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Schools Are Finding That Bike Rides Can Help Kids Settle and Focus

A Reasons to be Cheerful report shows how school-day cycling programs can support attention, confidence and calmer classrooms.

May 23, 2026 · health · education

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Colon Cancer Breakthrough: Immunotherapy Before Surgery Keeps Patients Cancer-Free for Nearly 3 Years

A UK-led clinical trial found that just nine weeks of immunotherapy before surgery left colorectal cancer patients with zero relapses after nearl…

May 6, 2026 · health · cancer

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Simple Amino Acid Supplement Dramatically Reduces Alzheimer's Damage in New Study

Researchers found that arginine — a cheap, widely available amino acid — can reduce toxic amyloid protein buildup in the brain, improve behaviour…

May 6, 2026 · health · alzheimers

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FDA Fast-Tracks 3 Psychedelic Drugs to Treat Depression and PTSD in Historic Move

The FDA has awarded priority review vouchers to three psychedelic drug programmes — including psilocybin for depression and methylone for PTSD — …

May 5, 2026 · health · mental health

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Being More Optimistic Could Lower Your Dementia Risk by 15%, Major Harvard Study Finds

A landmark study tracking over 9,000 people for 14 years has found that higher optimism is linked to a significantly lower risk of developing dem…

May 5, 2026 · health · science

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Pioneering Stem Cell Treatment for Spina Bifida Shows Remarkable Results in Lancet Trial

A groundbreaking treatment using stem cells from a mother's own placenta to repair her baby's spine in the womb has shown extraordinary results, …

April 14, 2026 · health · science

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Breakthrough Anti-Aging Drug Restores Knee Cartilage, Reducing Need for Replacements

In a major medical breakthrough from January 2026, scientists have developed a new anti-aging drug that successfully regrows knee cartilage in pr…

April 9, 2026 · health · anti-aging

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New Spray Powder Quickly Heals Life-Threatening Wounds, Bringing Hope in Crisis

Reported in February 2026, a revolutionary new spray powder has been developed that rapidly seals and heals life-threatening wounds. This breakth…

April 9, 2026 · health · medical breakthrough

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Scientists Have Reprogrammed Cancer-Fighting Cells Inside the Living Body — And Wiped Out Leukemia in Mice

UCSF researchers published a breakthrough in Nature on March 18, 2026: a single injection that reprograms T cells into cancer-killing CAR-T cells…

March 22, 2026 · CAR-T · cancer

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Ozempic Just Got Another Surprise Benefit — A Study of 95,000 People Found It Cuts Depression Risk by 44%

A landmark study of nearly 95,000 people published in The Lancet Psychiatry on March 18, 2026 found that semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) was associa…

March 22, 2026 · semaglutide · Ozempic

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The World's First Oral Targeted Pill for Psoriasis Just Got FDA Approved — And 70% of Patients Cleared Their Skin

The FDA approved Icotyde (icotrokinra) on March 18, 2026 — the first-ever oral targeted peptide that precisely blocks the IL-23 receptor. In Phas…

March 22, 2026 · psoriasis · FDA approval

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A Higher-Dose Wegovy Just Got FDA Approved — And It Achieves 20.7% Average Weight Loss

The FDA approved Wegovy HD (semaglutide 7.2mg) on March 19, 2026. In the STEP UP trial, participants with obesity lost an average of 20.7% of the…

March 22, 2026 · Wegovy · semaglutide

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Scientists Found a 'Good' Bacteria That May Prevent Long COVID — and It Could Become a Nasal Spray

A study in Microbiology Spectrum (March 2026) by UCLouvain scientists found that higher levels of Dolosigranulum pigrum — a beneficial nasal bact…

March 22, 2026 · Long COVID · bacteria

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Scientists Found a Weight-Loss Molecule in Python Blood — and It Works Like Ozempic Without the Side Effects

Researchers from Stanford, Colorado, and Baylor discovered that Burmese pythons produce a molecule called pTOS that surges 1,000-fold after a big…

March 21, 2026 · weight loss · obesity

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A Daily Pill Just Cut 'Bad' Cholesterol by 60% in a Phase 3 Trial — Without Injections

Merck's new oral PCSK9 inhibitor enlicitide reduced LDL cholesterol by nearly 60% in a 2,900-person trial — matching the power of injectable ther…

March 21, 2026 · cholesterol · heart disease

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A 23-Year-Old in Louisiana Has Been 'Cured' of Sickle Cell Disease. He's the First in His State.

Marcus Johnson, 23, became the first person in Louisiana to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease in March 2026. His doctors say the treat…

March 21, 2026 · sickle cell disease · gene therapy

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One Blood Draw Can Now Screen for Over 50 Cancers at Once — Including the Ones That Kill the Most

Exact Sciences' Cancerguard multi-cancer early detection test — launched in late 2025 — screens for signals from more than 50 cancer types, inclu…

March 21, 2026 · cancer detection · blood test

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A Cheaper, Simpler Gene-Editing Cure for Sickle Cell Disease Is Now Entering Trials in Africa

A nonviral gene-editing approach for sickle cell disease — simpler and cheaper than the $2M Western treatments — is entering clinical trials at h…

March 21, 2026