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Language skills are essential to a child’s ability to communicate and develop. These skills enable children to engage with other people and learn from their surroundings and in the classroom.

Inuit communities urge policy changes to address tuberculosis epidemic

Tuberculosis rates for Inuit living in Nunavik, the Inuit lands in northern Quebec, are 1000 times greater than among non-foreign-born Quebeckers, and underresourcing of local health care adds to hardship from the disease, found new research published in CMAJ.

6 Apr 2026

Giving families interpreter access doubles communication time in PICU

Language barriers may be particularly harmful in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), where families encounter challenging, often life-changing medical decisions. In many hospitals, a member of the healthcare team, and not the family, decides when to use interpretation services.

3 Apr 2026

Music boosts vivid mental imagery while traffic noise changes where the mind goes

Music and traffic noise both changed how people imagined a simple journey, but they did so differently: music boosted vividness, positive tone, imagined time, and distance, while traffic noise mainly increased vividness, distance, and traffic-related imagery content. The study suggests that everyday soundscapes can shape mental imagery in complex ways, with possible implications for imagery-based therapies and other real-world settings.

2 Apr 2026

Advances in nanomedicine improve anthelmintic drug delivery and effectiveness

Announcing a new article publication in BIO Integration. According to World Health Organization (WHO) reports, parasitic infections substantially affect the world's population and are responsible for more than 16 million annual deaths in developing countries.

2 Apr 2026

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound shows promise in regulating internal organ functions

Announcing a new article publication in BIO Integration. Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) provides a non-invasive, quantifiable, and deep stimulation method for acupoints, offering a promising alternative to manual acupuncture.

2 Apr 2026

Innovative technologies transform ocular drug delivery and therapeutic outcomes

Announcing a new article publication in BIO Integration. Ocular drug delivery systems are essential for treating various eye conditions. Ocular conventional drug delivery techniques, such as eye drops (topical administration), often face challenges, like rapid drainage and low bioavailability.

2 Apr 2026

Ultrasound enables real-time monitoring and treatment of tumor vasculature

Announcing a new article publication in BIO Integration. The tumor vasculature, characterized by pathological angiogenesis and structural abnormalities, drives the progression of solid tumors by inducing hypoxia-acidosis microenvironments and therapeutic resistance.

2 Apr 2026

Study reveals dual trends in gallbladder cancer burden worldwide

Announcing a new article publication in BIO Integration. Gallbladder and biliary tract cancers (GBTCs) are highly lethal malignancies with a heterogeneous global burden.

2 Apr 2026

Finnish study reveals how parental immigration status impacts child mental health

A new nationwide Finnish register study shows that children with two immigrant parents are significantly less likely to receive mental health services for anxiety and depression than children of Finnish parents.

2 Apr 2026

New AI system adapts medical information to individual patient needs

Graz University of Technology, the University of Graz and the Medical University of Graz have jointly developed an interactive system that automatically adapts evidence-based medical information to patients' prior knowledge and needs.

2 Apr 2026

Internal embodiment could be the key to safer AI systems

When a person reaches across a table to pass the salt, their brain is doing something far more complex than recognizing a request and executing a movement.

1 Apr 2026

New method improves reliability of protein language model predictions

AI language models, used to generate human-like text to power chatbots and create content, are also revolutionizing biology by treating complex biological data like a language.

1 Apr 2026

NIH funds AI project to advance Alzheimer’s research and treatment

The National Institutes of Health has renewed support for Artificial Intelligence for Alzheimer's Disease, or AI4AD. The new $12.6 million award to advance the project's next phase, AI4AD2, brings its total investment in AI4AD to $30.7 million.

1 Apr 2026

AEGIS tool helps scientists study evolution of aging and lifespan

Why do some species live for only weeks while others survive for centuries? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have developed AEGIS, a freely available software tool that enables scientists to simulate evolution on a standard computer and investigate how lifespan and aging evolve under different ecological pressures and genetic constraints.

1 Apr 2026

Kinesio taping offers limited benefits for treating musculoskeletal pain and mobility

Kinesio taping, or 'KT tape' as it's usually known-widely used to ease joint/muscle pain and boost range of movement-may not be all that effective, suggests a pooled data analysis of the existing evidence, published in the online journal BMJ Evidence Based Medicine.

1 Apr 2026

Gut microbiome changes improve memory in early cognitive decline

Research shows that modifying the gut microbiome can enhance cognitive performance and mitigate dementia risk, highlighting the gut-brain connection.

1 Apr 2026

New research challenges traditional models of language processing

Multiple regions of the brain engage in fast-moving conversations to understand language, UTHealth Houston researchers have discovered, dispelling a prior school of thought that only one region of the brain was responsible for language processing.

1 Apr 2026

Using machine learning to scan post-cancer health risks

Artificial intelligence (AI) could help physicians determine if survivors of childhood cancer need extra support - and the more information included in AI prompting, the better its performance. This finding, published today in Communications Medicine by scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, may guide future integration of AI into clinical workflows.

31 Mar 2026

Study links atrial fibrillation to poorer brain clearance and cognitive decline

Researchers found that people with atrial fibrillation had lower MRI-based glymphatic activity and poorer cognitive performance than healthy controls, with the greatest impairment seen in non-paroxysmal AF. In patients who underwent catheter ablation, glymphatic activity improved after sinus rhythm was restored, suggesting a possible link between heart rhythm, brain waste clearance, and cognition.

30 Mar 2026

Inside the high-stakes corporate fight over feeding preterm babies

In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company's profits and the lives of some of the world's most fragile people: preterm infants.

30 Mar 2026