October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Canada. As part of our commitment to open science, JMIR Publications is highlighting research published in our journals aimed at understanding and combating this disease. We hope this research reaches a wide audience, empowering people to learn more about their risk and risk mitigation strategies and reducing the anxiety that a potential breast cancer diagnosis can bring.

Mental health concerns are a leading cause of mortality for young people, making timely, high-quality, and affordable care a top priority. In Australia, however, the growth of youth mental health services has slowed, creating a critical gap between rising demand and available resources. Can digital solutions help close this gap?

For a field as hands-on and human-centered as nursing, artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), present both a huge opportunity and a complex challenge. While LLMs are rapidly entering nursing classrooms, their fundamental concepts remain largely unexplored.

Technology is an increasingly critical part of mental health care - but does it  empower or exclude older adults? This is a growing concern, as this population often faces unique physical and psychosocial challenges, as well as barriersin accessing advanced technology.

For many patients, getting a prescription for a new medication often involves an extra step for their doctor: prior authorization (PA). This process, required by insurance companies, is intended to ensure safety and quality control. However, it can also create significant delays, contributing to provider frustration and, in some cases, negatively impacting patient care.

Digital technology has become a lifeline for mental health support, offering accessible and affordable solutions for people who might otherwise have no access to care. However, simply creating a great digital platform isn't enough - you need people to use and engage with it. Without high adherence, even the most effective tool can't help those who need it most. This is particularly true for vulnerable and underserved populations, such as the millions of Ukrainian refugees displaced in the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Promoting the mental well-being of young people is a top priority for municipalities in Sweden and around the world. It’s seen as one of the most effective ways to ensure a high quality of life for future generations and manage healthcare costs. However, mental well-being is influenced by a complex web of factors, and different municipal departments often collect different kinds of data, making it difficult to get a complete picture.

eHealth holds a great deal of promise, offering solutions from virtual reality for pain management to wearable devices for continuous health monitoring. But turning these innovations into reality is far from simple. It requires a delicate and often complex mix of collaboration between different organizations, from tech companies and academic institutions to hospitals and government bodies.