National initiative boosts heart failure treatment across US hospitals
About 6.7 million adults in the U.S. are living with heart failure, and that number is expected to increase to more than 8 million by 2030.
Medicaid unwinding may have put opioid recovery care at risk
The massive national effort to return the Medicaid enrollment process to its pre-pandemic rules starting in April 2023 may have disrupted the care of people receiving treatment for opioid addiction,…
Gene-edited immune cells show promise against advanced GI cancers
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have completed a first-in-human clinical trial testing a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique to help the immune system fight advanced gastrointestinal (GI) cancers.
Ten year study confirms effectiveness of two-week radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men worldwide, accounting for more than 1.4 million new cases each year.
Melanoma cases climb amid declining sunscreen use in Canada
Despite decades of public health messaging, Canadians are spending more time in the sun and using less sun protection – raising alarms among researchers as melanoma cases continue to climb.
Is your heart aging too fast?
Researchers have developed a revolutionary new way to find out the 'true age' of your heart using MRI. A new study shows how an MRI scan can reveal your heart's…
Lysosomal lipid peroxidation drives ferroptosis in cancer cells
The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death.
New studies link increased heart disease risk to tobacco and cannabis use
New clinical results from multiple studies show coronary heart disease death associated with tobacco use is anticipated to rise up to 40% in the next five years and people with…
NAD+ restoration improves mitochondrial function in Werner syndrome cells
A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on April 2, 2025, as the cover of Volume 17, Issue 4, titled "Decreased mitochondrial NAD+ in WRN deficient cells links…
Covered California pushes for better health care as federal spending cuts loom
Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medical officer of Covered California, has a lot on her plate…