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U.S. hospital closures outpace openings in rural and urban communities

More hospitals across the U.S. are closing than opening, and urban hospitals are closing at the same rate as rural ones, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

8 Oct 2026

Brief safety reminders help reduce harmful clinical AI decisions

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly capable of assisting with health care tasks, a new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has found that adding a brief safety reminder reduced potentially harmful choices by AI models in clinical scenarios.

8 Oct 2026

Hyponatremia risk varies among individual second-generation antipsychotic drugs

Antipsychotics are used to treat schizophrenia, along with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. However, these medications can be associated with hyponatremia, a serious reduction in blood sodium levels.

8 Oct 2026

Study highlights need for smarter, locally tailored trauma-care systems

A study of almost 9,000 injury patients across Africa and South Asia has found that nearly half were dead or disabled after three months - highlighting the need for smarter, locally tailored trauma-care systems.

8 Oct 2026

High expression of CTDNEP1 gene linked to poorer kidney cancer survival

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common form of kidney cancer, accounting for about 90% of kidney cancers.

7 Oct 2026

Structured support may slow weight regain after stopping GLP-1 drugs

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are effective treatments for obesity, but discontinuation is common due to cost, insurance coverage limitations, side effects, patient preference, and other factors-commonly leading to rapid weight regain.

7 Oct 2026

Study reveals link between mtDNA copy number and cancer severity

Mitochondria are small organelles within cells that play a central role in vital cellular processes, especially energy production.

7 Oct 2026

Researchers find gene expression patterns linked to severe pediatric COVID-19

Researchers have identified patterns of gene activity associated with severe COVID-19 in children that are shared with other serious respiratory infections.

7 Oct 2026

A hot night changed sleep, anxiety and stress markers

The study highlights how heat exposure affects anxiety and sleep, revealing nighttime heat's broader impact on biological markers linked to stress and health.

7 Oct 2026

Psychopathic traits linked to distinct patterns in everyday language

Popular culture often depicts people with psychopathy as cold, emotionless and hollow, but a recent University of Mississippi study found that the language associated with psychopathic traits is more complicated than often described.

6 Oct 2026

Innovative material uses visible light to disinfect chronic wounds

Chronic wounds place a burden on both patients and the healthcare system. Researchers at Empa are therefore working on an innovative material that releases active ingredients when exposed to visible light.

6 Oct 2026

Overweight dementia patients likely to live longer than normal weight peers

People who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with dementia are likely to live longer than those in a normal weight range, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and NYU School of Global Public Health.

6 Oct 2026

Lipid signaling pathway helps cells survive bacterial toxin damage

Epithelial cells form the body's frontline barriers, helping keep microbes, toxins, and other harmful substances out.

5 Oct 2026

New BCR analysis method tracks immune recovery after stem cell transplantation

A research team led by Associate Professor Yohei Funakoshi, Associate Professor Kimikazu Yakushijin, and Professor Hironobu Minami of the Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology at Kobe University Hospital, together with Associate Professor Goh Ohji of the Division of Infectious Disease Therapeutics and Takaji Matsutani of Anymics Inc., has developed the pGen-SHM plot.

5 Oct 2026

New model predicts growth hormone therapy response in children with short stature

Idiopathic short stature (ISS) describes children whose height is substantially below the expected range for their age and sex without any identifiable medical cause.

5 Oct 2026

Restoring cellular recycling helps the body clear harmful zombie cells

As we grow older, our bodies accumulate "zombie cells"-living cells that have stopped dividing or functioning normally-but linger in our tissues, contributing to chronic inflammation and age-related diseases.

5 Oct 2026

Study urges parents to take sibling aggression more seriously

Sibling aggression takes many forms, like hitting, shoving, threatening or calling names. Although sibling aggression is widespread and can shape people for years, it hasn't been studied well by psychological researchers.

5 Oct 2026

Study finds delayed response to active controversy linking autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy

Most public health institutions failed to respond in a timely way to misinformation on social media that falsely claimed that acetaminophen during pregnancy is linked to autism, according to research presented during the American Academy of Pediatrics 2026 National Conference & Exhibition.

5 Oct 2026

Taste and familiarity shape student attitudes toward climate-friendly meals

Students in a new study were neither clearly positive nor negative about more climate-friendly school meals.

5 Oct 2026

Portable paper device rapidly detects scopolamine in beverages

Isabel Poves, researcher at the University of the Basque Country-EHU, has developed a microfluidic paper-based device that provides a rapid, reliable and easy way to detect scopolamine and related compounds.

1 Oct 2026