Nearly 87,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12 months ending in September 2024, recent federal estimates show. A year earlier, the death toll was 114,000. In the fight against illegal opioids,…
Replacing animal products with plant-based foods, regardless of their level of processing, can lead to significant weight loss, according to new research by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published in the journal Nutrition &…
Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) presented results from the HPTN 094 (“INTEGRA”) study at the 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in San Francisco. The main findings…
The antiviral drug tecovirimat used without other antivirals did not reduce the time to clinical resolution of clade II mpox lesions or improve pain control among adults in an international clinical trial…
An international clinical trial has identified a medication that can help prevent symptomatic COVID-19 in people exposed within households. The results could be particularly important for families where someone is at high…
Findings offer lessons for those developing tools such as mental health apps built on AI Two artificial intelligence platforms are nearly on par with — or sometimes surpass — mental health professionals…
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide, with a five-year survival rate of 13%. This poor prognosis stems from both late detection and the cancer’s notorious capacity to adapt…
Our brains use basic ‘building blocks’ of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL)…
A survey of patients showed a slight preference for AI messages over messages written by their clinician, but overall satisfaction was high for both communications In a Duke Health-led survey, patients who…
New research from Washington State University in collaboration with five other institutions suggests that automated insulin delivery (AID) systems are safe and effective for use by older adults with type 1 diabetes.…