Health
Genes Influence Diet Choices and Metabolic Health, New Research Suggests
National Harbor, Md. (July 27, 2026) — Some people seem naturally drawn to sweets and fatty foods, while others can...
Grant Funds Brain Imaging Research to Improve Post-Stroke Bladder Treatments
Stroke-related urinary incontinence affects more than a third of survivors and often goes untreated at its neurological source. A new...
Study finds how sleep strengthens memory, and epilepsy disrupts the process
Baltimore, July 27, 2026 — A new human study from researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine...
Study Warns of Hidden Sleep Crisis Among Workers Over 50
Sleep problems may be far more widespread among mid-to-later life workers than clinicians and policymakers assumed, according to a year-long...
Survey Reveals Gaps in Fungal Diagnostics and Antifungal Access in Latin America
A multinational survey spanning Latin America and the Caribbean has spotlighted a persistent bottleneck in the region’s fight against invasive...
Legal obligations in perinatal care may harm patients in medical partnerships
Perinatal care has traditionally focused on symptoms, screenings, and maternal–infant outcomes—but a growing body of work is now highlighting a...
Largest study finds genetic risk factors linked to fibromyalgia
A genetic deep-dive into fibromyalgia—now published in Nature Medicine—has uncovered risk factors in the largest dataset of its kind. The...
Family Medicine Journal Tip Sheet Highlights July/August 2026 Updates
A July/August 2026 research roundup from The Annals of Family Medicine spotlights how practical design choices in primary care can...
OmniAge maps aging biomarkers, linking mitotic clocks to clonal hematopoiesis
A new study in Nature Communications reports an ambitious “OmniAge” compendium that maps aging-associated biomarkers across multiple omic layers and...
Standardized referral process boosts early intervention enrollment for opioid-exposed infants
Viral Science News A new single-center study highlights how a tightly standardized referral workflow can boost early intervention enrollment for...
Taiwan Study Uses Cluster Analysis to Profile Elderly Emergency Patients
A new analysis of emergency department care in Taiwan is putting a spotlight on how frail, elderly patients actually differ...
Hepatitis Day 2026: Europe’s progress stalls as prevention gaps block targets
While Europe has steadily improved hepatitis B and C prevention, new analyses from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and...
Molecular Profiling and Rare Cancer Treatment Access Expand across Europe
A new European study reports how molecular profiling is reshaping access to therapies for rare cancers—conditions where the number of...
Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping Duration Linked to Phototherapy Days in Preterm Infants
A team investigating preterm birth has turned to a simple, controllable delivery-room variable: how long clinicians delay clamping the umbilical...
3D-Printable Materials Heal Bodies, Enable Better Robots, Recover Critical Minerals
A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has created a new 3D-printable material that behaves like...
Brown Bullhead Catfish Cancer Reveals Novel Transmissible Melanoma
Brown bullhead catfish melanoma in Lake Memphremagog is a single clonal cancer lineage that appears to spread between individuals, according...
Clonal Division Memory in Humans Splits Between Healthy Blood Formation and AML
A new study published in Nature Communications reports that the history of how human blood cells divide leaves behind a...
Family Medicine Residency Directors Say Programs Do Not Assess Self-Directed Learning Directly
Family physicians are expected to keep learning throughout their careers, yet a new survey suggests that residency training may not...
Echocardiography Markers After Deferred Cord Clamping With Varying Oxygen Levels
Deferred cord clamping (DCC) has long been viewed as a gentler bridge for babies transitioning from the womb to independent...
Blood Tests Detect Alzheimer’s in People With Down Syndrome, Study Finds
New blood tests are beginning to reshape Alzheimer’s diagnostics by detecting molecular changes linked to the disease years earlier than...