New research, published in Gastroenterology, builds the case that a Western-style diet—rich in red and processed meat, sugar and refined grains/carbohydrates—is tied to higher risk of colorectal cancer through the intestinal microbiota. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital with collaborators looked at data from more than 134,000 participants from two U.S.-wide prospective cohort studies. The team analyzed dietary patterns as […]

Disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality rates among Black populations in Louisiana parishes are the result of longstanding health vulnerabilities associated with institutional and societal discrimination, according to research conducted by an interdisciplinary team under the mentorship of University of Maryland (UMD) Clark Distinguished Chair Deb Niemeier and UMD Associate Professor of Kinesiology Jennifer D. Roberts in the School of Public Health. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seventeen months after leaving office, former President Donald Trump delivered on a campaign promise when the conservative U.S. Supreme Court majority he cemented overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The ruling issued on Friday represented a victory long in the making for a well-organized and generously funded conservative movement to push America’s […]

An outbreak of monkeypox has grown over the last two months with more than 4,100 confirmed cases worldwide. Monkeypox cases in the U.S. have surpassed 200 cases in 25 states including California, Florida, New York and Texas. Health officials have begun vaccinations for those at risk. New York City opened a vaccine clinic last week. Cases of monkeypox are increasing […]

(Reuters) – Persistent health problems were only slightly more common in children after COVID-19 than in similarly-aged kids who avoided the virus, researchers from Denmark reported in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. Anxiety levels, however, were higher in children who never had COVID-19, the researchers also found. They said 40% of infants and toddlers with COVID-19 and 27% of […]

In mid-April, news outlets began reporting a possible cancer cluster linked to a high school in New Jersey. More than 100 former students and staff had been diagnosed with brain tumors over a 30-year period, leaving some local residents calling for an investigation. Just weeks later, another cancer cluster warning hit the news. A former Philadelphia Phillies baseball pitcher had […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 has been associated with a threefold increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and a doubling of Parkinson’s disease (PD) risk, a new study suggests. However, the research also showed there was no excess risk of these neurologic disorders following COVID than other respiratory infections such […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 has been associated with a threefold increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and a doubling of Parkinson’s disease (PD) risk, a new study suggests. However, the research also showed there was no excess risk of these neurologic disorders following COVID than other respiratory infections such […]

Residents in predominantly Black communities are more likely than those in predominantly white communities to live near a hospital with a certified stroke center. But a new study shows that when residents in these Black communities have a stroke, they are at greater risk of receiving care at a less-resourced hospital, where their chances of recovery are slimmer. In their […]

Researchers at the University of Sussex and their partners in Nigeria used open-source designs and 3D printing to reduce personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages for a community in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic—tells a recently published academic paper. In their paper in PLOS Biology, Dr. Andre Maia Chagas from the University of Sussex, and Dr. Royhaan Folarin from the Olabisi […]