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GLP-1 prescriptions for new mothers have increased sharply
More U.S. women are being prescribed GLP-1 medications after giving birth, particularly those diagnosed with diabetes, a…
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Matching infrared wavelengths to skin improves local blood circulation in small human trial
Researchers at National Taiwan University, MacKay Medical University and MacKay Memorial Hospital reported a wavelength-…
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Developing sustainable printing inks for functional organs
The organ transplant waiting list numbers 8,000 people each year in Germany alone, and about 10% of them never receive a…
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PET scans reveal alpha cancer therapy isotope with new algorithm in first human test
A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed a new imaging technique that c…
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Hearing aids show promise for cognitive recovery, but dementia prevention remains unproven
People who live long enough have a high chance of losing some of their hearing as they grow older. By age 60, about one …
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New dressing design aims to fight wound infections while supporting skin repair
Roughly 1 million people in Germany are receiving treatment for chronic wounds caused by conditions ranging from circula…
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COVID-19 immunity may help protect against other bat coronaviruses
People who recovered from COVID-19 infection or were vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 are more likely to have immunity to o…
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Endurance exercise rewires liver metabolism differently based on sex, study suggests
Exercise benefits nearly every part of the body, including the liver and metabolism. But new research from the Universit…
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How the brain learns to predict what to fear based on past experiences
Rutgers researchers are revealing how the brain decides which sensory experiences previously associated with an adverse …
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How loss of the critical tumor suppressor p53 enables mutant cells to expand through normal tissue
A protein known as p53 is, of all tumor suppressors in human cancer, the most frequently altered by gene mutations. When…
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A molecular switch syncs fat burning to the body clock, our diet and the temperature around us
Brown fat burns fuel to make heat, and this activity is controlled by the body clock: It drops during sleep and rises be…
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Before the first bite: A missing gut protein may set the stage for peanut allergy
For most people, a peanut butter sandwich poses no threat. But for the roughly 1.6 million children in the United States…
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Discovery explains how immune cells target DNA mutations to improve antibodies
Scientists at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), led by Université de Montréal medical professor Javier Di…
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FDA puts aging on its regulatory science agenda
At ARDD 2026, senior FDA officials sketch how a therapy targeting aging might one day reach approval, revealing that lon…
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Basecamp raises $140m to teach AI all of biology
Basecamp Research will train AI models on the world’s largest biological dataset and design new medicines. Most AI drug-…
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Sleep hours miss part of story: Young adults lose sleep quality, not hours, amid heat, noise and light
Between college dormitories and cramped apartments, young adults often live in environments that can be loud, bright or …
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New recommendations for serrated polyposis syndrome
New consensus recommendations by the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force (MSTF) on Colorectal Cancer (CRC) address serrated po…
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Mental health benefits of education vary between rich and poor countries
Economists analyzed data from more than 120,000 people across 121 countries—including 42 high-income countries and 79 lo…
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ARDD 2026 opens at Harvard with a call for rigor
13th Aging Research and Drug Discovery meeting opened with a pitch for prevention and a program building the endpoints t…
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Novel treatment combination improves progression-free survival in most common form of metastatic breast cancer
Patients with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), HER-2-negative advanced breast cancer experienced significantly improved…
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Magnetic therapy headset shows improved cognitive function and mood in people with long COVID
A new study led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published in Brain Communications fo…
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AI software could detect osteoporosis in existing CT scans before bones break
Osteoporosis progresses gradually and painlessly over many years. Many people do not have their bone density measured un…
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Brain connectivity reveals new insights for more personalized psychiatry in depression
A research team from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has published a review proposing a paradigm shift in …
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Immune aging accelerates around 40 and 60, with key differences between men and women
It's one of the biggest mysteries of age-related research: Despite living longer, women are more likely than men to deve…