Public Health Systems

New guidance puts diabetes distress assessment alongside glucose care for adults

Doctors should now check the emotional side of diabetes at every visit under new European

Museums on prescription: How cultural activities are becoming crucial to the public health debate

EU institutions made culture a strategic priority for the first time ever.

Cardiac rehabilitation cuts hospital admissions and heart attack risk

Exercise rehab after a heart event cuts hospital admissions by a third and attack risk by over a

HIV injections work better than tablets for young people, clinical trial finds

HIV injections every 8 weeks beat daily pills for teens — only 1% had the virus come back.

Better cardiovascular health inversely linked to overactive bladder

Better heart health may lower your risk of overactive bladder, a new study finds.

Continuous glucose monitors may reveal hidden heart risk patterns in adults without diabetes

Blood sugar patterns in people without diabetes may warn of hidden heart risks, new study finds.

Children in low-income areas travel farther for ER care

Kids in poor areas travel 4.6 times farther for ER care that can treat them.

New findings shed light on rare newly identified TCF7L2-related neurodevelopmental disorder

The largest study of a rare gene disorder tracked 76 patients across 14 countries to sharpen

Women experience less pain during IUD insertion using a new method

A simple numbing method cut IUD insertion pain scores by 15 points in a 370-woman study.

Trial suggests less frequent colonoscopies may safely follow removal of high-risk polyps

A trial hints patients who had high-risk polyps removed may need fewer colonoscopies.

Sexual recovery after breast cancer is often overlooked

Researchers built a 3-layer model to help breast cancer survivors recover sexual well-being.

Decentralizing Rural Sanitation Performance Monitoring | IASPOINT

Villages across India now grade their own sanitation to fix problems faster.

Women in England with incurable breast cancer to get life-extending drug on NHS

About 1,000 women a year in England will now get a drug that adds 6.6 months of life.

Simple urine test could guide kidney-protective treatment choices in type 2 diabetes

A simple urine test may tell doctors which diabetes drugs protect kidneys best for each patient.

Updated guideline developed for diagnosis, management of childhood nocturnal enuresis

Experts agree on 18 new rules to diagnose and treat childhood bedwetting more clearly.

Study: AI-powered app lowers high blood pressure when part of care plan

A free AI phone app helped patients cut high blood pressure when hospitals added it to care plans.

First-in-human stroke trial reads blood clots from the inside

A tiny sensor wire can now map stroke clots from inside the body.

Software rapidly tracks viral variants with high accuracy to aid outbreak responses

New software tracks virus variants with high accuracy to speed up outbreak responses.

Three studies map how superbugs evade antibiotics and spread to vulnerable patients

Superbugs that dodge antibiotics may pay a price that makes them weak again — and screening can

Volunteer fire departments awarded millions in state funding for improvements

65 volunteer fire departments just got $25 million from New York to upgrade stations and gear.