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Teen smoking risks vary between disadvantaged rural and urban communities

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 06:11
Teens in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to smoke, but it depends on whether they live in rural or urban areas.

Icing injuries may delay healing and prolong pain recovery

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 06:00
Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new research suggests.

Selective eating in autism linked to inflammatory gut bacteria

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 05:38
Eating habits shape gut bacteria in children with autism, with potential dietary interventions offering hope for improving gut health and inflammation.

Endometriosis increases risk of some birth defects in infants

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 04:45
Research indicates women with endometriosis may face a higher risk of congenital anomalies in infants, emphasizing the need for further investigation.

Study challenges structural explanation for gut symptoms in hEDS patients

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 03:32
A study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that persistent and distressing upper gut symptoms experienced by people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), are not due to structural problems with the gullet (esophagus), as previously assumed.

Disrupted circadian rhythms may accelerate dementia-related brain inflammation

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 02:44
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias impact approximately 55 million people worldwide, including 7.2 million cases in the United States alone.

Combined workouts and HIIT significantly lower daily blood pressure

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 02:18
Aerobic and resistance training combined, and high intensity interval training (HIIT), are associated with significant reductions in blood pressure over 24 hours, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence for several different types of structured exercise, and published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

New compound shows promise as single-dose malaria treatment

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 02:00
A Portland State University-led research team has developed a novel chemical compound that shows promise for the treatment and prevention of malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases.

Worms help researchers tackle rare childhood genetic disease

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 01:53
A new worm model developed by Brown University researchers could play a key role in treating a rare genetic disease that causes paralysis in children and worsens with age.

Missing dementia patients face serious harm risks, study finds

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 01:50
One in 10 times that a person with dementia goes missing results in serious harm, finds a new UCL-led analysis of police data on missing people incidents involving older adults in the UK.

Global effort redefines the most common hormonal disorder in women

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 01:19
A global effort led by Monash University has changed the name of a significant women's health condition that was misunderstood to be 'all about ovarian cysts'.

Tracking the aging process across tens of millions of individual cells

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 01:08
While much is mysterious about the aging process, change over time remains its cornerstone. The biological shifts that accompany aging seemingly occur in many cells in the body.

Researchers find new way to deliver drugs directly into cancer cells

Wed, 05/13/2026 - 01:01
National University of Singapore Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a high-throughput method to identify gold nanoparticles capable of delivering therapies directly to mitochondria (the energy centres inside cancer cells).

Antibodies targeting GPNMB may slow Parkinson's disease progression

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 22:51
Monoclonal antibodies can block a key immune‑related protein that drives the spread of brain cell damage in Parkinson's disease (PD).

Intensive caregiving may accelerate cognitive decline

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 22:46
Onerous caring responsibilities reduce brain function for people aged 50 and over, whereas light caring duties can actually be beneficial to middle-aged and older people's mental abilities, a new UCL study finds.

Maternal workplace exposures may increase autism risk in children

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 22:39
Mothers who work in jobs where they are frequently exposed to toxic chemicals or experience high stress have higher odds of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), suggest the findings of original research published online in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

Cannabis and tobacco co-use may increase psychosis risk

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 22:35
A new multisite study published in Nature Mental Health found that using cannabis and tobacco together increases the risk of developing psychotic disorders like schizophrenia among those considered high risk.

Timing of trauma strongly influences adult brain function and behavior

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 21:53
A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that traumatic experiences occurring at specific stages of life - particularly from childhood through the early years following adolescence - have persistent effects on brain development and adult behavior.

Implantable cytokine factories show promise against advanced ovarian cancer

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 21:49
Implantable cytokine factories designed to deliver immunotherapy directly at the site of disease have taken an important step toward clinical reality.

Researchers uncover nuclear organization mechanism linked to Friedreich's ataxia

Tue, 05/12/2026 - 21:41
Researchers have uncovered a fundamental rule that governs how genes are physically arranged inside the cell nucleus, and how disruptions to that organization can contribute to human disease.

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