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May 2026
Neurodegeneration in Down syndrome may begin shortly after birth
Signs of neurodegeneration in individuals with Down syndrome may start as early as birth, a critical stage of brain development, a new study shows.
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May 2026
Legumes and soy foods may help reduce hypertension risk
A higher dietary intake of soy and legumes is linked to a lower risk of high blood pressure, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.
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May 2026
Emergency trauma surgery outcomes worse for children in low-income nations
Children who need life‑saving emergency surgery after a serious injury are almost six times more likely to die if in poorer countries than in wealthier ones, according to an international study led by the University of Cambridge.
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May 2026
Postpartum diabetes monitoring remains low among many new mothers
Few women with postpartum-onset diabetes meet recommended A1C monitoring guidelines, highlighting a need to improve routine diabetes care-particularly among Black women-according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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May 2026
Study explores nasal spray flu vaccine effects in children
A new study will explore the effects of a nasal spray flu vaccine on children's immune systems, aiming to boost future protection and lower vaccine hesitancy rates.
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May 2026
Researchers call for deeper studies on wildfire smoke health risks
As wildfires increase in frequency and intensity across regions like the western United States, smoke exposure is becoming more widespread and prolonged.
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May 2026
Large language models perform poorly on routine hospital tasks
A new study finds that large language models (LLMs), used with straightforward prompting, perform poorly on routine number-crunching tasks that hospital administrators depend on every day to track patients and allocate resources.
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May 2026
Multi-hospital trial explores better sleep strategies for ICU patients
UC San Diego Health has launched a five-year, national multi-site clinical research study aimed at improving sleep and reducing delirium among adults receiving care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
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May 2026
Study links mitochondrial health to effectiveness of anti-aging pathways
Mississippi State University biologist Jean-Francois Gout's contributions to a study highlighting key advances in the complexity of aging now are published in Science Advances, a leading peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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May 2026
Diverse leukemia stem cells may drive AML relapse after therapy
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM* Stem Cell Institute have deciphered a key mechanism that contributes to treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
