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May 2026
Icing injuries may delay healing and prolong pain recovery
Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new research suggests.
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May 2026
AI models predict sudden cardiac arrest risk using health records
Researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that can scrutinize electronic health records (EHR) and electrocardiograms to identify individuals in the general population at elevated risk for sudden cardiac arrest - a condition that causes more than 400,000 U.S. deaths annually and has a survival rate of only 10%.
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May 2026
Selective eating in autism linked to inflammatory gut bacteria
Eating habits shape gut bacteria in children with autism, with potential dietary interventions offering hope for improving gut health and inflammation.
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May 2026
Endometriosis increases risk of some birth defects in infants
Research indicates women with endometriosis may face a higher risk of congenital anomalies in infants, emphasizing the need for further investigation.
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May 2026
Study challenges structural explanation for gut symptoms in hEDS patients
A study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that persistent and distressing upper gut symptoms experienced by people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), are not due to structural problems with the gullet (esophagus), as previously assumed.
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May 2026
Disrupted circadian rhythms may accelerate dementia-related brain inflammation
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias impact approximately 55 million people worldwide, including 7.2 million cases in the United States alone.
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May 2026
Combined workouts and HIIT significantly lower daily blood pressure
Aerobic and resistance training combined, and high intensity interval training (HIIT), are associated with significant reductions in blood pressure over 24 hours, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence for several different types of structured exercise, and published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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May 2026
New compound shows promise as single-dose malaria treatment
A Portland State University-led research team has developed a novel chemical compound that shows promise for the treatment and prevention of malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases.
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May 2026
Worms help researchers tackle rare childhood genetic disease
A new worm model developed by Brown University researchers could play a key role in treating a rare genetic disease that causes paralysis in children and worsens with age.
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May 2026
Missing dementia patients face serious harm risks, study finds
One in 10 times that a person with dementia goes missing results in serious harm, finds a new UCL-led analysis of police data on missing people incidents involving older adults in the UK.
