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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Dec-2025 03:11 ET (17-Dec-2025 08:11 GMT/UTC)

Addictive screen use trajectories and suicidal behaviors, suicidal ideation, and mental health in US youths

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This study identified distinct trajectories of addictive use of social media, mobile phones, and video games from childhood to early adolescence and found links to suicidal behaviors, suicidal ideation, and worse mental health outcomes. High or increasing addictive use trajectories were common. Addictive screen use trajectories warrant further study regarding potential use for clinical evaluation of risk and for the design and testing of interventions to improve youth mental health.

Journal: JAMA

Food insecurity in US surgical patients

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The results of this study demonstrate that surgical patients are at significant risk of experiencing food insecurity. Interventions, including food insecurity screening, may improve food access and health outcomes in this cohort.

Journal: JAMA Surgery

Racial and ethnic differences in mental health service use among adolescents

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study of 23,000 adolescents, members of racial and ethnic minority groups were significantly less likely to access mental health visits or receive psychotropic medications or services in outpatient, telemental health, or school settings compared with white adolescents. These findings highlight the need to improve mental health access for adolescent members of racial and ethnic minority groups.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

UNC Lineberger awarded up to $28 million to develop an adaptive clinical trial for metastatic breast cancer

University of North Carolina Health Care
Grant and Award Announcement

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded up to $28 million by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to lead the development of a next-generation clinical trial for breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. The new trial design will adapt treatment plans in near real-time by analyzing changes in each patient’s cancer and matching it to the most promising therapy.

Funder: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health

Acupuncture significantly reduces stress, pain, and anxiety for patients undergoing IVF

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study published by researchers at University Hospitals Connor Whole Health and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine revealed that Whole Systems Traditional Chinese Medicine (WS-TCM), when integrated with IVF, significantly improves patient-reported levels of stress, pain, and anxiety within a single treatment session.

Journal: Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health

New test could save lives from deadly fungal infection which spiked during pandemic

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new lateral-flow test could one day save lives across the world through early detection of a deadly fungal disease which dramatically spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Miniaturized quantum magnetometer offers new measurement possibilities for a wide range of applications

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics
Reports and Proceedings

Fraunhofer IAF is presenting the latest version of its compact integrated quantum magnetometer at World of Quantum in Munich. The diamond-based system is characterized by its robustness, high integration density, and state-of-the-art measurement sensitivity. Thanks to its easy calibration, high sensitivity of a few picotesla, and high dynamic range, it offers new measurement possibilities for a wide range of applications in biomedicine, materials testing, navigation, and geology.