Midlife Atrial Fibrillation Linked to Dementia Risk
Atrial fibrillation diagnosed before age 70 years is associated with a 21% increased risk of developing dementia and a 36% ...
Virtual Nursing Programs Are Transforming Patient Care
Registered nurse Janelvin VanBuren admits patients to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, teaches them how to use medical ...
California man invites BBC to witness his death
Fergus WalshMedical editorCamilla HorroxGlobal health producerBBCThis is the last picture of Wayne with his wife Stella (right) and children Emily ...
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Nearly 4 Times Lower Than Breast, Colon Cancers
(MedPage Today) -- Americans eligible for lung cancer screening are about four times less likely to undergo screening for the ...
No Increased Diabetes Risk Post-COVID in Highly Vaccinated Group
(MedPage Today) -- There was no overall increased risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a highly ...
Experts Lament Impact of HHS Cuts on Vaccine Science, Policy
(MedPage Today) -- In the aftermath of massive layoffs at HHS, a panel originally aimed at discussing vaccine science and ...
‘Natural Experiment’ Ties Shingles Vaccine to Reduced Dementia Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Vaccination against herpes zoster, or shingles, was tied to significantly less dementia risk, a large-scale analysis of ...
Public Health Groups Decry HHS Firings, Grant Cuts
(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's abrupt slashing of billions in state, city, and county public health funds will dramatically ...
5-Year TAVR, Surgery Outcomes Similar in Low-Risk Patients
CHICAGO — Five years after treatment, patients with severe aortic stenosis had comparable rates of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke, ...
Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Whether States Can End Planned Parenthood Funding
(MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether states should be able to cut off Medicaid funding ...
The best retro games console is the one you played at age 10
The Nintendo game Super Mario Advance, a version of Super Mario Bros compatible with a more modern consoleNINTENDO Gamers have ...
Who Is RFK Jr.’s Special Adviser Calley Means?
(MedPage Today) -- Calley Means and Casey Means, MD, have leveraged their entrepreneurial and medical backgrounds to launch themselves into ...
AI Chatbot Helps Mental Health; Neuroplastogen for PTSD: Magic Mushroom Dispensaries
(MedPage Today) -- A fully generative artificial intelligence (AI) therapy chatbot was effective for reducing mental health symptoms, including depression, ...
Valley of Forgetting review: Moving story reveals hidden human cost of drug trials
Alirio, a coffee farmer and participant in the Medellín Alzheimer’s drug trialsSteve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images Valley of ForgettingJennie ...
Washed-up clothing mimics seaweed in stunning cyanotypes
Mandy Barker’s “T-shirt Delesseria tunic ictus”Mandy Barker Nearly two centuries ago, botanist and pioneering photographer Anna Atkins‘s influential book, Photographs ...
A bestseller is born: How Zuckerberg discovered the Streisand Effect
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe ...
The Explorer’s Gene review: Our drive for adventure and challenge has ancient origins
The drive to explore has taken humans to most of the habitable planetMarco Bottigelli/Getty Images The Explorer’s GeneAlex Hutchinson (Mariner Books ...
Why pilots are worried about plans to replace co-pilots with AI
A dangerous idea is stalking the world of passenger aviation: that of halving, sometime in the 2030s, the number of ...
It is time to close the autism diagnosis gender gap
If you are having a heart attack, you had better hope you are a man. Women are 50 per cent ...
Ice-monitoring drones set for first tests in the Arctic
Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland, where the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier terminatesSean Gallup/Getty A team of scientists and engineers will head to ...
