Global study pinpoints genes for depression across ethnicities

Graphic abstract. Credit: cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.12.002 New genetic risk factors for depression have been identified across all major global populations for the first time, allowing scientists to predict the risk of depression regardless of ethnicity. The study is published in the journal cell. The world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major […]

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Patients With Severe Asthma Benefit From Simple Psychoeducational Intervention

Photo Credit: Tumsasedgars A psychoeducational intervention for extrapulmonary manifestations of severe asthma was found feasible and rated as beneficial by patients. “When assessing the impact of management and treatment interventions aimed at improving HRQOL for those with severe asthma, it is important to look beyond the lung,” researchers wrote in PEC Innovation. “The frequency and […]

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Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block

Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid reached a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low. Donald Trump’s return to the White House — along with a GOP-controlled Senate and House of Representatives — is expected to change that. Republicans in Washington say they plan to use funding cuts and regulatory changes […]

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Study reveals smoking may lead people to earn less

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The paper, “Tobacco smoking in early adulthood and labor market performance: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study”in Nicotine & Tobacco Research finds that smoking has a negative effect on earnings among younger workers. This is particularly true among the less well educated. The adverse health effects of smoking are well […]

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Multiple Violations Found at McDonald’s Onion Supplier After Deadly E.Coli Outbreak

MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have uncovered dozens of violations at a McDonald’s supplier tied to last year’s deadly E.coli outbreakwhich sickened over 100 people and led to a massive recall of onions used in the fast-food giant’s signature Quarter Pounder burgers. The violations were listed […]

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Vascular ‘fingerprint’ at the back of the eye can accurately predict stroke risk

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A vascular ‘fingerprint’ on the light sensitive tissue layer at the back of the eye—the retina—can predict a person’s risk of stroke as accurately as traditional risk factors alone, but without the need for multiple invasive lab tests, finds research published online in the journal Heart. The fingerprint, comprising 29 indicators […]

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PrEP Prescriptions Increase Among US Veterans

An increasing number of veterans receiving health services through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) are prescribed PrEP, similar to trends among persons with commercial or public health insurance, according to results in JAIDS. Ya-Lin A. Huang, PhDand colleagues analyzed 2014–2022 VHA data to identify the annual number and prevalence of persons aged at least 18 […]

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Research highlights a shift to less reliable ‘natural’ contraception methods among abortion patients

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There has been a shift away from the use of more reliable hormonal methods of contraception to less reliable fertility awareness methods among women requesting abortion in England and Wales over the past five years, reveals research published online in the journal BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. Use of the Pill, […]

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