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Social and environmental inequality linked to risk of Alzheimer’s

The study uncovers links between neighborhood disadvantage and Alzheimer's biomarkers, stressing the importance of addressing social inequalities in healthcare.

20 Oct 2025

Simple hand grip test may reveal your future obesity risk

Increased grip strength correlates with lower obesity-related disease risk, suggesting muscle power as a key factor in preclinical obesity management.

20 Oct 2025

$Yogurt’s impact on bone health falls short of fracture protection, review finds$

Yogurt’s impact on bone health falls short of fracture protection, review finds

This systematic review and meta-analysis found that while yogurt consumption shows a modest positive association with bone health markers, its effect on bone mineral density and fracture prevention in adults is clinically negligible. Current evidence is based solely on observational studies, with low certainty and limited characterization of yogurt products.

19 Oct 2025

Mediterranean-style diets improve pelvic floor function and sexual health, review finds

This systematic review and meta-analysis of 31 studies reveals that healthy, anti-inflammatory dietary patterns, particularly the Mediterranean and DASH diets, are linked to improved sexual function and reduced incontinence symptoms in pelvic floor dysfunction. However, prospective evidence for incontinence improvement remains limited, suggesting that benefits may be mediated by metabolic and inflammatory pathways, especially in individuals with obesity or metabolic syndrome.

19 Oct 2025

Low-calorie diets linked to higher psoriatic arthritis risk, genetic study suggests

This Mendelian randomization study found that low-calorie diets may slightly increase the risk of psoriatic arthritis, while vegetarian and gluten-free diets showed no causal links to psoriasis, acne, or atopic dermatitis. The findings challenge assumptions about universally beneficial dietary patterns and highlight the need for cautious interpretation of dietary interventions in inflammatory skin disease.

19 Oct 2025

MRI age clocks reveal how each organ ages differently and predict who develops disease or lives longer

Researchers developed seven MRI-based biological age clocks across major organs using UK Biobank imaging, linking each to proteins, metabolites, genetics, disease risks, mortality, and cognitive decline. These organ-specific age gaps reveal how uneven aging shapes vulnerability to conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and dementia, opening new paths for precision prevention and clinical trial stratification

19 Oct 2025

CogLinks model reveals how the brain adapts to changing rules

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you learn. But when the brain's ability to judge context or assign meaning falters, thoughts and behavior can go astray.

18 Oct 2025

Children with multiple long-term conditions face nearly threefold higher COVID-19 mortality

Individuals with multiple long-term conditions are two and a half times more likely to die following COVID-19 infection than others.

18 Oct 2025

Belzutifan demonstrates strong clinical activity in two rare neuroendocrine tumors

A multicenter Phase II clinical trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated significant tumor shrinkage and disease control in patients with advanced pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL), two rare and potentially life-threatening neuroendocrine tumors.

18 Oct 2025

Oral combination regimen improves survival in ER-positive HER-2-negative breast cancer

Patients with estrogen-receptor-positive HER-2-negative advanced breast cancer showed significantly improved progression-free survival when treated with an oral combination regimen that includes giredestrant, a novel, next-generation selective estrogen receptor degrader and full antagonist, compared to a standard combination approach.

18 Oct 2025

Targeted therapy combination shows superior outcomes in advanced kidney cancer

Results from a trial led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that a targeted therapy combination improved outcomes for patients with metastatic clear-cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC) – a type of kidney cancer – whose disease progressed following immunotherapy.

18 Oct 2025

New antibody drug conjugates can transform early HER2-positive breast cancer treatment

In a landmark moment at the ESMO Congress 2025, pivotal studies have unveiled compelling evidence that a new class of anti-cancer agents-antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)-can dramatically improve outcomes for patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer.

18 Oct 2025

Nanoparticles offer new hope for treating alcohol-related liver disease

Across the world, more than 1.5 billion people suffer from chronic liver disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that it kills more than 52,000 people a year in the United States alone - the ninth most common cause of death in the nation.

17 Oct 2025

Nanoplastics with environmental coatings can sneak past the skin's defenses

Plastic is ubiquitous in the modern world, and it's notorious for taking a long time to completely break down in the environment - if it ever does.

17 Oct 2025

Study reveals how a microglial mutation increases risk for Alzheimer's disease

Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function TREM2-T96K Mutation Increases Risk for Alzheimer's Disease by Impairing Microglial Function."

17 Oct 2025

Study highlights the emotional and social challenges of stroke recovery

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, "Coherence of Stroke Survivors' Lived Experiences and the Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale."

17 Oct 2025

European societies launch EndoCompass to guide the future of endocrine research

The European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) have released today, 17 October 2025, the EndoCompass Research Roadmap: Directions for the Future of Endocrine Science.

17 Oct 2025

CRATERs identified as key sites for T cell-mediated tumor destruction

Like the surface of the moon, new research published today in Cell finds the existence of craters on the surface of melanoma cells that serve as immune hubs, becoming major sites for tumor killing. These craters could serve as good markers for immunotherapy success.

17 Oct 2025

Stroke experts call for ethical guardrails as AI expands in clinical research

As artificial intelligence (AI) use continues to grow in nearly every industry, it is important to establish guardrails to make sure the technology is used ethically and responsibly. This is especially true in the field of medicine, where errors can be a matter of life and death and patient information must be protected.

17 Oct 2025

Supportive signals during pregnancy ease return-to-work transition for women

Returning to work after maternity leave can leave new mothers wrestling with guilt – feeling they can't fully win at work or home.

17 Oct 2025

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Social and environmental inequality linked to risk of Alzheimer’s

Simple hand grip test may reveal your future obesity risk

Yogurt’s impact on bone health falls short of fracture protection, review finds

Mediterranean-style diets improve pelvic floor function and sexual health, review finds

Low-calorie diets linked to higher psoriatic arthritis risk, genetic study suggests

MRI age clocks reveal how each organ ages differently and predict who develops disease or lives longer

CogLinks model reveals how the brain adapts to changing rules

Children with multiple long-term conditions face nearly threefold higher COVID-19 mortality

Belzutifan demonstrates strong clinical activity in two rare neuroendocrine tumors

Oral combination regimen improves survival in ER-positive HER-2-negative breast cancer

Targeted therapy combination shows superior outcomes in advanced kidney cancer

New antibody drug conjugates can transform early HER2-positive breast cancer treatment

Nanoparticles offer new hope for treating alcohol-related liver disease

Nanoplastics with environmental coatings can sneak past the skin's defenses

Study reveals how a microglial mutation increases risk for Alzheimer's disease

Study highlights the emotional and social challenges of stroke recovery

European societies launch EndoCompass to guide the future of endocrine research

CRATERs identified as key sites for T cell-mediated tumor destruction

Stroke experts call for ethical guardrails as AI expands in clinical research

Supportive signals during pregnancy ease return-to-work transition for women

Digital pathology and the PathoVerse: A conversation with Dr. Singh

Bioprocess Efficiency with Cell Density Monitoring

Exploring electron microscopy for plant and microbial imaging at the John Innes Centre

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