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New study tracks early genetic changes in hepatitis E virus

Knowing how viruses change in the initial weeks of an infection can provide important information about their adaptability.

13 Jul 2026

Study links GLP-1 treatment to fewer alcohol drinking days

Current GLP-1 receptor agonist prescriptions were associated with modestly lower AUDIT-C scores in a large, diverse US cohort. The difference appeared to reflect less frequent drinking rather than fewer drinks per occasion or fewer binge-drinking episodes.

13 Jul 2026

New study explains how brain tumors evolve to resist treatment

A form of glioma, a type of brain cancer, tends to progress towards greater malignancy due to an increasing tendency of the glioma cells to transform into immature, stem-cell-like states, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, the New York Genome Center, Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham.

11 Jul 2026

Older adults face greater risk of mental health hospitalizations during extreme heatwaves

As the US recovers from its 4 July heatwave, a new study in Nature Health warns of an impending uptick in people attending hospitals for mental health and behavioral disorders, according to the first multi-country study of heatwave-related mental health hospitalization, led by Monash University in Australia.

10 Jul 2026

New study explains why some people are more sensitive to low-frequency noise

Some people are more sensitive to low-frequency noise, such as from ventilation systems, heat pumps, wind turbines and transformers. Why is that?

9 Jul 2026

Wearable forehead patch tracks brain-water shifts during sleep at home

A soft, wireless NIRS forehead patch tracked water-sensitive brain signals during 16 overnight home sleep recordings in four healthy men. The signals changed with EEG/EOG-defined sleep stages, suggesting a new way to study sleep-linked brain-fluid dynamics, although the device did not directly measure CSF flow or glymphatic clearance.

9 Jul 2026

Damaged myelin alters sleep brain rhythms in neurological diseases

Scientists have discovered how damage to the myelin sheath – the insulating layer around nerve fibres – affects brain activity during sleep.

9 Jul 2026

Misuse of ADHD stimulant medications declines sharply among young adults

Misuse of stimulant medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has declined sharply.

9 Jul 2026

Yogurt, prebiotics, and probiotics link to lower colorectal cancer odds in U.S. adults

A national NHANES analysis of 9,405 U.S. adults aged 50 and older found that any yogurt, prebiotic, or probiotic consumption was associated with about 50% lower odds of self-reported colorectal cancer. Because the study was cross-sectional, it cannot prove causation but supports further research into microbiota-targeted dietary strategies.

8 Jul 2026

Emergency admissions associated with advanced ovarian cancer at diagnosis

Two in five women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed only after an emergency hospital admission, when they are 3 times less likely to have early stage and potentially curable disease, finds a data analysis published in the open access journal BMJ Oncology.

7 Jul 2026

USC researcher wins NIH grant to study how the cochlea processes complex sounds

USC researcher Karolina Charaziak, PhD, has been awarded a $3.3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project (R01) grant to study how the cochlea, the part of the inner ear responsible for hearing, processes complex sounds encountered in everyday life.

7 Jul 2026

New R package advances multi-pathway cell death analysis

Announcing a new article publication in BIO Integration. The authors of this article developed CellDeathAnalysis (v0.4.0), an R package providing a unified framework for analyzing 14 cell death pathways in bulk RNA-seq data.

6 Jul 2026

Study compares different light therapies for treating Alzheimer's disease

The researchers treated 5‑month‑old 5xFAD mice – a model with aggressive amyloid deposition – with 810‑nm light (25 mW/cm² at the scalp, ~6.25 mW/cm² brain dose for CW, and half that for 40‑Hz due to 50% duty cycle) for 10 minutes daily over 37 days.

6 Jul 2026

Study finds specialized gambling addiction services underused in Quebec

A new study finds public specialized gambling addiction treatment services are underused in Quebec, pointing to a need to better reach people with gambling disorder.

6 Jul 2026

Study reveals unexpected movement of drug-delivery swimming robots

One day, tiny swimming robots may travel through the human body to deliver drugs. The medication would target only areas of need-chemotherapy drugs for a tumor, for example-avoiding healthy tissue and minimizing side effects.

6 Jul 2026

ReproNovo announces first participant dosed in EU Phase 2 trial of RPN-002 for embryo implantation

ReproNovo, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to addressing critical gaps in male and female fertility as well as women’s health, today announced that the first participant has been dosed in the Company’s EU Phase 2 clinical trial of RPN-002, entitled Nolasiban Optimized Regimen Dosing for Inhibition of Uterine Contractility (NORDIC).

6 Jul 2026

AI model identifies where snoring starts in the airway

A new study developed a snore-source classification model that uses STFT spectrograms, pretrained CNN features, and an L2-regularized SVM to identify where snoring originates in the upper airway. Tested on the MPSSC dataset, the approach achieved a 67.1% test-set unweighted average recall, the highest value among the compared methods, but still needs external clinical validation.

5 Jul 2026

Researchers uncover shared olfactory mechanisms across mice and humans

Picture a mouse taking rapid, staccato sniffs of a crumb it's found while foraging for food. Now compare that with a human, leaning in for a single, deep inhale to gauge if a cantaloupe is ripe.

3 Jul 2026

Reduced sunshine linked to higher demand for mental health care

The study highlights the relationship between weather and mental health care use, suggesting routine weather patterns could forecast service demand effectively.

3 Jul 2026

Discovery provides key insights into cellular mechanisms underlying female fertility

Female fertility depends on the successful growth and maturation of eggs (oocytes) within ovarian follicles. Within these follicles, the oocyte is surrounded by granulosa cells that supply nutrients, signaling molecules, and structural support essential for egg development.

2 Jul 2026