While the incidence of colorectal cancer is decreasing among those over 50, it is rising at an alarming rate among younger individuals, sometimes as early as their thirties. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) has published the first national study on this phenomenon in Switzerland.

A majority of U.S. adults agrees that health care is a right, not a privilege, and that the nation should aim to eliminate health inequities for everyone, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Solutions at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Based on a survey conducted last fall, the institute's 2025 Health Inequities Survey used a national probability sample of 1,578 U.S. adults recruited from the National Opinion Research Center's AmeriSpeak panel, which covers approximately 97% of U.S. households, with an intentional oversample of individuals identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native.

Smart implants that not only stabilize a fracture but also monitor the healing process from day one—and deliver targeted support when required—are currently being developed at Saarland University by a team of engineers, medical researchers and computer scientists. The engineering team led by Professor Paul Motzki is contributing shape-memory micro-actuators with integrated sensing capabilities, while Professor Bergita Ganse and her research group provide the medical expertise in fracture healing. If a fracture is not healing as it should, these novel implants can respond mechanically at the fracture gap by adapting their stiffness or by applying controlled micro-movements to mechanically stimulate tissue and promote bone regeneration.

Weed might increase a young person's risk of an asthma attack, whether or not they are smoking or vaping it, a new study says. Young adults had 57% to 81% higher odds of an asthma attack if they smoked or vaped cannabis, researchers report in the journal Chest.

A kid's toy designed for learning and play is being pulled from the market over safety concerns.

The 340B Drug Pricing Program must be reformed to better patient health and disincentivize institutional profit-seeking behaviors, says the American College of Physicians (ACP). In a new policy, "Reforming 340B to Promote Program Integrity and Better Serve Vulnerable Populations: An American College of Physicians Policy Brief," published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, ACP issues recommendations to preserve the health and longevity of the program and its patients through policy changes.

Health officials in some states are warning shoppers to avoid certain cantaloupes amid concerns that they may carry Salmonella.

Older men with prostate cancer who receive federal housing assistance at the time they are first diagnosed have better two-year survival chances compared to demographically and clinically similar men without that assistance, new UCLA-led research suggests. The findings, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, suggest that expansion of housing assistance could lead to improved survival odds for prostate cancer patients who are unable to find affordable housing due to socioeconomic factors.

The UCI Health Regional Burn Center is one of the only burn centers in Orange County equipped to treat the most complex burn patients 24 hours a day, including children. Orange County is not unique in that such centers are few and far between. That is a major problem, say experts in a review paper co-authored by Dr. James C. Jeng, a trauma, burn and critical care surgeon at UCI Health.

A new featured report details how advances in remote monitoring and portable medical technology are dismantling the traditional hospital walls. The article, "Hospital-at-Home: New Technology Brings Acute Care to Patients' Homes," authored by JMIR Correspondent Jenna Congdon, examines the rapid shift toward acute-level care delivered in residential settings.