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May 2026
New blood test predicts illness progression and treatment response
Scientists are developing a test which could one day be used to predict how a patient's illness will progress, and even how well they will respond to treatment.
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May 2026
NYU Langone hospitals earn 12th consecutive top safety grades
NYU Langone Health hospitals continued a six-year streak of top national recognition for patient safety and quality, joining just 1 percent of hospitals nationwide to receive 12 consecutive A grades from the Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization focused on healthcare safety and quality.
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May 2026
Blood-based biomarkers identified for early inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and The University of Texas at Austin have identified specific blood-based genomic biomarkers that distinguish inflammatory breast cancer from other subtypes, providing a new and less invasive method for early diagnosis, disease progression monitoring and treatment development for patients with this aggressive disease.
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May 2026
Using Apple Watch and AI to protect children undergoing cancer treatment from infections
A new trial will test whether a tool that harnesses Apple Watch health data and artificial intelligence can help protect children undergoing cancer treatment from infections.
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May 2026
Testosterone may help limit brain tumor growth in men
In a new National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study, scientists at Cleveland Clinic discovered that hormones associated with male development may play a key role in limiting the growth of brain tumors in men.
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May 2026
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs modulate brain reward circuits to suppress eating for pleasure
A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study has found that an emerging class of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs suppress eating for pleasure, or hedonic feeding, in mice by modulating a reward circuit deep within the brain.
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May 2026
New discovery challenges a decades-old assumption in HIV biology
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect resting immune cells.
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May 2026
Study challenges long-held assumptions about causes of lacunar stroke
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that challenges long-held assumptions about the causes of a common type of stroke, offering clues as to why widely used treatments may not work.
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May 2026
Bariatric surgery offers greater long-term health protection for seniors than GLP-1 drugs
Metabolic and bariatric surgery offers significantly greater long-term protection against heart attack, stroke and death than widely-used GLP-1 drugs in older adults with obesity and diabetes, according to new real-world analysis study presented today at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
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May 2026
Bariatric surgery outperforms GLP-1 medications for obesity disease remission
Metabolic and bariatric surgery delivers significantly greater weight loss and higher rates of obesity-related disease remission than glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s), according to one of the largest and most comprehensive real-world comparisons of the two treatments.
