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Oct 2026
Light-activated experimental opioid eliminates dangerous side effects
Opioid painkillers are some of the strongest analgesic medicines, but they are also the riskiest owing to a range of side effects, including addiction.
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Oct 2026
Scientists expand global climate scenarios to include public health
About a decade ago, a group of climate scientists described five scenarios for the future. Called the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), these scenarios suggest how socioeconomic development could evolve in worlds with differing challenges to climate adaptation and mitigation.
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Oct 2026
Parents invent home safety fixes for medically complex children
Approximately 1 in 20 U.S. children younger than 18 years of age are medically complex, meaning they have multiorgan system conditions like cerebral palsy and depend on implanted tube-related medical technology.
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Oct 2026
Targeting the STING pathway could help prevent osteoporosis
As we age, our bones become weak and brittle, a process called osteoporosis. This bone loss is caused by changes in the cells within the bone marrow microenvironment, such as elevated fat and inflammation-promoting immune cells.
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Oct 2026
Vegan honey could match powerful antimicrobial properties of mānuka
Vegan honey alternatives could be engineered to have similar antimicrobial properties to prized mānuka honey from New Zealand, according to research at Aston University.
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Oct 2026
Heart failure alters bone marrow to promote harmful inflammation
Heart failure (HF) alters the bone marrow (BM), reducing protective cells that regulate inflammation, reports a study conducted at Science Tokyo.
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Oct 2026
Poll: Most older adults rush Medicare choices despite major policy changes
It's one of the biggest decisions they might make all year, affecting their wallets and their healthcare for the full year to come.
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Oct 2026
A protective brain enzyme may counteract aging-associated cognitive decline
Cinzia Vicidomini, PhD, and Amar Sahay, PhD, of the Mass General Brigham Department of Psychiatry, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Nature Neuroscience, "An aging-sensitive secreted phospholipase confers neuroprotection and cognitive resilience."
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Oct 2026
Researchers identify molecular pathway that improves ultrasound-based bone defect healing
Researchers from Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, have identified a CaN/NFATC3/Id3/E2A/Bmp4 signaling pathway that helps explain how low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) promotes bone regeneration.
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Oct 2026
New AI project models human behavior to track epidemic spread
A consortium led by the University de Zaragoza, with the participation of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has been selected in the 2026 Health Research Call by the "la Caixa" Foundation—one of the most competitive biomedical research funding calls in Spain and Portugal.
