People living with dementia and their caregivers in socio-economically disadvantaged areas experience significant barriers in accessing and navigating primary care, a new study led by University of Manchester has found. Poorer communities often face additional difficulties to accessing consistent, proactive and clearly defined dementia support within general practice.

Recommendations are presented for the management of pregnant patients with cancer in a Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and published in the March issue of Pregnancy.

As people navigate higher levels of stress and spend more of their day sitting, finding time to move can feel challenging. Less than half of adults and fewer than one in five children in the U.S. get the recommended amount of physical activity needed for heart health, according to the American Heart Association's 2025 Heart & Stroke Statistical Update. That's why the Association invites communities nationwide to gather on Wednesday, April 1 for National Walking Day.

Researchers have uncovered how proteins normally active only before birth can drive aggressive lung cancer, opening new avenues for future treatments. The study found that more aggressive lung cancers switch on a pair of embryonic proteins (proteins not usually found in healthy adult cells), resulting in poorer patient outcomes.

Eating large amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked not only to reduced fertility in men, but also to slower growth in early embryos, and smaller yolk sacs, which are essential for early embryonic development, according to new research. The authors of the study, which is published in Human Reproduction, say their findings suggest that reducing the consumption of UPFs, especially around the time of conception and pregnancy, is better for both parents and embryos.

A study led by researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology suggests that the benefits of the Mediterranean diet may be driven, in part, by tiny proteins hidden within our mitochondria, opening a new window into how diet shapes aging and disease risk. The findings are published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition.

Although heart rate and blood pressure readings from breath-holding tests are usually reliably accurate, another vital measurement could be missing a beat, a University of Alberta study shows. Looking at whether a person's heart and blood vessels react the same way every time they hold their breath while low on oxygen, researchers were surprised to discover that arrhythmias—irregular heartbeats—occurred only some of the time, which may make them harder to predict than previously assumed.

Nearly three years since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was declared over, conservative estimates suggest that between 80 million and 400 million people worldwide have long COVID. This chronic condition associated with the infection is linked to more than 200 symptoms, including fatigue and shortness of breath, as well as neuropsychiatric issues ranging from cognitive dysfunction and sleep disorders to depression and memory loss. These issues impact quality of life and hinder the performance of daily tasks and work.

New research shows that small improvements to sleep, diet quality, and physical activity, made in combination, are associated with a significantly reduced risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attacks, and heart failure. The study followed more than 53,000 adults from UK Biobank over an eight‑year period and found that making even modest improvements across three behaviors had clinically meaningful benefits.

Ways to navigate and resolve disputes related to parental requests for potentially nonbeneficial treatment are addressed in a clinical report and accompanying technical report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online March 23 in Pediatrics.