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Medicine & Health

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Dec-2025 15:11 ET (25-Dec-2025 20:11 GMT/UTC)

3-Sep-2025

Well-being and ill-being do not lie on a single continuum

A large-scale cross-sectional study of older individuals in the UK supports contextual, process-based models of mental health that emphasise values-guided behaviour, psychosocial resources and biopsychosocial integration, according to a study published September 3, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS Mental Health by Darren Edwards from Swansea University, UK, and colleagues. This has important implications for clinical and rehabilitation contexts, such that efforts to enhance well-being are complementary and have additional benefits over and above reducing distress.

Journal: PLOS Mental Health

3-Sep-2025

Sip smarter: Apple juice effects on oral health are short-lived, study suggests

University of Portsmouth
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists in England have discovered saliva protects our teeth and mouths better than expected against apple juice, as long as you follow some important hygiene steps.

Journal: PLOS One

3-Sep-2025

Scrolling while on the toilet linked to higher risk of hemorrhoids

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Survey participants who reported using a smartphone while on the toilet had a higher risk of hemorrhoids than non-users. Chethan Ramprasad of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, U.S., and colleagues present these findings in a new study in the open-access journal PLOS One on September 3, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

3-Sep-2025

Loneliness is bad for health and wealth in the U.K.

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the U.K., 4 in 10 citizens identify as being lonely at least some of the time, and people who report being often lonely incur about £850 more in annual National Health Service costs than their non-lonely counterparts, according to a study published September 3, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Nia Morrish from Exeter University, U.K., and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS One

3-Sep-2025

Oral health treatment in patients due for surgery is associated with significantly lower rates of postoperative pneumonia and shorter hospital stays, per observational study in one Japanese hospital, suggesting it might reduce infection risk

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Oral health treatment in patients due for surgery is associated with significantly lower rates of postoperative pneumonia and shorter hospital stays, per observational study in one Japanese hospital, suggesting it might reduce infection risk

Journal: PLOS One

3-Sep-2025

Among women suffering hyperemesis (extreme nausea and vomiting) in pregnancy, half report considering terminating their pregnancy, and 9 in 10 have considered having no more children

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Among women suffering hyperemesis (extreme nausea and vomiting) in pregnancy, half report considering terminating their pregnancy, and 9 in 10 have considered having no more children, per Australian survey which also found that only half rated popular treatments as effective

Journal: PLOS One

3-Sep-2025

APSNA position statement urges action on firearm safety

SAGE

The American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association, Inc. (APSNA) has released a comprehensive position statement declaring firearm violence a public health crisis and outlining actionable steps to prevent firearm-related injuries and deaths among children and teens. Firearms are now the leading cause of death for pediatric patients aged 1–19 in the United States. APSNA calls for a public health approach to prevention, emphasizing the role of nurses in clinical screening, education, research, and advocacy.

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing