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Apr 2026
Could vitamin D in midlife protect your brain from early Alzheimer’s?
Higher serum vitamin D in midlife is associated with reduced tau burden in the brain, highlighting its potential role in early dementia risk assessment.
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Apr 2026
Smoking shrinks key brain regions while cannabis shows weaker effects
The study highlights brain changes from tobacco use and calls for more research on cannabis, as its effects on brain structure remain inadequately understood.
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Apr 2026
Challenging processed meat risks for dry-cured ham consumption
The effects of dry-cured ham on cardiometabolic health are nuanced, with evidence suggesting it may not adversely affect key health markers in moderation.
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Apr 2026
Salaera™ launches to advance the future of breath and gas technologies
Perma Pure and Maxtec today announced their unification under a new parent company, Salaera, forming a global technology platform dedicated to the integrity of breath and gas systems.
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Apr 2026
Study finds unisex armor can trap more blast energy on female torsos
Researchers used free-field C4 blasts and anatomically representative male and female manikins to test how unisex SAPI body armor changes shock exposure under different blast angles. They found that while armor lowered peak pressure in both, the female torso shape created larger air gaps that trapped energy longer and increased impulse exposure, especially around the underbust region.
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Apr 2026
World Health Day 2026: WHO urges global collaboration and science for better health
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on people everywhere to renew their commitment to working together and supporting science as the twin engines driving better health, under the World Health Day 2026 theme: "Together for health. Stand with science."
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Apr 2026
Study explores role of AI automation in psychotherapy practice
Psychotherapy has always been a deeply human endeavor: a patient talking, a therapist listening and responding, and healing happening through words. But with the rapid rise of conversational artificial intelligence, particularly large language models (LLMs), that paradigm is shifting fast.
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Apr 2026
New blood biomarker improves cancer risk detection in people with Lynch Syndrome
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a new blood-based biomarker that can help identify and characterize asymptomatic people with Lynch Syndrome (LS) who are more susceptible to developing cancer based on early immune detection signatures, allowing clinicians to stratify patients based on their personal risk level.
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Apr 2026
New technique can simultaneously treat lung cancer and muscle-wasting condition
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a technique for simultaneously treating lung cancer and a serious muscle-wasting condition that often accompanies it.
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Apr 2026
New 3D printing method delivers cancer drugs directly to tumors
University of Mississippi research offers hope that cancer drug therapies packaged in 3D-printed carriers could deliver medication directly to tumors while reducing many of the side effects that cancer patients endure.
