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High-Efficiency HEPA Filters Aim to Prevent Winter Respiratory Infections in Care Homes
Winter respiratory infections remain a major threat to older adults living in care homes, prompting renewed interest in engineering-based infection...
Forces of Push and Pull Shape How Blood Flows Through Vessels
Blood vessels must form in a way that is both precise and reliable, so that oxygen and nutrients can reach...
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mortality Causes for Clear Cell Renal Cancer
A new study highlights how race and ethnicity can shape not just cancer risk, but the specific medical reasons behind...
In-House 24-Hour Call Shifts Outdated in Modern Workplaces
Hospitals have long relied on the 24-hour “in-house call”—a familiar feature of modern medical staffing in which physicians remain on-site...
Study Evaluates Interrater Reliability of the Bayley-4 in Multidisciplinary Teams
A new study is shaking up how clinicians and researchers judge early childhood development tests by showing that results from...
Alcohol Intervention Proves Successful in Humanitarian Aid Setting
A new randomized trial offers some of the strongest evidence yet that structured alcohol-reduction care can work in humanitarian settings...
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...
Enzyme discovery may help clear deadly zombie cells from human tissues
LA JOLLA (July 24, 2026)—As populations age worldwide, the key challenge is not just living longer but staying healthy longer....
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...
Educating Children to Combat Stigma Linked to Long COVID
A new study in Pediatric Research highlights how long COVID can leave more than physical symptoms in its wake—particularly for...
Milk’s Nutritional Profile Changes With Production Methods and Seasons
When you buy milk, the nutrition profile may shift with both labeling and season. A year-long study presented at NUTRITION...
Mechanoresistant cancer cells reveal survival strategies in high-stress environments
Cancer cells that metastasize must endure a threat most cells cannot tolerate: repeated, high mechanical forces as they circulate through...
Scientists Reshape Molecules Internally to Build New Chiral Nanocarbons
Nanocarbons are poised to become the quiet workhorses of next-generation materials, from gas storage to ultra-low-power electronics. Yet for years,...
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...
AI and robotics speed search for improved gut microbiome therapies
Duke University biomedical engineers have introduced a systematic way to design probiotic–prebiotic formulations that are more reliable for supporting gut...
Renowned expert leads University of Maryland program for sickle cell disease
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has appointed Enrico M. Novelli, MD, MS, as Director of the UMSOM Program...