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A Reasons to be Cheerful report shows how school-day cycling programs can support attention, confidence and calmer classrooms.
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A UK-led clinical trial found that just nine weeks of immunotherapy before surgery left colorectal cancer patients with zero relapses after nearly three years — dramatically outperforming standard chemotherapy.
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Researchers found that arginine — a cheap, widely available amino acid — can reduce toxic amyloid protein buildup in the brain, improve behaviour, and lower brain inflammation in Alzheimer's models.
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Atirmociclib, a next-generation CDK4 inhibitor, significantly improved progression-free survival in hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast c…
March 21, 2026
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye and Ear have identified a JAK inhibitor compound that prevents cochlear inflammation …
March 21, 2026 · hearing loss · age-related
A major study of over 246,000 adults with heart disease has found that those who received the shingles vaccine had a 46% lower rate of major card…
March 21, 2026 · shingles vaccine · heart attackStanford researchers have developed Merlin, an AI foundation model trained on over 15,000 abdominal CT scans that can predict the onset of chroni…
March 20, 2026 · AI · CT scan
A randomised clinical trial published in The Lancet found that sulthiame, a repurposed epilepsy drug, reduced breathing interruptions in sleep ap…
March 20, 2026 · sleep apnea · sulthiame
In one of the most promising Parkinson's disease trial results ever presented, eight patients treated with sasineprocel — a personalised stem cel…
March 20, 2026 · Parkinson's disease · stem cell therapy
For decades, tens of thousands of HIV patients resistant to modern treatments have been left behind — taking 10+ pills a day with difficult side …
March 3, 2026ThinkRare, an AI developed at Ottawa's CHEO hospital, silently scans children's medical records in real time and flags those who may have undiagn…
March 3, 2026Researchers at MUSC have secured $1 million to develop a revolutionary therapy: lab-grown insulin cells protected by engineered immune 'bodyguard…
March 3, 2026Researchers at the University of Liège have identified a single genetic regulator — called MafB — that guides the body's immune 'cleaning crew' t…
March 1, 2026Cutting two amino acids common in animal protein — methionine and cysteine — made mice burn significantly more energy through thermogenesis, near…
February 28, 2026A landmark randomized controlled trial in Singapore proved that releasing mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia bacteria cut the insect population by 77%…
February 23, 2026Kenyatta National Hospital has made history by performing Kenya's first balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty on a premature newborn with a life-threat…
February 24, 2026Baby Hugo has become the first child in Britain born using a womb transplanted from a deceased donor — a groundbreaking moment offering hope to t…
February 24, 2026Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and RIKEN have identified two brain receptors that boost the brain's own ability to clear amyloid beta, pote…
February 17, 2026After a decade of research, scientists from Canada and China have created a kidney that can theoretically be accepted by any patient — a breakthr…
February 6, 2026Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an experimental nasal spray vaccine that shields against a broad range of respiratory viruses, bacte…
February 22, 2026Scientists discover that Polygonum multiflorum, a centuries-old Chinese medicinal root, shows remarkable promise for treating common hair loss by…
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