Day March 22, 2026

New research by academics at Royal Holloway has revealed privacy and advice concerns surrounding technology aimed at helping women navigate menopause. The study, which surveyed 310 UK participants, is warning that sensitive data collected from women about their health is…

Summary of the incomplete recovery of gut signals during Crohn’s disease remission. Credit: Gastroenterology (2026). DOI: 10.1053 Imagine a patient with Crohn’s disease—after months of flares, they are finally in clinical remission. Their biomarkers are stable, their pain has subsided,…

Micrograph showing inflammation of the large bowel in a case of inflammatory bowel disease. Colonic biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have uncovered new evidence that an age-related blood condition may contribute to inflammatory bowel…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Molecular Cell (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Herpes simplex virus partially liquefies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to copy itself faster, a new study shows. The research centers on how the nucleus of each human…

Dot Plot for Odds of Significant Liver Fibrosis by Sex Associated With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors (CMRFs). Credit: JAMA Network Open (2026). DOI: 10.1001 Women with certain cardiometabolic risk factors, including type 2 diabetes and high waist circumference, face a greater…

Credit: European Heart Journal (2026). DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf1120 The way the body responds to standing up can impact health in older age, surprising new research has found. The team discovered that about one-third of people experience a significant drop in cardiovascular…

Better insulation and ventilation in social housing mean thousands of children no longer need medication for asthma or allergies. This is the conclusion of a large-scale study involving 2 million people, monitored for 10 years by researchers from TU/e and…

Electronic health records (EHRs); insurance claims; patient registries; wearable tech: Never before has health data been so abundant. However, the United States continues to struggle with siloed health data systems that make it difficult for critical data to be streamlined…

Credit: Sound On from Pexels Whether it’s enjoying a podcast, listening to music or chatting on the phone, many of us spend hours a day using our headphones. One 2017 study of 4,185 Australians showed they used headphones on average…

Starting elementary school is a major milestone, but it can be a difficult transition as children can experience separation anxiety or have trouble adapting to school rules and structure. However, a team led by Penn State researchers found that consistent…

The upper panel illustrates reduced gut motility in patients with constipation and its improvement following physical activity through an unknown mechanism. The middle panel depicts the experimental protocol, with bowel sound assessments performed at rest and after physical activity as…

The gut microbiome plays an important role in many aspects of health, from digestion and immune function to metabolic balance and neurological processes. Several diseases have even been associated with changes in the microbiome’s composition, including inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal…

When winter sets in and food becomes scarce, some mammals hibernate, entering a state of deep rest that slashes their energy needs and allows them to fast for months. However, fasting deprives them of essential nutrients, including carbon. Carbon, the…

Credit: Nutrients (2026). DOI: 10.3390/nu18050714 A new study has found that a prebiotic fiber supplement reduced pain, improved grip strength, and lowered pain sensitivity in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA)—with far fewer dropouts than a digital physiotherapy program. The INSPIRE…

Although we’ve all experienced the sensation of “eating” with our eyes and noses before food meets mouth, much less is known about the information superhighway, known as the vagus nerve, that sends signals in the opposite direction—from your gut straight…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2026). DOI: 10.1016 The gut microbiome—the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract—drives a process vital for protecting the colon against tissue injury, according to the findings of a study co-led by…

The first major update to resistance-training guidelines in 17 years delivers one clear message: any amount of resistance training improves strength, muscle size, power and physical function. The new recommendations, published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise by…

New research on 175,000 women—the largest NHS study to date—on the use of AI in breast cancer screening shows that AI detected more cases of invasive cancer, more cases overall, had fewer false positives, and recalled fewer women having their…

Billings Clinic investigators tracked trauma patients arriving directly from the scene versus patients transferred between facilities and found much longer times to reach the tertiary center for transfers, while adjusted mortality aligned with Injury Severity Score, age, hospital length of…

It might date back to the ancient Greeks, but the concept of “everything in moderation” still holds true for today’s users of goal-setting apps. In a paper in the Journal of Marketing Research, a team from the University of Technology…

Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that the constant gnawing of rodents isn’t just a reflex or a consequence of a tough diet. It also triggers a release of dopamine in the brain—which acts as a biochemical reward…

A class of medications best known for treating diabetes and obesity may also reduce the risk of addiction—and help people who already have one, a new study shows. Semaglutide (also known as Ozempic), liraglutide and tirzepatide (Wegovy) belong to a…

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He didn’t…

For patients with cancer and brain metastases (BM) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality, according to a research letter published online March 11 in JAMA Network Open.…

Among patients eligible for metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) prescriptions increased from 2018 to 2025, while MBS use decreased beginning in 2023, according to a research letter published online March 4 in JAMA Surgery.…

The injectable drug Ozempic in Houston on July 1, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders—and reduce the tragic outcomes…

Credit: Haberdoedas Photography from Pexels Patients without diabetes who switched GLP-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) drugs for overweight or obesity were more likely to stick with their treatment longer than those who didn’t switch, according to a new study by UT…

Small (left) and large (right) condensates of the Mediator complex inside nuclei of a pancreatic beta cell-derived cell line. Salk researchers discovered that GLP-1s interact with the multi-protein complex called Mediator to cause a broad genomic response. Credit: Salk Institute…

NGC 5824, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Using data from the Magellan Clay telescope and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), astronomers have investigated a galactic globular cluster known as NGC 5824. Results of the new…

Credit: King’s College London The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) has reached consensus on candidate biomarkers for anorexia nervosa and published a statement. Lead author on the consensus statement, published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry,…

The Build Better Bones platform is a multilingual website created to support self-management for people living with osteoporosis and their care partners. Credit: International Osteoporosis Foundation A new paper published in Osteoporosis International describes the rigorous, user-centered development of…

The prevalence of physical activity among the global population has remained low for the last two decades despite a majority of countries making notable progress in developing policies that include physical activity, UTHealth Houston researchers have found. The study is…

Credit: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine A new online dashboard will give researchers, governments, and the public a real-time picture of the global dengue situation for the first time. The Global Dengue Observatory, developed by researchers at the…

An updated systematic review of dozens of studies finds that Ginkgo biloba may offer modest short-term improvements for people with dementia, but shows little to no benefit for individuals with subjective memory complaints, mild cognitive impairment, or multiple sclerosis-related cognitive…

Gastrointestinal cancer cases are expected to double worldwide by 2050, according to a multi-institutional study co-led by Cedars-Sinai. The projections, based on 2022 data and published in the journal Cancer, conclude that the biggest increases will be in pancreatic cancer…

Illustration of the induction (1) and appearance (2) of an afterimage, as well as its movement across eye movements (3) in egocentric visual space (top row). Note that despite the perception of movement the afterimage’s position remains stationary on the…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Genomics (2026). DOI: 10.1016 Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by using long-read whole genome sequencing (LR-WGS), an emerging approach that reads large…

PhD student Andres Garrido Aparicio works in the fume hood. He is fascinated by the mechanisms that govern epigenetic regulation and how they shape gene expression during cell development. Credit: Simon Jönsson One of the most widely accepted models for…

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are metabolic conditions with many causes, including overlapping and distinct genetic features. A polygenic risk score (PRS) can capture multiple genetic risk factors to provide an estimate for whether a person may develop a…

A new study published in Neurology, led by Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that people of South Asian, African and European ancestry share many of the same genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS). This new study is…