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AI turns everyday smartphone use into passive heart-rate tracking

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 20:54
Researchers developed Passive Heart-Rate Monitoring, a deep-learning smartphone system that estimates heart rate and daily resting heart rate from eight-second facial videos captured during normal phone use. Validated on more than 160,000 videos, the system met accuracy targets across skin-tone groups, although usable measurement rates were lower in the darkest skin-tone group and clinical use still requires further testing.

Existing drug mitigates muscle loss from GLP-1 medications

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 15:37
Millions of Americans are currently taking GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic or Wegovy for weight loss.

New funding supports cutting-edge research to combat cancers across South Texas

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 15:28
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) and its academic health center, UT Health San Antonio, recently received over $2.7 million in new academic and prevention awards from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to further its mission of combating cancers across South Texas.

Modified stem cell therapy reverses new-onset Type 1 diabetes in mice

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 15:09
A group of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has recently developed a new stem cell therapy with a remarkable ability to reverse new-onset Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in a mouse model of the disease.

Five-minute session of proximal intercessory prayer eases primary care pain and anxiety

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 14:58
A randomized controlled trial conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has found that a five-minute session of proximal intercessory prayer (PIP) - in-person prayer offered by a trained volunteer - significantly reduced pain and anxiety in primary care patients compared to a music control group.

Study finds serious blood-related side effects associated with antibody-drug conjugates

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 14:52
A major real-world study by University of California, Irvine pharmacy researchers has found serious blood-related side effects associated with antibody-drug conjugates, an increasingly important class of targeted cancer therapies.

Machine learning tool predicts financial toxicity for cancer patients

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 14:12
Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have developed a machine learning tool to identify cancer patients who may be at high risk for financial toxicity – the financial stress and hardship that can accompany a cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Microenvironmental CTHRC1 protein promotes colorectal cancer tumor growth

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 14:06
A new research paper was published in Volume 17 of Oncotarget on May 20, 2026, titled "Microenvironmental CTHRC1 has a pro-tumorigenic role in colorectal cancer."

Novel theranostic approach targets aggressive neuroendocrine prostate cancer

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 14:03
A novel theranostic approach that targets RET -- a newly identified biomarker for neuroendocrine prostate cancer enables high-contrast PET imaging and effective, safe treatment for this highly aggressive malignancy.

Allen Institute launches global research initiative to accelerate new treatments for brain disorders

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 13:48
The Allen Institute, together with partner organizations, today launched the Brain Health accelerator: an ambitious global research initiative seeking to identify the specific brain cells and circuits affected in neurodegenerative disease and other brain disorders and use that knowledge to accelerate the development of new treatments.

Falling fentanyl deaths drive historic drop in American drug overdoses

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 13:39
Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that U.S. overdose death rates declined dramatically between 2023 and 2024, marking the first recorded drop in all four waves of the nation's overdose crisis.

Cross-reactive T cells target measles and dangerous Nipah viruses

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 13:31
T cells are some of the immune system's most important warriors. They can stop tumor growth and even fight off severe infections.

Cannabis and tobacco co-use lowers cognitive performance in at-risk youth

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 13:18
New research shows that among people at clinical high risk for psychosis, cannabis and tobacco co-use was associated with lower cognitive performance compared to healthy controls.

GLP-1 medications linked to lower breast cancer risk in women

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 13:04
A retrospective analysis of more than 110,000 women between the ages of 45 and 80 found that those who took GLP-1 medications were about 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not take GLP-1 medications, according to research presented today at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (Abstract 10506) by Elizabeth McDonald, MD, PhD, a professor of Radiology in the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and a practicing breast radiologist at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center.

New discovery provides insights into how seasonal influenza viruses infect people

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 12:57
Scientists investigating how influenza viruses replicate within cells "accidentally" discovered that different flu viruses use distinct strategies to infiltrate cells in the first place.

Stem cell transplantation is the most cost-effective sickle cell treatment

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 12:49
Stem cell transplantation is the most cost-effective option for long-term care of sickle cell disease in adults when compared with gene therapy and standard of care treatment, according to new research published in Blood.

Heart failure therapy referrals vary widely across the United Kingdom

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 12:39
Substantial variations in referrals for advanced heart failure therapies are apparent across the UK and Ireland, with no obvious link to geographical location or social deprivation to explain the findings, reveals the first national audit of its kind, published online in the open access journal Open Heart.

Stricter legislation does not decrease youth psychiatric care coercion

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 12:32
Coercive measures are used recurrently in inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric care but vary greatly between services and countries, according to a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet.

How dysregulated collagen IV homeostasis causes cerebral microbleeds

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 12:28
Millions of older adults have tiny brain hemorrhages called cerebral microbleeds, which are strongly associated with dementia, cognitive decline, and stroke.

New reference models track lifespan changes in brain wiring

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 12:14
Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have created one of the largest reference models ever developed for the human brain, using diffusion MRI scans from more than 54,000 people to chart how the brain's communication pathways develop, mature, and decline across the lifespan.

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