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New NIH grants support research on how brain fluid movement drives glioblastoma spread

Jennifer Munson, a cancer researcher at Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded two new National Institutes of Health grants to advance greater understanding and improved treatment of a deadly brain cancer.

19 Nov 2025

Middle-aged Australians experience the highest levels of stress, burnout and emotional fatigue

Middle-aged Australians are keeping the country running - but it's taking a hefty toll on their wellbeing, a new report shows.

19 Nov 2025

Evaluating whether LIT supplementation slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive decline such as memory loss and behavioral disturbances that severely impair quality of life. Despite decades of research, effective disease-modifying therapies remain elusive, underscoring the urgent need for novel neuroprotective strategies.

19 Nov 2025

Lean beef fits safely into a Mediterranean diet without raising heart disease risk

Eating moderate amounts of lean beef as part of a Mediterranean diet does not increase an emerging risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary research team at Penn State.

19 Nov 2025

Current genetic screening guidelines overlook most cases of familial hypercholesterolemia

Current genetic screening guidelines fail to identify most people with an inherited condition known as familial hypercholesterolemia that can cause dangerously high cholesterol and early heart disease, a Mayo Clinic study found.

19 Nov 2025

Expert panel recommends new antibiotic strategies for resistant Bordetella pertussis

Pertussis, or whooping cough, remains a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by Bordetella pertussis. Despite inclusion of pertussis vaccines in immunization programs since the 1970s, outbreaks have re-emerged globally due to waning immunity and bacterial evolution.

19 Nov 2025

Herbal garlic mouthwash emerges as a potential alternative to chlorhexidine

Garlic extract demonstrates antimicrobial efficacy comparable to other widely used antiseptics and disinfectants, such as chlorhexidine, according to University of Sharjah medical scientists.

19 Nov 2025

Clogged brain drains may signal early Alzheimer's risk

"Drains" in the brain, responsible for clearing toxic waste in the organ, tend to get clogged up in people who show signs of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has discovered.

19 Nov 2025

Breakthrough in FcγRI inhibition opens path to safer autoimmune therapies

An international research group directed by UMC Utrecht have developed and characterized two first-in-class antibodies that specifically block the high-affinity IgG receptor FcγRI.

19 Nov 2025

Researchers develop new method to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria using bacteriophages

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing challenges to global public health as harmful microbes evolve to evade these medications.

19 Nov 2025

Oral semaglutide delivers real-world drops in blood sugar and weight in diabetes trial

Oral semaglutide delivered meaningful reductions in HbA1c and body weight among GLP-1RA-naïve adults with type 2 diabetes in a Dutch real-world cohort. Lipid levels and blood pressure showed only small changes, reflecting modest cardiometabolic effects outside glucose and weight control.

18 Nov 2025

Blocking mir-21 shows promise for slowing bladder cancer growth

Bladder cancer ranks among the ten most common types of cancer worldwide. The main treatment is bladder removal surgery, and despite advances in systemic therapies, recurrence is frequent in the most aggressive forms of the disease.

18 Nov 2025

Study finds low uptake of colorectal cancer testing among adults aged 45 to 49

UCLA research finds that fewer than 1 in 4 eligible younger adults completed colorectal cancer screenings after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lowered the recommended screening age to 45 from 50.

18 Nov 2025

New antibody strategy shows promise for halting cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the kidneys. Over time, the painful, growing cysts rob the organs of their function, often leading to dialysis in advanced cases.

18 Nov 2025

Trial investigates how quickly human milk responds to common plant based meat swaps

Replacing beef with a plant based beef substitute for six days changed the fatty acid composition of human milk, increasing medium chain saturated fats and lowering key long chain polyunsaturated fats such as arachidonic acid. These biochemical shifts occurred without changes in maternal weight, appetite, glucose patterns or infant milk intake.

18 Nov 2025

Study links obesity severity to escalating cardiometabolic and renal disease burden

Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Recently published in Obesity, the paper "Association of Obesity Severity with Cardiometabolic and Renal Disease Burden in the United States," explored the relationship through a cross-sectional study of data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.

18 Nov 2025

Machine learning tool helps evaluate ICU resource efficiency in severe pneumonia care

A study published in the Journal of Critical Care, conducted with the participation of the D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), investigated how to measure efficiency in the use of resources for patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), an illness contracted outside hospital settings and most common among older adults.

18 Nov 2025

Tirzepatide reveals a brain signal that predicts returning food preoccupation

Researchers implanted electrodes in the human nucleus accumbens to track brain activity during severe food preoccupation in an individual taking tirzepatide. They found that a delta–theta biomarker disappeared during symptom-free periods and re-emerged weeks before relapse, suggesting a possible neural marker of vulnerability to dysregulated eating.

18 Nov 2025

Alzheimer’s drugs improve key cognitive skills in children with autism and low IQ

The review synthesizes evidence on whether Alzheimer’s disease medications can improve neurocognitive outcomes in children and adolescents with autism and low IQ. Across 12 studies, preliminary findings show promising gains in language, executive function, learning and memory, and general cognitive ability, particularly in younger children.

18 Nov 2025

Analysis finds even low-intensity smokers have higher risk of heart disease and death

An analysis of data from almost two dozen long-term studies finds that even low-intensity smokers have a substantially higher risk of heart disease and death compared to people who never smoked, even years after they quit.

18 Nov 2025

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New NIH grants support research on how brain fluid movement drives glioblastoma spread

Middle-aged Australians experience the highest levels of stress, burnout and emotional fatigue

Evaluating whether LIT supplementation slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients

Lean beef fits safely into a Mediterranean diet without raising heart disease risk

Current genetic screening guidelines overlook most cases of familial hypercholesterolemia

Expert panel recommends new antibiotic strategies for resistant Bordetella pertussis

Herbal garlic mouthwash emerges as a potential alternative to chlorhexidine

Clogged brain drains may signal early Alzheimer's risk

Breakthrough in FcγRI inhibition opens path to safer autoimmune therapies

Researchers develop new method to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria using bacteriophages

Oral semaglutide delivers real-world drops in blood sugar and weight in diabetes trial

Blocking mir-21 shows promise for slowing bladder cancer growth

Study finds low uptake of colorectal cancer testing among adults aged 45 to 49

New antibody strategy shows promise for halting cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

Trial investigates how quickly human milk responds to common plant based meat swaps

Study links obesity severity to escalating cardiometabolic and renal disease burden

Machine learning tool helps evaluate ICU resource efficiency in severe pneumonia care

Tirzepatide reveals a brain signal that predicts returning food preoccupation

Alzheimer’s drugs improve key cognitive skills in children with autism and low IQ

Analysis finds even low-intensity smokers have higher risk of heart disease and death

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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