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Aug 2026
Continuous glucose monitors show no proven benefits for healthy people
Continuous glucose monitors are becoming increasingly popular, including among people without diabetes.
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Aug 2026
Food may taste different on GLP-1 drugs, but taste may not be the reason
The review suggests that patient-reported “taste changes” during GLP-1RA treatment may reflect reduced food enjoyment and motivation rather than consistent impairment of basic taste. The authors propose a sensory-liking-wanting framework while emphasizing that current human evidence remains heterogeneous and largely indirect.
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Aug 2026
Sino Biological launches precisely characterized full-length p-Tau217 protein to advance next-generation Alzheimer’s Biomarker assay development
Sino Biological Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of its Recombinant Human p-Tau217 Protein (Cat. No. T08-50SN), a full-length, tag-free Tau reagent developed to support Alzheimer’s disease biomarker assay development, antibody evaluation, and Tau biology research.
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Aug 2026
Airplane wastewater pilot shows how airports could track pathogens across borders
Researchers showed that airplane wastewater from a shared US-UK transatlantic route could be collected and analyzed to detect respiratory and enteric pathogen genetic material. The pilot also captured SARS-CoV-2 lineage patterns, including earlier detection of XEC on UK-origin flights, while showing the need for harmonized assays and broader sampling.
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Aug 2026
Study links lower vitamin D to mood and cognitive health in adults over 85 with diabetes
Researchers studying 188 adults aged 85 years or older with type 2 diabetes found the lowest serum 25(OH)D concentrations among those with both depressive symptoms and mild cognitive impairment. Lower levels remained associated with having both conditions after adjustment for selected factors, but the cross-sectional study cannot establish causation or a benefit from supplementation.
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Aug 2026
Daily social connections may improve long-term health and cognition
Calling a friend after a long day. Showing up to a neighbor's dinner when you'd rather stay home. Lingering a little longer in a conversation that didn't need to last.
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Aug 2026
Child-friendly lung test identifies subtle abnormalities before stem cell transplant
As spirometry requires coordinated deep breathing and can be challenging for children to perform, researchers from the USA, as part of the TRANSPIRE study investigating lung complications in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), explored the potential of oscillometry, a simple and child-friendly lung function test.
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Aug 2026
Complete medaka genome sequence reveals repetitive DNA with biological significance
Researchers sequenced the genomes of three medakas, or Japanese rice fish, which are a common model organism used for biological research, nearly 10 and 20 years ago.
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Aug 2026
AI-driven optimization speeds large-scale vaccine distribution planning
Optimization models do an excellent job of ensuring products get where they are needed in the most efficient way possible, but those models require an impractical amount of computing power when dealing with large-scale problems – such as distributing vaccines to millions of people.
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Aug 2026
Review explores mechanisms driving cardiovascular aging and disease risk
Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Aging is an inevitable biological process marked by progressive functional decline and elevated risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).
