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Apr 2026
Study finds season of entry impacts childhood obesity outcomes
Childhood obesity remains a major health challenge, and effective interventions often depend on more than nutritional advice or exercise plans alone.
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Apr 2026
Digital media preferences influence public beliefs about vaccines
People who follow "new right" media outlets are more than twice as likely to be vaccine-hesitant compared to those who never engage with those outlets, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds.
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Apr 2026
Hepatitis C infection associated with reduced portal insulin levels
Insulin resistance is a common extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (HCVi), but its mechanism is poorly understood.
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Apr 2026
New clinical guidelines significantly reduce opioid prescriptions after ear surgery
A new retrospective study published in OTO Open, the open-access journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), demonstrates that the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Opioid Prescribing for Analgesia After Common Otolaryngology Operations has had a measurable and sustained impact on prescribing practices following parotidectomy, which a surgical procedure to remove the parotid gland.
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Apr 2026
VCU study identifies key factors driving risk of second cancers
Risk of developing a subsequent primary cancer varied significantly by age at initial diagnosis, sex, and type of first cancer, according to a study by Oxana Palesh and Susan Hong and colleagues at Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S., published April 28th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.
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Apr 2026
New AI models quickly find compounds that target Lyme bacteria
Tufts University researchers are using AI and machine learning to more quickly identify potential narrow-spectrum antibiotics to prevent and treat Lyme disease, thanks to a generous gift from an alumnus that sped up their timeline by two to three years.
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Apr 2026
WHO report shows measurable progress in reducing global hepatitis infections
Global efforts to combat viral hepatitis are delivering measurable progress in reducing infections and deaths, but the disease remains a major global health challenge, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released today at the World Hepatitis Summit.
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Apr 2026
Experimental drug ZED1227 protects the whole body from gluten damage
An experimental drug may in future provide a new form of protection for people with celiac disease.
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Apr 2026
Scientists identify specialized cells that trigger bone marrow cavity growth
Bone marrow is the spongy tissue located within the hollow center of bones, serving as the primary site for the continuous production of red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells.
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Apr 2026
New optical imaging tool allows real-time breast cancer staging
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is critical to breast cancer staging, yet current assessment methods remain heavily dependent on pathology expertise and time-consuming tissue processing.
