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Long-term cannabis use may disrupt sleep without noticeable symptoms

Millions of Americans use cannabis products as sleep aids, but a new Northwestern Medicine study suggests marijuana may not improve sleep the way many people believe it does.

9 Oct 2026

New signaling pathway enhances blood stem cell transplantation outcomes

Gene therapies are used to treat many different blood disorders. However, blood stem cells often fail to achieve their full potential after transplantation.

9 Oct 2026

Cutting sugary drinks helps reduce childhood obesity, study finds

While the adult obesity rate appears to be slowing in the United States, childhood obesity remains historically high, affecting nearly 1 in 5 school-aged children.

9 Oct 2026

Cyberbullying acts as an extension of in-person school violence

A new study of 4,200 adolescents revealed that cyberbullying rarely occurs in isolation; it almost always functions as an extension of physical and verbal aggression already present in the school environment.

9 Oct 2026

Masked high blood pressure linked to higher risk of falls in older adults

Masked high blood pressure in adults older than age 78 is associated with a 70% higher risk of falls compared to high blood pressure readings in the office and at home among peers, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2026.

9 Oct 2026

Global wildfire incidents declined during pandemic lockdowns, study finds

When the COVID-19 pandemic brought human activity to a standstill around the world in the first half of 2020, wildfire incidents also declined by more than 12%.

9 Oct 2026

New immune aging map helps decode future chronic disease risks

While birthday candles measure the number of years someone has lived, they don't always tell the full story about someone's health.

9 Oct 2026

Late-night snacking may affect liver health

New research led by Oregon Health & Science University suggests you should think twice about indulging in a late-night snack if you'd like to preserve liver health.

9 Oct 2026

Study explains why autism is more common in boys

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions have identified new genetic candidates that help explain why autism is diagnosed about four times more often in boys than in girls.

9 Oct 2026

New wristwatch sensor monitors sweat electrolytes in real time

Sweat can serve as a real-time source of information about the body's current state. For example, wearable sensors designed to measure sodium and potassium in sweat could provide biochemical information relevant to physiological monitoring.

9 Oct 2026

Sutter Health care model safely expands local Alzheimer's treatment

A multidisciplinary care model developed across Sutter Health helped general neurologists address a practical challenge facing health systems nationwide: how to safely offer newer Alzheimer's disease treatments in community settings to more patients.

9 Oct 2026

Maternal cleaning habits during pregnancy reduce child developmental concerns

House dust can contain chemical and biological components, including phthalates, flame retardants, allergens, endotoxins, and microorganisms.

9 Oct 2026

Polymeric nanomedicine strategies improve solid tumor immunotherapy outcomes

Solid tumors are not merely collections of malignant cells but complex ecosystems comprising tumor cells, stromal cells, and the extracellular matrix (ECM).

9 Oct 2026

Marketing tactics used by pharma companies influence physician prescribing habits

A new Cochrane review led by a team of international researchers including from U of T, has found that marketing strategies used by pharmaceutical companies such as payments for consulting and advisory board membership and free meals offered to physicians, can negatively influence prescribing habits.

9 Oct 2026

FDA approves atezolizumab combination for stage III colon cancer with deficient DNA mismatch repair

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (Alliance) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in combination with fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin chemotherapy, for the adjuvant treatment of patients with stage III colon cancer with deficient deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) mismatch repair (dMMR).

9 Oct 2026

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Healthcare sustainability data can identify emissions hotspots and improve operational decision-making across healthcare and life sciences.

From Nocomed 9 Oct 2026

Bonn researchers successfully rejuvenate human cells in a test tube

Researchers from the University Hospital of Bonn and the University of Bonn have succeeded in dramatically rejuvenating human cells in a test tube.

9 Oct 2026

Study explains why cancer immunity declines faster in males

Lutz Menzel, PhD, formerly of the Department of Radiation Oncology within the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, and Tim Padera, PhD, currently of the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Nature Aging, "Lymph node contraction links sex-biased naive CD8 T cell decline to compromised antigen recognition during middle age."

9 Oct 2026

Early-onset Alzheimer's patients accumulate symptoms years before diagnosis

People who develop Alzheimer's disease before the age of 65 experience a growing range of health problems and increasing use of healthcare services years before diagnosis.

9 Oct 2026

Lynch syndrome patients rarely use aspirin for cancer prevention

According to international studies, taking Acetylsalicylic acid daily can protect people with Lynch syndrome from developing colorectal cancer - even at low doses. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, and the Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Bonn, in collaboration with the self-help organization SemiColon, have now found that these scientific findings have so far been insufficiently incorporated into clinical practice.

9 Oct 2026