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Engineered beneficial bacteria reduce bloodstream infections after stem cell transplants

Researchers at City of Hope®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the country, and collaborators have pioneered a new approach to preventing dangerous bloodstream infections in patients receiving donor stem cell transplants for blood cancers.

3 Nov 2026

Compounds that give citrus fruits their scent may affect gut health

A review published in Food & Function found that dietary terpenoids, naturally occurring compounds in fruits, herbs, and vegetables, can suppress inflammatory signalling and improve intestinal barrier function in laboratory and animal studies. However, human evidence remains limited to two small studies of geraniol-based interventions for irritable bowel syndrome, with further research needed to establish clinical efficacy, appropriate dosing, and long-term safety.

3 Nov 2026

Reducing hallucinations in schizophrenia with focused ultrasound: First-in-human clinical trial begins

Auditory hallucinations – or hearing voices that others do not hear – affect more than 70% of people with schizophrenia. Despite treatment with antipsychotic medications, approximately 40% continue to experience persistent hallucinations. For these patients, new treatment approaches are urgently needed.

3 Nov 2026

Aspirin fails to prevent recurrence after surgery for colorectal cancer liver metastases

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Norway, which also has one of the highest incidence rates in the world.

2 Nov 2026

Researchers test noninvasive ultrasound treatment for schizophrenia-related hallucinations

30 Oct 2026

FDA approves ILUMYA for adults with active psoriatic arthritis

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for ILUMYA® (tildrakizumab-asmn) for the treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

30 Oct 2026

Testosterone shows no evidence of improving menopausal brain fog

Published in Reproduction and Fertility, the review examined five existing studies of women aged 41 to 65 to understand whether testosterone treatment improves thinking and memory in women during and after menopause.

30 Oct 2026

Online reviews reveal troubling side effects of insomnia drug lemborexant

Researchers from Rutgers and other universities analyzed hundreds of online reviews on lemborexant – and learned that about 1 in 4 of the reviewers stopped or planned to stop taking the prescription medication used to treat insomnia.

29 Oct 2026

Multivitamins boost key vitamin levels, but do they improve your health?

A scoping review of 157 clinical trial reports found that multivitamins consistently improved circulating levels of folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12, while other nutritional and clinical effects varied by formulation, population, and baseline nutritional status. Selected prenatal and cognitive outcomes improved in some trials, but evidence for cardiovascular disease prevention was largely negative, and the review could not establish the overall certainty of clinical benefits.

29 Oct 2026

Researchers investigate if drug for leg cramps can prevent a second stroke

A second ischemic stroke, the most common stroke type, is associated with double the risk of death and triple the risk of long-term disability.

29 Oct 2026

Achilles tendon injections offer no meaningful benefit over placebo

Commonly used injections for Achilles tendinopathy - pain, stiffness and swelling in the Achilles tendon - offer no meaningful clinical advantage over placebo (sham) treatment, finds a clinical trial published by The BMJ today.

28 Oct 2026

Ketones may change sleep patterns, but not always for the better

Researchers reviewed animal and human studies and found that ketone bodies may affect sleep stages through energy metabolism and cellular signaling, with the clearest direct evidence involving acetoacetate in mice. They reported mixed human findings and called for controlled studies to separate ketone-specific effects from changes linked to diet, disease, circadian timing, and physiological stress.

28 Oct 2026

Taking a GLP-1 drug? Here's what the safety evidence really shows

A review on GLP-1 receptor agonists highlights risks like pancreatitis and thyroid cancer, emphasizing individual patient risk over general safety concerns.

26 Oct 2026

Phase 3 EMT2 trial demonstrates survival benefit for high-dose EPA

Patients assigned to receive high-dose eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an omega-3 fatty acid, before and after surgery for colorectal cancer liver metastases had longer overall survival than those assigned to receive placebo, according to results of the phase 3 EMT2 trial presented at the ESMO Congress 2026.

26 Oct 2026

Personalized mRNA cancer vaccine cuts melanoma recurrence risk when added to immunotherapy

Adding a personalized mRNA-based cancer vaccine to immunotherapy after surgery for high-risk melanoma reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 42%, according to results from the phase 3 INTerpath-001 trial presented at the ESMO Congress 2026.

24 Oct 2026

Drug combination delivers promising survival gains in advanced endometrial cancer

An immunotherapy-based regimen combining durvalumab and the PARP inhibitor, olaparib, demonstrated encouraging long-term survival outcomes for patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to new trial results presented by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

24 Oct 2026

Kidney Week 2026 features late-breaking clinical trials in kidney care

The American Society of Nephrology, has selected the following late breaking clinical trials to be presented in-person at Kidney Week 2026 October 22–25.

24 Oct 2026

Gut microbiome differences may explain varied sleep responses to hydrogen supplementation

Hiroshima University researchers investigated the effects of hydrogen supplementation on sleep quality in healthy human volunteers.

23 Oct 2026

$8.2 million grant advances on-demand male contraceptive development

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a four-year, $8.2 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to develop and test an experimental on-demand male contraceptive pill that temporarily stops sperm in their tracks

22 Oct 2026

LSD speeds up brain waves and increases neural complexity, study finds

First synthesized in a laboratory in 1938 by the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, lysergic acid diethylamide, better known by its acronym LSD, is one of the most potent and most extensively studied psychedelics.

22 Oct 2026

Placebo News and Research

Engineered beneficial bacteria reduce bloodstream infections after stem cell transplants

Compounds that give citrus fruits their scent may affect gut health

Reducing hallucinations in schizophrenia with focused ultrasound: First-in-human clinical trial begins

Aspirin fails to prevent recurrence after surgery for colorectal cancer liver metastases

Researchers test noninvasive ultrasound treatment for schizophrenia-related hallucinations

FDA approves ILUMYA for adults with active psoriatic arthritis

Testosterone shows no evidence of improving menopausal brain fog

Online reviews reveal troubling side effects of insomnia drug lemborexant

Multivitamins boost key vitamin levels, but do they improve your health?

Researchers investigate if drug for leg cramps can prevent a second stroke

Achilles tendon injections offer no meaningful benefit over placebo

Ketones may change sleep patterns, but not always for the better

Taking a GLP-1 drug? Here's what the safety evidence really shows

Phase 3 EMT2 trial demonstrates survival benefit for high-dose EPA

Personalized mRNA cancer vaccine cuts melanoma recurrence risk when added to immunotherapy

Drug combination delivers promising survival gains in advanced endometrial cancer

Kidney Week 2026 features late-breaking clinical trials in kidney care

Gut microbiome differences may explain varied sleep responses to hydrogen supplementation

$8.2 million grant advances on-demand male contraceptive development

LSD speeds up brain waves and increases neural complexity, study finds

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