Family Medicine & Nutrition

Basophil Activation Test: A Superior Predictor for Allergic Reactions to Baked and Fresh Cow’s Milk in Children

By MedXY 10/21/2025

The Basophil Activation Test offers the highest accuracy in predicting allergic reactions to baked and fresh cow's milk during oral food challenges, reducing the need for riskier diagnostic tests in children with milk allergy.

Cardiology Family Medicine & Nutrition Specialties

Optimizing Food Insecurity Interventions to Lower Blood Pressure: Insights from the Healthy Food First Trial

By MedXY 10/21/2025

A factorial RCT in food-insecure adults with hypertension found that healthy food subsidies modestly reduced blood pressure compared with delivered food boxes, while lifestyle counseling and longer duration showed no added benefit.

Cardiology Family Medicine & Nutrition news Specialties

Dietary Patterns and Intracranial Atherosclerosis Risk in Elderly Patients With Hypertension or Myocardial Infarction: An Evidence-Based Review

By MedXY 10/21/2025

Healthy dietary patterns may reduce intracranial atherosclerosis severity in older adults with hypertension or prior myocardial infarction, suggesting diet's conditional protective role in vascular brain disease.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Neurology news Specialties

APOE ε4 Allele: A Key Driver of Cognitive Decline and Neurodegeneration in Older Adults from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By MedXY 10/21/2025

This study reveals that the APOE ε4 allele is linked to increased dementia prevalence, cognitive deficits, brain atrophy, and plasma biomarkers of neurodegeneration in older adults in the DRC, emphasizing its critical role in African populations.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Neurology news Specialties

Lifetime Walking Intensity and Duration Reduce Amyloid-β Accumulation in Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights from a Korean Longitudinal Cohort

By MedXY 10/20/2025

A 4-year longitudinal study reveals that long-duration, high-intensity lifetime walking is associated with reduced amyloid-β accumulation in older adults, suggesting a neuroprotective effect when initiated early in life.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Neurology Nursing & care Specialties

Evaluating Combined Mind-Body Exercise, Cognitive Training, and Nurse-Led Risk Factor Modification in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Insights from a Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial

By MedXY 10/20/2025

A large RCT in primary care showed no significant cognitive benefits of a combined intervention integrating mind-body physical exercise, cognitive training, and nurse-led risk factor modification over nurse-led risk factor modification alone or general health advice in mild cognitive impairment. Future refinements and research are needed.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Neurology Specialties

Dietary Patterns and Dementia Risk: Insights from a Large UK Biobank Cohort Study

By MedXY 10/20/2025

Higher adherence to Mediterranean, MIND, and Recommended Food Score diets is linked to reduced risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease, highlighting diet as a modifiable factor in dementia prevention.

Diabetes & Endocrinology Family Medicine & Nutrition Public Health Specialties

Planetary Health and Plant-Based Diets: Reducing Type 2 Diabetes Risk in UK Adults

By MedXY 10/20/2025

Higher adherence to the Planetary Health Diet Index, reflecting environmentally sustainable plant-based eating patterns, is strongly associated with reduced type 2 diabetes risk in UK Biobank participants, comparable or superior to other established plant-based diet scores.

Family Medicine & Nutrition news Psychiatry

Comparative Effectiveness of PTSD Treatments in Primary Care: Insights from a Pragmatic Randomized Trial

By MedXY 10/15/2025

A pragmatic trial comparing SSRIs and written exposure therapy in primary care PTSD treatment found similar effectiveness initially; switching to SNRI was superior to WET augmentation for SSRI nonresponders.

Cardiology Family Medicine & Nutrition news Public Health

Harnessing Flavan-3-ols for Cardiovascular Health: Impacts on Blood Pressure and Endothelial Function

By MedXY 10/12/2025

This systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrates that flavan-3-ol-rich foods significantly lower blood pressure and improve endothelial function, supporting their role in cardiovascular prevention, especially in individuals with elevated or hypertensive baseline blood pressure.

Family Medicine & Nutrition news Oncology

Decoding the Rise in Early-Onset Cancer: Implications for Primary Care and Screening Strategies

By MedXY 10/09/2025

Rising early-onset cancer incidence appears driven largely by increased diagnostic scrutiny and overdiagnosis rather than a true surge in disease, altering screening and management approaches in primary care.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Specialties

Evaluating the Impact of Behavioral Economics on Food Processing Choices in Food Pantries Using the Nova Classification

By MedXY 10/06/2025

A behavioral economics intervention in Minnesota food pantries did not significantly reduce the selection of ultra-processed foods nor increase unprocessed food selection among clients, underscoring the need for targeted strategies to improve nutritional quality based on food processing levels.

Diabetes & Endocrinology Family Medicine & Nutrition news Specialties

Preserving Bone Quality in Older Adults with Obesity Through Lifestyle Intervention: Insights from the LIMB-Q Trial

By MedXY 09/29/2025

The LIMB-Q trial demonstrates that intensive lifestyle interventions combining weight management and exercise preserve bone quality in older adults with obesity, despite significant weight loss, highlighting a promising approach for mitigating osteoporosis risk during aging.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Nursing & care Specialties

Integrating Fall Prevention in Primary Care Significantly Reduces Falls Among Rural Older Adults in China: Insights from the FAMILY Cluster RCT

By MedXY 09/28/2025

A 12-month cluster randomized trial in rural China demonstrated that a fall prevention program integrated into primary health care significantly decreased fall risk among older adults, highlighting a scalable strategy for resource-limited settings with aging populations.

Dermatology Family Medicine & Nutrition Specialties

Mediterranean Diet as Adjunct Therapy in Psoriasis: Insights from the MEDIPSO Randomized Clinical Trial

By MedXY 09/28/2025

A 16-week Mediterranean diet intervention significantly reduced psoriasis severity and improved metabolic markers in patients with mild to moderate disease, suggesting diet’s role as adjunctive therapy in psoriasis management.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Psychiatry Specialties

Soft Drink Consumption and Depression: The Gut Microbiome Connection, Especially Eggerthella

By MedXY 09/28/2025

This analysis explores how soft drink consumption correlates with major depressive disorder (MDD), revealing gut microbiome alterations—particularly in Eggerthella abundance—that may mediate this association, highlighting potential intervention targets.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Neurology news Specialties

Circulating Nanoparticles and Carotenoids as Biomarkers of Rehabilitation Recovery in Parkinson’s Disease

By MedXY 09/26/2025

Intensive treadmill rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease alters the biochemical composition of circulating extracellular vesicle-like particles, particularly increasing carotenoid content, which correlates with improved gait parameters, highlighting a potential biomarker for monitoring rehabilitation efficacy.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Oncology Specialties

Vitamin B12 Supplementation Halves Risk of Chemotherapy-Induced Hand-Foot Syndrome in Early Breast Cancer Patients

By MedXY 09/25/2025

A phase 3 trial finds high-dose oral vitamin B12 significantly reduces moderate-to-severe hand-foot syndrome in women receiving capecitabine chemotherapy, without increasing toxicity, offering a safe and convenient preventive option.

Clinical Updates Family Medicine & Nutrition news Specialties

Do Oily Fish Intake Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk?

By MedXY 09/25/2025

This Mendelian randomization study reveals a surprising association between higher oily fish consumption and increased pancreatic cancer risk, highlighting new directions for dietary guidance and pancreatic disease prevention.

Family Medicine & Nutrition news Specialties

The Curious Scent of Feces: The Dual Identity and Health Secrets of Skatole

By MedXY 09/23/2025

Explore skatole, a compound with a paradoxical aroma found in feces and perfumes, its role in gut health, disease indicators, and diverse applications from medicine to agriculture.