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Oct 2026
Longitudinal study tracks how trans young people navigate social transition
Social transition for trans young people is an evolving process involving changes in names, pronouns and appearance, according to new research.
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Oct 2026
Most frail breast cancer survivors lack Medicare home care
For the increasing number of women that survive breast cancer, many older, long-term survivors remain frail. A new study out today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that in a given year over half of these highly frail survivors had no Medicare home health care.
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Oct 2026
Experts weigh risks of using gene therapies for common diseases
Gene therapy is no longer the future of medicine - it's reality. Treatments that replace, silence or edit genes are already changing clinical care.
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Oct 2026
Liquid biopsy reliably detects early-stage lung cancer recurrence risk
Despite advances in early-stage lung cancer treatment, a significant number of patients experience disease recurrence after surgery or initial therapy.
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Oct 2026
Vaccination does not alter post-COVID smell and taste loss
Researchers examining whether COVID-19 vaccination affects persistent smell or taste problems after contracting the virus have found that, in most cases, it does not.
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Oct 2026
Restless legs syndrome triples the risk of perinatal depression in pregnant women
New research found a higher risk of perinatal depression in pregnant women with restless legs syndrome.
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Oct 2026
Deep learning model automates right ventricular assessment from echocardiograms
Mostafa Al-Alusi, MD, MS, and Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, of the Mass General Brigham Heart and Vascular Institute, are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, "Deep Learning-Enabled Assessment of Right Ventricular Size and Function is Associated with Cardiovascular Outcomes."
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Oct 2026
Simple medical card game reduces preoperative anxiety in children
Preoperative anxiety affects about 60% of children and is linked with poorer cooperation at anesthesia induction, greater postoperative pain, and maladaptive behavioral changes.
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Oct 2026
Naturally occurring blood molecule linked to lower Alzheimer's risk
Researchers developed a drug for Alzheimer's disease, and then discovered that the molecule already exists in human blood, and is found in lower levels in cognitively impaired people.
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Oct 2026
Study links abnormal immature astroglia to lower fluid intelligence in older epilepsy patients
A new USC-led study links abnormal immature astroglia, star-shaped cells that support brain function, to lower fluid intelligence, or the ability to solve new problems, in older adults with epilepsy.
