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Jun 2026
Social comparisons may undermine happiness and life satisfaction
New research is shedding light on how comparing ourselves to others affects happiness and life satisfaction.
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Jun 2026
Secondhand smoke exposure linked to higher blood cadmium levels
A new study finds that adults who simply breathe in secondhand cigarette smoke have about 1.5 times more of the toxin cadmium in their blood than people in smoke-free environments.
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Jun 2026
Family genetics study reveals clues to longer healthspan
Understanding why some people stay healthy without developing disease until late in life (have an increased healthspan), whereas others become infirm at a much younger age has important implications for the health of today's ageing population.
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Jun 2026
Researchers urge caution over large-scale newborn genome screening
New research from large population studies provides invaluable evidence on genome screening of newborn babies to reduce risks from overdiagnosis.
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Jun 2026
Study identifies genetic marker associated with severe IBD
In the largest genetic study of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) traits to date, researchers have identified a genetic marker that is associated with more severe ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease – the major forms of IBD.
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Jun 2026
Migraine affects driving more often than clinicians may realize
A multicenter study of 1,333 active drivers with migraine found that 70.6% had experienced headache while driving, with headaches occurring during about 13% of driving sessions. The findings suggest that migraine-related symptoms may impair attention, increase sensitivity to road conditions, and contribute indirectly to driving cessation and accident risk.
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Jun 2026
Tiny genetic change influences coronavirus spillover into humans
Most pandemics start when a pathogen spreads from animals to humans. It's a leading explanation for the COVID-19 pandemic: the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is a cousin to coronaviruses that live in bats.
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Jun 2026
Bionic cooling skin accelerates healing and combats wound infections
As the global burden of infected wounds continues to rise-with over 300 million surgeries performed annually and postoperative infections affecting 5–20% of patients-conventional wound dressings face a critical limitation: no single product has successfully integrated protective function, wearing comfort, and efficient antibacterial activity.
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Jun 2026
Persistent anxiety and depression may delay emotional maturity into midlife
A long-running Australian cohort study found that personality traits generally matured from early to middle adulthood, with agreeableness and conscientiousness rising and extraversion, openness, and neuroticism declining. People with persistent common mental disorders showed the clearest decline in neuroticism by midlife, but they still had higher emotional instability than peers without persistent mental health difficulties.
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Jun 2026
Social media overuse is linked to more self-reported memory problems in young adults
Problematic social media use was associated with more frequent self-reported everyday memory failures in 943 Spanish young adults aged 18 to 35. Everyday memory failures statistically accounted for much of the link between problematic social media use and both prospective and retrospective memory lapses.
