Feature Channels: Story Ideas: Medicine

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Do you know your risk for breast and ovarian cancer? How about steps you can take to reduce your chances of developing cancer or what a family history might mean for your risk of the disease?

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In the wake of recent attacks, Psychiatrist Liat Jarkon, D.O., director of the Center for Behavioral Health at New York Institute of Technology, urges parents to be wary of what children are seeing.

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Susan G. Komen® will hold a Metastatic Breast Cancer Impact Series Conference in Philadelphia that will include  sessions with leading experts, survivor stories, wellness guidance, and interactive Q&A, offering attendees valuable insights, inspiration, practical tips, and community support.

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More and more, people are using the internet and online platforms to research health conditions, and it is vital users have access to accurate, quality information on these platforms. To kick-off World Mental Health Day on October 10th, Cleveland Clinic has teamed up with TikTok to help users find educational and accurate mental health content.

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The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center was awarded a prestigious grant to train the next generation of cancer drug discovery and development researchers. Known as a T32 grant, the five-year, $794,000 National Cancer Institute award will establish the Pediatric and Adult Translational Cancer Drug Discovery and Development Training Program (PACT-D3).

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Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare type of breast cancer. It only accounts for one to five percent of all breast cancer cases, but it’s important to know your risk and the warning signs, as this form of the disease is aggressive, fast-growing, and hard to detect early. For October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the American Cancer Society is highlighting IBC to help women be aware of this invasive cancer.

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A groundbreaking study presented today by University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine researchers at the XXIV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics could revolutionize pregnancy care, especially in areas with limited resources.

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For men with Peyronie's disease (PD), nonsurgical treatment including injections of collagenase clostridium histolyticum (CCH) produces high satisfaction with sexual outcomes – with fewer adverse events compared to surgery, reports a clinical trial in the October issue of The Journal of Urology®, an official journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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Black patients report more difficulties relating to their orthopaedic surgeon and are more likely to perceive bias from their surgeon,as compared with White patients, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.

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Mercy's breast health experts Dr. Deepa Masrani and Dr. Wen C. Liang are guests for the October 2023 edition of "Medoscopy"; October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Amanda Butler and Isabella Bugatti, both just entering their 30s, were blindsided by a diagnosis that is on the rise among women their age: breast cancer.

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Today, as Aisha Atkinson sees her smiling 5-year-old son Aries walking independently, humming the melodies of his favorite pop songs, she is proud of how far her son has come since he entered the world with two massive brain bleeds that developed into hydrocephalus and, consequently, cerebral palsy, a neurological condition that affects mobility and posture.

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The brain circuitry that is disrupted in Alzheimer’s disease appears to influence memory through a type of brain wave known as theta oscillation, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, published in Nature Communications, could help researchers design and evaluate new treatments for Alzheimer’s, a condition that affects millions of people around the globe and has no cure.

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Hackensack Meridian Health’s Men’s Health Day offers screenings for those at high risk for prostate cancer & other diseases.

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A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago demonstrated that Botulinum toxin (Botox) injected in the pylorus (sphincter where the stomach exits into the small intestine) during endoscopy improves chronic nausea and vomiting in children who have a disorder of gut-brain interaction (DGBI).

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Traveling to faraway places is often accompanied by jet lag. Fatigue, difficulty sleeping, and a host of other problems can turn an otherwise exciting adventure into a miserable trip. In Chaos, from AIP Publishing, Huang et al. developed a theoretical model to study the interactions between multiple internal clocks under the effects of aging and disruptions like jet lag. Based on their results, they suggest techniques that could improve internal clock recovery.

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A escoliose é uma curvatura lateral da coluna vertebral que pode ocorrer em aproximadamente 1 em 300 crianças. Em crianças em desenvolvimento, o tamanho das curvaturas pode aumentar rapidamente, principalmente durante a adolescência.

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Parents can be so protective of a child with congenital heart disease they often forget what comes next. When should they start learning to take care of their own condition? Two Penn State Health experts share their views.

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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention.

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Pain one year following a heart attack is common and linked with a higher likelihood of death within the next 8 years, finds new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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In a rural region of upstate New York, students attending schools with nonprofit-run health clinics received more medical care, relied less on urgent care, and missed less school, according to an analysis led by Cornell University researchers.

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La escoliosis es una curvatura de lado a lado de la columna vertebral que puede presentarse en aproximadamente 1 de cada 300 niños. En los niños en crecimiento, las curvaturas pueden aumentar rápidamente de tamaño, en especial durante el estirón de la adolescencia.

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In a first, scientists define five types of colon neurons specialized for sending different signals to the brain.

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The availability, speed and effectiveness of genomic sequencing increased dramatically during the pandemic, as scientists worldwide rushed to find ways to track and predict the virus’s movement and evolution. It also was critical in the development of effective vaccines. In an essay published today, two NAU biologists argue that building on this momentum is critical in society’s response to future pandemics, but it requires significant collaboration and investment now, before the next pathogen is threatening society.

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University of Oregon researchers have developed a system to get that protein to the site of injury and release it gradually over time.

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University of Illinois scientists have identified a protein that plays a critical role in the action of several emerging cancer therapies. The discovery will likely aid efforts to fine-tune the use of immunotherapies against several challenging cancers.

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A mammalian protein previously shown by UT Southwestern microbiologists to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19 in cell culture also protected live mouse models, significantly limiting infection in the lung cells and diminishing the symptoms. The findings, published in Nature Microbiology, could lead to new strategies to treat COVID-19, which still infects thousands and kills hundreds in the U.S. every week.

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A new review paper co-authored by two Johns Hopkins pain experts suggests that scrambler therapy, a noninvasive pain treatment, can yield significant relief for approximately 80%–90% of patients with chronic pain, and it may be more effective than another noninvasive therapy: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). The write-up was published online July 13 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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How many stars would you give your plastic surgeon? An analysis of Yelp reviews identifies a wide range of surgeon- and practice-related factors that influence whether plastic surgery patients leave positive or negative reviews, reports the September issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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Race/ethnicity is not an independent predictor of hospital readmission in patients undergoing breast reconstruction surgery, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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New research shows the importance of long-term commitment to the MIND diet for reaping the greatest benefit to brain health.

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Many need medical attention after experiencing burns from unsafe living conditions during the ongoing conflict with Russia.

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After the successful treatment, a patient shares his story to inspire others.

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Her ribs needed to be removed. Her care team searched far and wide and found the best possible treatment.

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Higher levels of vitamin B-related amino acids may be linked to the risk of dementia associated with a certain type of air pollutants called particulate matter, according to a study published in the July 19, 2023, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study does not prove that pollution or amino acids cause dementia, but it suggests a possible link among them.

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Indiana University researchers have made a substantial discovery in the role genes play in the development of AUDs, finding that alteration of a group of genes known to influence neuronal plasticity and pain perceptions, rather than single gene defect, is linked to AUDs.

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Understanding the causes of this neurodevelopmental disorder is important to the development of new precision medicine therapies.

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The randomized controlled study was conducted by 15 liver transplant centers in the United States, including Ochsner Health Liver Transplant Institute, and compared the use of normothermic machine preservation (NMP)—which maintains the organ at normal body temperature-- with static cold storage (SCS) in 383 donor organs.

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Data scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and colleagues have created an artificial intelligence model that may more accurately predict which existing medicines, not currently classified as harmful, may in fact lead to congenital disabilities. The model, or “knowledge graph,” described in the July 17 issue of the Nature journal Communications Medicine, also has the potential to predict the involvement of pre-clinical compounds that may harm the developing fetus. The study is the first known of its kind to use knowledge graphs to integrate various data types to investigate the causes of congenital disabilities.