Diabetes Education Programs Are Adding Medication Instruction as Regimens Get Harder to Manage
A medication education program will reach ADA-recognized diabetes education sites in October. Why modern diabetes regimens are harder to teach and manage.
A Decade Long Effort Just Doubled the Public Supply of Laboratory Cancer Models Researchers Can Actually Use
The NCI's Human Cancer Models Initiative released 665 patient-derived models from 2,780 donors. What the models are and why the supply matters.
Vanderbilt Will Build an AI Agent into Medical Records to Cut the Wait for Alzheimer’s Infusions
Vanderbilt will build an AI triage agent into its EHR to speed Alzheimer's patients to treatment. What it would do, and who is funding it.
Mayo Clinic Used AI to Design a Molecule Against a Pancreatic Cancer Protein Long Considered Undruggable
Mayo Clinic researchers used AI to design a small molecule targeting the GIPC1 PDZ domain in pancreatic cancer. What undruggable means and how early this is.
New Narcolepsy Drug Signals a Shift From Symptom Management to Disease-Based Treatment
The FDA has approved Takeda's oveporexton for narcolepsy type 1, marking a shift from symptom management to disease-targeted treatment.
Most Sleep Apnea Never Gets Diagnosed, and a New Push Is Targeting Primary Care Rather Than Gadgets
An estimated 80 to 90 percent of obstructive sleep apnea goes undiagnosed. What testing involves, what wearables can and cannot do, and where a new project is aiming.
Pulmonary Hypertension Is Routinely Mistaken for Asthma or Anxiety Before Patients Reach the Right Specialist
Pulmonary hypertension is often misdiagnosed as asthma or anxiety for years. The symptoms that should prompt evaluation and what a care center offers.
Stanford Finds the Aging Brain Is Not Sealed off from the Body, Overturning a Long-Held Assumption
Stanford researchers found blood-derived immune cells enter the aging human brain, challenging the idea that it is immunologically sealed. What it means.
School Nurses Put Overdue Physicals and Sleep Schedules at the Top of the Back to School List
School nurses say to check grade-specific physical and vaccine requirements and reset sleep schedules now. Practical back-to-school health guidance.
Dana-Farber Builds a Search Engine for Drugs That Destroy Proteins Instead of Blocking Them
Dana-Farber researchers built a platform to systematically discover molecular glue degraders. How protein degradation differs from inhibition, and how early this is.