech University President Lori Rice- Spearman on April 14, 2025, requesting the shuttering of any additional animal experiments currently underway by the same researchers.