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Jul 2026
McMaster researchers uncover why statins cause painful muscle side effects
Millions of people rely on statins - a medication used to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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Jul 2026
UC San Diego establishes hub to accelerate the delivery of data-driven, equitable health care
UC San Diego today announced the establishment of the Institute for Applied Health Intelligence, a multidisciplinary hub designed to leverage the latest digital technology to improve health care delivery and patient outcomes.
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Jul 2026
Neutral lipids may act as functional medium for controlling supramolecular polymerization
The formation of supramolecular polymers within living cells is an emerging strategy for regulating cellular functions, and lipid droplets (LDs) are promising environments for such processes.
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Jul 2026
Anti-lipid antibodies could improve early testing for Lyme disease
Lyme disease can be easiest to treat in its earliest stages, but current tests often miss infections during that critical window and cannot tell whether bacteria are still present or were cleared years ago.
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Jul 2026
Engineered immune cells suppress asthma symptoms in allergic mice
Genetically engineered CAR T cells expressing artificial receptor proteins are increasingly used in the clinic to boost the immune system's response against leukemias and other cancers.
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Jul 2026
Study shows how flawed AI responses increase physician workloads
Artificial intelligence is spreading rapidly in health care, with the goal of streamlining critical but onerous clerical tasks such as note-taking and charting so that physicians and nurses can devote more time to patients.
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Jul 2026
Rumination carries anxiety into deeper distress for caregivers of dementia patients
A new study from Virginia Tech suggests patterns of repetitive negative thinking explain how anxiety develops into deeper stress for caregivers of people living with dementia, and that mindfulness training may help identify and interrupt that progression.
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Jul 2026
New method helps scientists better understand DNA organization
Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at NUS have developed a new method that allows scientists to better understand how DNA is organized and regulated inside our cells.
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Jul 2026
Lifelong violence against women linked to significantly earlier menopause
The research, published in the journal Maturitas, links trauma experienced to the onset of the menopause up to 20 months earlier and an increase in hot flushes, depression and cardiometabolic health problems.
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Jul 2026
Persistent disparities found in preventive cancer care for sexual and gender minority populations
New research has uncovered persistent disparities in preventive cancer care across different sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) populations.
