Hospices are increasingly owned by private equity firms and publicly traded companies, but recently Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that they performed substantially worse than hospices owned by not-for-profit agencies. This is concerning as nearly 75% of hospice programs, which care for patients in their last stage of life, are for-profit.

Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.

A study testing a new nasal spray form of the medication bumetanide, a commonly prescribed diuretic, was found to be as safe and well-tolerated (meaning with no significant nasal irritation) in healthy adults in comparison to the oral and intravenous forms of the medication. The existing oral and intravenous forms of bumetanide are commonly prescribed for people with heart failure because they ease tissue swelling, a common cause of symptoms for people with heart failure.

The perspective discusses the transformative role of non-genetic optoelectronic modulation biointerfaces in modern medicine. These biointerfaces seamlessly blend light and electronics to offer potentially groundbreaking solutions for precise stimulation and monitoring of biological systems, significantly advancing both diagnostics and therapeutics.