Fewer stillbirths and reduced perinatal mortality are the key findings of the first analysis of the Safer Baby Bundle, Australia's national stillbirth prevention program. The Safer Baby Bundle is a set of evidence-based clinical guidelines and educational resources developed by the Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth for clinicians and pregnant women to help prevent the tragedy of stillbirth.

A major group of U.S. plastic surgeons is now urging doctors to delay gender transition surgeries for young patients until they are at least 19 years old.

A large cross-sectional study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, examined how psychosocial and environmental factors relate to diet quality among 2,420 adults living in rural and micropolitan communities in New York and Texas. Findings demonstrated that psychosocial factors, including healthy eating motivation, confidence in maintaining healthy eating habits, and social support from family and friends, were consistently associated with better diet quality.

Replacing animal testing with alternate methodologies in preclinical drug trials holds potential for the development of cheaper, safer pharmaceuticals as well as alleviating animal suffering. But according to a new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in legal issues surrounding cutting-edge medical developments, such a novel approach to drug trials needs to be implemented judiciously and with caution.

Providing nonalcoholic beverages has been identified as a potential strategy for reducing alcohol consumption. A study by University of Tsukuba published in Heliyon has confirmed that even a single provision of one case of nonalcoholic beverages can result in a short-term reduction in alcohol intake. This low-cost, easily implemented approach may support reduced alcohol intake in workplace settings.

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than one million people in the United States, with approximately 90,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Although available treatments can help manage symptoms, there is currently no cure or therapy proven to slow the progression of the disease.

Around 64 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and nearly half die within the first five years of diagnosis due to a lack of effective treatments to stop the disease from getting worse.

Measles is now extending beyond families with young children, with outbreaks reported on college campuses and communities across the country.

Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, including memory loss, depression, sleep disturbance, and erectile and sexual dysfunction, according to the most comprehensive review of possible side effects. The study was led by researchers at Oxford Population Health and appears in The Lancet.

As Hong Kong moves toward implementing landmark legislation to protect people's end-of-life care wishes, a research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed and tested a pioneering tool to improve crucial conversations behind those decisions. The "Advance Care Planning Communication Assessment Tool" (ACP-CAT)—validated for the first time in real-world clinical settings—was used to assess 137 actual medical consultations facilitating advanced care planning.