Medicine & Health

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7-Oct-2025

Catching Alport syndrome through universal age-3 urine screening

Kobe University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The most common first diagnosis of Alport syndrome in Japan is during the universal age-3 urine screening. In 60% of these children, the disease had already progressed far enough to qualify for treatment. Therefore, universal early-age urinalysis may be an apt means for both better prognoses and reduced costs of medical care.

Journal

Kidney International Reports

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Health, Labour and Welfare Sciences Research Grants, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

6-Oct-2025

Teens in distress turn to tobacco but need more help to quit

University of California - Davis Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center study finds youth with mental health struggles are screened for tobacco use but rarely get advice on how to quit.

Journal

Pediatrics Open Science

Funder

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center, Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center

6-Oct-2025

Microplastics found to change gut microbiome in first human-sample study

Beyond
Reports and Proceedings

New research presented today at UEG Week 2025 shows that microplastics – plastic particles smaller than 5mm commonly found in the environment – can alter the human gut microbiome, with some changes resembling patterns linked to depression and colorectal cancer.

Meeting

UEG Week 2025

6-Oct-2025

Former Scripps Research assistant professor awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Scripps Research Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

Shimon Sakaguchi is honored for his revolutionary discovery of regulatory T cells—revealing how “immune tolerance” impacts autoimmune diseases, cancer and more.

6-Oct-2025

Psychiatry, primary care, and OB/GYN subspecialties hit hardest by physician attrition

American College of Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A nationwide, longitudinal study characterized how physician attrition rates from clinical practice have changed and the factors associated with a differential likelihood of attrition.

Journal

Annals of Internal Medicine

6-Oct-2025

Tailoring & teamwork help hospitals reduce wasteful pre-surgery testing

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A pilot study in three hospitals showed how to achieve success in reducing unnecessary blood tests, scans and other tests in low-risk patients having straightforward operations; now, the effort is expanding to more hospitals.

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Funder

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

6-Oct-2025

30 years of post-traumatic epilepsy research: Where do we stand?

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Neuroscientist leads a sweeping study on efforts to understand and treat epilepsy after traumatic brain injury, offering 8 recommendations to advance the research.

Journal

Pharmacological Reviews

Funder

Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, US Department of the Army, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program