October 29, 2025

Leukemia That Killed the First Millennial Saint Is Now 99% Curable: What Changed?

October 29, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / leukemia

Carlo Acutis, the first Roman Catholic saint of the millennial generation, was in the right place at the wrong time. Carlo AcutisWhen he developed the rare, aggressive blood cancer called acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) as a Milan teenager in the mid-2000s, hematologists in Italy were close to testing what would become a near cure for the disease. […]

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When Tumors Vanish: The Mystery of Spontaneous Regression

October 29, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / tumors

Julia Senn October 06, 2025 Spontaneous regression of cancer is an uncommon event observed most often in neuroblastoma, leukemia, lung cancer, and melanoma. The underlying mechanisms are not fully understood; however, infections and immune system activation may contribute to treatment development. Historical Observations In 1891, William B. Coley, a surgeon, reported the disappearance of recurrent spindle cell

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Help Patients With Asthma Stop Relying on Steroids

October 29, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / steriod

What a time to be alive in medicine! We’re having new medications come out not only for cancers, but also for common chronic conditions such as asthma. Our standard of care remains the same. First, we start out by defining their disease severity, and then we start treatment, whether it’s a short-acting beta agonist or longer-acting

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A one-shot flu vaccine can beat avian flu strains before they appear

October 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / flu vaccine

by Paul Arnold, Medical Xpress edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes High-resolution three-dimensional A(H5) antigenic map comprising genetically diverse HAs. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09626-3 Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine that could offer broad protection against all known and emerging variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza (A5) viruses, including those that have yet to evolve.

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Shingles vaccine may offer protection against vascular dementia, heart disease

October 29, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / shingles vaccine

Could getting vaccinated against shingles also help protect against dementia? A new study finds a link. Luis Velasco/Stocksy Adults ages 50 and older can protect themselves against shingles with a vaccine. Previous research has shown that the shingles vaccine may help lower a person’s risk for dementia and heart disease. A new study found that

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Why we used to sleep in two segments, and how the modern shift changed our sense of time

October 29, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / sleep

by Darren Rhodes, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: CC0 Public Domain Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3am and wonder if something’s wrong. It might help to know that this is a deeply human experience. For most of

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Reducing use of sleep drugs could improve quality of life and longevity in older adults

October 29, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / sleep

by University of Southern California edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Mikhail Nilov from Pexels Millions of older Americans suffering from insomnia regularly use prescription sleep medications, despite the risk of serious side effects—such as falls, broken bones, cognitive impairment and dependence—and warnings from leading medical societies against their use. A new study from the

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Previously unknown genetic cause of microcephaly identified

October 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / microcephaly

by Ruhr University Bochum edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by developmental delay. An international research team led by Dr. Tran Tuoc from the Department of Human Genetics at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany,

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Why you can salvage moldy cheese but never spoiled meat: A toxicologist advises on what to watch out for

October 29, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / salvage moldy cheese

by Brad Reisfeld, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When you open the refrigerator and find a wedge of cheese flecked with green mold, or a package of chicken that smells faintly sour, it can be tempting to gamble with your stomach rather than waste food. But the

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New Imaging Tech Spots Hidden Protein Predicting Parkinson’s Disease

October 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / Parkinson disease

Researchers have been chasing the causes of Parkinson’s disease for more than a century, yet its hallmark feature — microscopic protein clumps called Lewy bodies — remains enigmatic: Patients with just a few Lewy bodies can be devastatingly ill, while others with neurons packed full of them sometimes show milder symptoms. Another culprit has emerged. Nanoscale

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