Physicians Alliance of Connecticut
APRIL 12, 2025
The need for medical assistants is growing rapidly. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the field will grow by 15 percent from 2023 to 2033 , which is higher than the average for roles that provide support to healthcare professionals. Each year, an estimated 119,800 medical assistant jobs will open up across the country, including in Connecticut.
Common Sense Family Doctor
APRIL 12, 2025
In the two years since publication of the latest American Family Physician review article on osteoporosis , new guidelines and research studies have enhanced management of this common condition. In early 2025, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its recommendations on screening for osteoporosis. Although on the surface these are unchanged from the 2018 version —recommending screening in all women 65 years or older and postmenopausal women younger than 65 years at increased r
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Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
A new, error-corrected method for detecting cancer from blood samples is much more sensitive and accurate than prior methods and may be useful for monitoring disease status in patients following treatment, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Genome Center investigators. The method, based on whole-genome sequencing of DNA, also represents an important step toward the goal of routine blood test-based screening for early cancer detection.
NPR Health
APRIL 12, 2025
After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.
Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
Researchers at Zhejiang University found that acute stress increases natural repair mechanisms in the brain, while chronic stress suppresses them. Autophagy was most affected in the lateral habenula, a brain region linked to emotional regulation. Several antidepressant drugs were tested and found to reverse this suppression, pointing to autophagy in the lateral habenula as a common therapeutic pathway in these treatments.
NPR Health
APRIL 12, 2025
Warmer temperatures make for longer and more intense pollen seasons and more severe hay fever symptoms. New research indicates these changes are already contributing to rising rates of hay fever.
Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
Differences among the DNA of seven ape speciesincluding humansare greater than originally thought, according to an international team led by researchers at Penn State, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the University of Washington. They revealed the genetic details with "complete" reference genomes, which are standardized sequences of a species' genes and other chromosomal regions.
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Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
Millions of people now start their day with a numbera "readiness" score, a "body battery"" level or a measure of "strain""delivered by the wearable device on their wrist or finger. But how much trust should we place in these scores?
Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
For more than three years, countries have been negotiating an international agreement on tackling future pandemics aimed to help avoid repeating the mistakes made during the COVID-19 crisis.
Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
New research has revealed that Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium), a parasitic infection affecting millions globally, can trigger cancer-related gene activity in the cervical lining, with changes becoming even more pronounced after treatment. Presented at ESCMID Global 2025, this study sheds new light on how this often-overlooked parasitic disease may contribute to cervical cancer risk at the molecular level.
Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
U.S. measles cases topped 700 as of Friday, capping a week in which Indiana joined five others states with active outbreaks, Texas grew by another 60 cases and a third measles-related death was made public.
Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
A study presented at ESCMID Global 2025 reveals that over 3 million children worldwide lost their lives in 2022 due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-related infections.
Medical Xpress
APRIL 12, 2025
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement of a vast study to reveal the cause of a so-called autism "epidemic" has alarmed medical experts, who fear it could rekindle thoroughly debunked conspiracy theories about vaccines.
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