Hospital-based violence intervention programs have operated in the U.S. since the mid-1990s. The public health approach to gun violence works, by many accounts. But recent moves by the White House are raising anxiety about the programs’ future…

MedPage Today) — TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center…

Researchers report a discovery in cardiac regeneration that offers new hope for the treatment of ischemic heart failure. Published in npj Regenerative Medicine, the study reveals a novel approach to promoting cardiomyocyte proliferation. The researchers are from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine…

Hoarding disorder disproportionately affects older people. As baby boomers age, it is a growing public health concern. Effective treatments are scarce, and treating hoarding can require expensive interventions that drain municipal resources. Some experts fear a coming crisis…

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels A growing body of research indicates that older adults in assisted living facilities can delay or even prevent cognitive decline through interventions that combine multiple activities, such as improving diet, solving puzzles and increasing social interactions. Multidomain interventions, including games and exercises delivered through smartphone-based apps, have also proven effective

MedPage Today) — Rates of child sexual abuse (CSA) fell after a community-wide preventive intervention in five Pennsylvania counties, a population cohort study suggested. Within 1 year of intervention launch, CSA reports were significantly reduced…

Interpretation of the LIME explainability outputs for each group. Cortical projection of the total contribution of each ROI (left) and its association with one of the 7 resting-state networks. The Dorsal attention network is distinctively necessary to discriminate the presence of a lesion. Credit: IEEE Access (2025). DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3529179 Stroke is a leading cause of

MedPage Today) — The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) said no to an independent board for cardiology, according to an announcement by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) on Friday. The proposal for an American Board of Cardiovascular…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests putting weight on an ankle—also known as weight bearing—within three weeks of recovering from a surgically repaired fracture is safe. There are no set guidelines to follow on when patients can start putting weight on fractured ankle bones, and