The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S. primary care is posing a grave threat to the wellbeing of communities nationwide.

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NPR Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Humans have been eating yogurt for millennia. Ancient texts reference its health-promoting properties. Now a new study finds yogurt may reduce the risk of certain types of colon cancer.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Sotagliflozin, a drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes and kidney disease with additional cardiovascular risk factors, can significantly reduce heart attack and stroke among these patients, according to results from an international clinical trial led by a Mount Sinai researcher.

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AMMD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Breast Cancer, as are all cancers, is on the rise. Women have a 13% chance of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. The average age of a breast cancer diagnosis has statistically been around 65. Now, roughly 9% of breast cancer diagnoses are in women under age 45 with this percentage continually rising(1). Cancer strikes at a younger and younger age, and 20 - 25% of all breast cancers are ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS (2).

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NPR Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

2024 advisory. That leaves parents with less time for themselves, their partners and leisure activities.'/> Parenting can keep you on your toes all day. But if you find it so physically and mentally draining you can't enjoy family time, it may be a sign of burnout. Here's what you can do about it.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Antidepressants like Prozac are commonly prescribed to treat mental health disorders, but new research suggests they could also protect against serious infections and life-threatening sepsis.

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CDOCS

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Co-Lead Counsel is hosting instructional webinars for healthcare providers on how to submit claims to the $2.8 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield Provider Antitrust Settlement. To learn how to submit a claim for your share of the settlement proceeds, please attend one of the following upcoming webinars: Health Care Facilities: Friday, February 21, 2025, 12-1 pm Eastern.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A team of researchers has developed a "gut-on-chip" (a miniature model of the human intestine on a chip-sized device) capable of reproducing the main features of intestinal inflammation and of predicting the response of melanoma patients to immunotherapy treatment. The results have just been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

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NPR Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

People who've had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Researchers at the University of Toronto see a future where a single injection under the eyelid could replace months of daily eye drops to treat glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness.

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NPR Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The price of eggs is skyrocketing due to avian flu, with no clear signs of slowing down. This week, Brittany is joined by NPR health correspondent Will Stone and public health nutritionist Marion Nestle to understand the precarities of our food safety system, and what we can do to stay safe. Support public media and receive ad-free listening. Join NPR+ today.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomedical Engineering have found that studying blood flow in leg muscles may help detect cardiovascular disease earlier than standardized tests, opening the door to earlier treatment and better outcomes.

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Clinical Correlations

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

By Daniel Martinez-Krams Peer Reviewed You are rounding on your patients, and your team is discussing a 52-year-old man with HIV who came in with shortness of breath and fever and was found to have pneumonia.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

ETH researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin. One day, researchers want to use switches of this kind to trigger cell therapies for various metabolic diseases.

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AMMD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The American Cancer Society predicts roughly 2,001,140 new cancer cases and 611,720 cancer deaths in 2024 (1). What is cancer, and why is it developing in younger populations? We used to think cancer was genetic. Now, research confirms only 5-10% of cancers are genetic (2). If that’s true, what is causing cancer to skyrocket? Much of what causes cancer has to do with today’s modern lifestyle.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A study finds that 65.8% of adults surveyed had low trust in their health care system to use artificial intelligence responsibly and 57.7% had low trust in their health care systems to make sure an AI tool would not harm them.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

He wrote that there was no explanation "why a blanket suspension of all congressionally appropriated foreign aid" is needed to review programs. But how funds will start flowing again is unclear.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Researchers from Cologne, Bochum, Padova and Angers have discovered a novel connection between mitochondrial function, protein quality control and cellular health, whose failure could be the leading cause of the currently incurable neurological disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT).

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC are being let go, at the direction of the Trump administration. The cuts represent around 10% of the agency's workforce.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Women whose breast cancers need estrogen to grow are often treated for five or more years with medications to lower estrogen production or block its effects. Broadly known as endocrine therapy, the medications can't be taken during pregnancy or while breastfeeding; premenopausal women wishing to start or grow their families must pause the treatment for months or years.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A team of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a point-of-care testing (POCT) system based on microfluidic CRISPR-Dx technology, significantly improving the sensitivity, speed, and multiplexing capability of pathogen detection.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that intracranial hemorrhages, or "brain bleeds," caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, double a person's risk of developing dementia later in life.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Up to half of all people living with Alzheimer's Disease in Ireland remain undiagnosed. Now, a new blood test may have the potential to transform patient care, allowing for better diagnosis, earlier interventions and more targeted treatments.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A new book by Professor Luigi Fontana with recipes from Healthy Longevity Chef Marzio Lanzini at the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Center (CPC) has set out a medical science-backed plan for eating more plant-based meals to enhance overall health and longevity.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Stressful or traumatic experiences in childhood have been shown to negatively impact an individual's health as an adult. Those affected face an increased risk of illness and often suffer from depression, anxiety disorders, and cardiovascular or metabolic diseases. Until now, little has been known about whether such experiences could contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are associated with onset of nicotine and tobacco use in U.S. youths, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in JAMA Network Open.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The results of an observational study from Lund University in Sweden are clear: Up to the age of 2, a more fiber-rich diet seems to reduce the risk of celiac disease. A particularly clear link was seen when children had eaten fiber-rich foods before the age of 1.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Blood thinners prescribed after blood clots in the leg or lung initially increase the risk of bleeding, especially in women and the elderly. But over time, this risk decreases and gender and age differences fade, a University of Gothenburg study shows.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, according to a new study being presented at ACC's Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient course. Comprehensive assessments are needed in this vulnerable group to improve survival outcomes and quality of care for cancer patients.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

An enzyme called cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) regulates the cell cycle and may have the potential to drive therapeutic resistance to common breast cancer drugsincluding a class of targeted treatments known as CDK4/6 inhibitors. A new study led by Agnieszka Witkiewicz, MD, and Erik Knudsen, Ph.D., of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues highlights the therapeutic impact of CDK2 inhibitors and is published in the journal Nature Communications.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Diabetic retinopathy is a severe complication of diabetes that can lead to blindness. The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for diabetes recommend that individuals undergo a fundus examination at least once a year to screen for diabetic retinopathy. However, previous studies indicate that fewer than half of individuals with diabetes in Japan undergo regular fundus examinations.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Women with epilepsy may have offspring with decreased bone metabolism and lower birth weight, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a progressive spinal disease characterized by ectopic bone formation in the spine, leading to severe neurological symptoms due to spinal cord compression. This condition is more prevalent in Asian countries and has been associated with various genetic and hormonal factors.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Injury data sets that OSHA now makes public are an underused resource in preventing workplace injuries. Maintaining and facilitating access to these data would help the United States bring down the "unacceptably high risk" of work-related injuries, according to a new analysis published Feb. 13 in the American Journal of Public Health.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Dravet syndrome and other developmental epileptic encephalopathies are rare but devastating conditions that cause a host of symptoms in children, including seizures, intellectual disability, and even sudden death.

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