Clinical and sociodemographic factors significantly impact fertility preservation access for female adolescents and young adults with cancer.
A systematic review showed that as low as 9% or as high as 75% of patients have fertility preservation discussions with their clinicians, and receipt can vary from less than 1% to 70%.
Age, race, treatment, malignancy type, education and income had a significant effect on whether patients had discussions, consultations or completed preservation.
“People think fertility preservation completion is what equitable care looks like,” Marcela Algave, PhD, MPhil,

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In December 2025, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons announced the AAOS Orthobiologics Registry, developed with support from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America and Biologic Association. Leadership of the effort has framed the key objective to be separating science from hope.
The registry’s published

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“You don’t want to change your clinical practice based on one study,” Greger said during a Healio Community webinar. “We want overwhelming evidence of benefit before we recommend it.”
In the webinar, Michelle Tollefson, MD, FACLM, an OB/GYN and professor in the department of health professions at Metropolitan State University of Denver, spoke with Greger, a founding member and fellow

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As Healio previously reported, the SURPASS-CVOT trial found tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Eli Lilly) conferred a similar reduction in risk for CV events as dulaglutide (Trulicity, Eli Lilly) among adults with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic CVD. In a new study using data from two national claims databases in the U.S., researchers compared CV outcomes among adults using tirzepatide with those

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“Integrative medicine is about giving the patients another option,” Iris Zink, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, a rheumatology nurse practioner and co-owner of Pine Hollow Partners in East Lansing, Michigan, told Healio. “Many patients are scared of pharmaceuticals and western medicine since COVID.”
Zink said her clinic offers patients Western

A PNAS study using intracranial recordings in 19 epilepsy patients shows how three brain regions coordinate during sleep to consolidate memory.

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Christina Pazsitzky opens up about her divorce from Tom Segura, calling it "extremely sad" and highlighting the emotional impact of amicable separation.

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