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Clinical trial data shows preserved beta-cell function key to new paradigms in diabetes care

Rss Feed - Tue, 06/16/2026 - 01:18
Critical Path Institute® (C-Path), through its Type 1 Diabetes Consortium, today reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the regulatory-science and evidence infrastructure needed to enable the next phase of therapeutic innovation across multiple stages of type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Gut bacteria may help explain why fatigue appears before illness

Rss Feed - Tue, 06/16/2026 - 01:05
A small study of healthy Japanese adults found that fatigue was associated with distinct gut microbiome, microbial gene, and fecal metabolite patterns. The findings suggest fatigue may track with altered microbial energy metabolism and oxidative stress-related functional potential, but larger longitudinal studies are needed to test causality and clinical value.

Lab-grown cell models reveal urate triggers vital renal water channels

Rss Feed - Tue, 06/16/2026 - 01:04
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a previously unrecognized way the kidneys regulate water balance - an advance that could lead to improved treatments for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and other disorders. The study, led by Fouad Chebib, M.D., a nephrologist at Mayo Clinic, is published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Prevention proves cheaper than treatment for Li-Fraumeni syndrome

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 23:05
Screening people with the rare, inherited cancer-causing condition Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) brings both medical and economic benefits to patients and healthcare systems, according to research to be presented to the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Tuesday).

Social comparisons may undermine happiness and life satisfaction

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 23:02
New research is shedding light on how comparing ourselves to others affects happiness and life satisfaction.

Secondhand smoke exposure linked to higher blood cadmium levels

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 23:00
A new study finds that adults who simply breathe in secondhand cigarette smoke have about 1.5 times more of the toxin cadmium in their blood than people in smoke-free environments.

Family genetics study reveals clues to longer healthspan

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 22:58
Understanding why some people stay healthy without developing disease until late in life (have an increased healthspan), whereas others become infirm at a much younger age has important implications for the health of today's ageing population.

Researchers urge caution over large-scale newborn genome screening

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 22:57
New research from large population studies provides invaluable evidence on genome screening of newborn babies to reduce risks from overdiagnosis.

Study identifies genetic marker associated with severe IBD

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 22:54
In the largest genetic study of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) traits to date, researchers have identified a genetic marker that is associated with more severe ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease – the major forms of IBD.

Migraine affects driving more often than clinicians may realize

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 22:51
A multicenter study of 1,333 active drivers with migraine found that 70.6% had experienced headache while driving, with headaches occurring during about 13% of driving sessions. The findings suggest that migraine-related symptoms may impair attention, increase sensitivity to road conditions, and contribute indirectly to driving cessation and accident risk.

Tiny genetic change influences coronavirus spillover into humans

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 22:49
Most pandemics start when a pathogen spreads from animals to humans. It's a leading explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic: the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is a cousin to coronaviruses that live in bats.

Persistent anxiety and depression may delay emotional maturity into midlife

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 21:53
A long-running Australian cohort study found that personality traits generally matured from early to middle adulthood, with agreeableness and conscientiousness rising and extraversion, openness, and neuroticism declining. People with persistent common mental disorders showed the clearest decline in neuroticism by midlife, but they still had higher emotional instability than peers without persistent mental health difficulties.

Social media overuse is linked to more self-reported memory problems in young adults

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 21:30
Problematic social media use was associated with more frequent self-reported everyday memory failures in 943 Spanish young adults aged 18 to 35. Everyday memory failures statistically accounted for much of the link between problematic social media use and both prospective and retrospective memory lapses.

NHS dental costs will hit £5.3 billion as older adults carry the burden

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 20:52
A UK cost-of-illness projection estimates that direct NHS dental treatment costs for adult caries and periodontal disease will rise by 20%, from £4.42 billion in 2020 to £5.30 billion by 2050. The burden shifts strongly toward older adults and severe disease, supporting prevention and earlier intervention as NHS dental planning priorities.

Dr. Dan Landau receives Lotus Award for ovarian cancer research

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 14:48
Dr. Dan Landau, the Bibliowicz Family Professor of Medicine, and a member of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center and the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a Lotus Award from the Pershing Square Foundation for research aimed at uncovering new immunotherapy targets in ovarian cancer.

GLP-1s may improve testosterone levels and sperm quality in men with obesity

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 14:45
GLP‑1s do not harm male hormones or fertility after long-term use, according to a study being presented Monday at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

Gut microbes control liver genes by flipping DNA switches

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 14:42
A local research study led by scientists from the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) has uncovered how the gut microbiome can influence gene activity in the liver by acting on short stretches of regulatory DNA that function like molecular "switches".

Bilingual speakers use identical brain systems for both languages

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 14:27
In a new JNeurosci paper, Xuanyi Chen and Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, from New York University, explored whether Spanish–English speakers use the same or different brain mechanisms to speak each language.

Just ten viral particles can infect cows with bird flu

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 14:22
Just 10 viral particles of the H5N1 bird flu that caused hundreds of influenza outbreaks in U.S. dairy cattle can cause infection in cows, a new study shows.

Global study links rising obesity to premature heart disease deaths

Rss Feed - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 14:07
Researchers are warning that obesity is reshaping the global cardiovascular disease crisis, as trend data covering 204 countries reveal that heart disease now peaks in people aged 50-54 rather than the elderly and increasingly in South Asia, where rates have grown more than three times faster than global averages, according to a study being presented Monday at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.

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