Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A newly published analysis reveals that individuals with severe depression who received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were 34% less likely to die by suicide compared to those…
Category: Health & Medicine
IVF is big business. But when patients become customers, what does this mean for their care?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Monash IVF CEO Michael Knaap has resigned after one of the company’s Melbourne clinics mistakenly transferred the wrong embryo to a patient. The patient wanted her…
New way of measuring blood pressure could be a lifeline for thousands of people
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new method improving the accuracy of interpreting blood pressure measurements taken at the ankle could be crucial for people who cannot have their arm blood…
Prolonged use of desogestrel pill linked to small increased brain tumor risk
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Taking the progestogen-only contraceptive pill desogestrel continuously for more than five years is associated with a small increased risk of developing a type of brain tumor…
First-of-its-kind technology helps man with ALS speak in real time
The participant is enrolled in the BrainGate2 clinical trial at UC Davis Health. His ability to communicate through a computer has been made possible with an investigational brain-computer interface (BCI).…
Weight loss program shown to improve eating disorder symptoms in at-risk people with type 2 diabetes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain An intensive low-energy diet program, similar to the “NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission”, significantly improved eating disorder symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes…
Scientists find unusual build-up of soot-like particles in lung cells of COPD patients
Alveolar macrophages under the microscope showing deposits of black carbon. L – smaller deposits in cells from a smoker, R – larger deposits in cells from COPD patient. Credit: James…
Natural substance can block a newly discovered cancer cell energy pathway
Ethyl p-methoxycinnamate inhibiting cancer cell energy source: EMC, a main component of kencur ginger, has shown it can block tumor growth and prevent ATP development. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University Looking…
Injectable medications for obesity found to produce smaller weight loss in a real-world setting
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Cleveland Clinic study shows that semaglutide and tirzepatide—injectable GLP-1 drugs for obesity—produce smaller weight loss in a real-world setting because patients discontinue treatment or use…
Smartphone tests could accelerate drug development for Huntington’s disease
Yearly change (95% CI) on the HDDMS, cUHDRS, and cUHDRS components by CAG category. Credit: Brain (2025). DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaf127 A series of digital tests carried out via a smartphone app…
