Schools aren’t as plugged in as they should be to kids’ diabetes tech, parents say
Just a few years ago, children with Type 1 diabetes reported to the school nurse several times a day to get a finger pricked to check whether their blood sugar…
What RFK Jr. might face in his nomination hearings this week
President Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer with no formal medical or public health expertise, as secretary of Health and Human Sciences.
Study reveals stark educational disparities in US life expectancy over two decades
A study reveals a widening life expectancy gap by education level in the US, emphasizing the need for equitable access to education as a health determinant.
Sphere Fluidics launches Cyto-Mine Chroma and announces Early Access Program
Sphere Fluidics, a leading provider of innovative picodroplet-based microfluidics solutions for functional single cell analysis and isolation, today announced the launch of Cyto-Mine® Chroma and the opening of its Early…
Hebrew SeniorLife’s Wolk Center achieves level 2 Age-Friendly Health System status
Hebrew SeniorLife, New England's largest nonprofit provider of senior health care and living communities and the only senior care organization affiliated with Harvard Medical School, announces that its Deanna and…
Rural clinics significantly boost buprenorphine prescribing with support program
Despite the removal of the X-waiver requirement, which once restricted clinicians from prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD), only a small percentage of primary care clinicians currently prescribe medication…
AI tools show potential to improve aging interventions and recommendations
A collaborative study between researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and the Institute for Biostatistics and Informatics in Medicine and aging…
Elevated uric acid levels may contribute to severe malaria outcomes in children
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators in Uganda at the Makerere University School of Medicine have uncovered a significant connection between elevated uric acid levels and life-threatening…
Developmental epigenetic changes could shape cancer risk later in life
A person's lifetime risk for cancer may begin before they are even born, reports a paradigm-shifting study by Van Andel Institute scientists.
Adderall shortage linked to shift in ADHD treatment for children
A national shortage in a common treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder was associated with changes in stimulant prescriptions filled for children over recent years, a new study suggests.