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Apr 2026
Early childhood habits shape physical activity levels in adolescence
The numbers are sobering: nearly 80 per cent of the world's teenagers don't get enough physical activity, according to the World Health Organization.
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Apr 2026
Study identifies four radiomic profiles linked to sarcoidosis severity
Researchers have identified a new method for analyzing chest CT scans that may help physicians better understand the different forms of sarcoidosis, a complex inflammatory lung disease that affects more than 150,000 people in the United States.
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Apr 2026
Experts call for expanded Medicaid coverage to improve children’s health
As states reassess Medicaid coverage following recent federal policy changes and the end of pandemic-era protections, researchers are advocating for evidence-based health care policy reform and expanded Medicaid coverage for children.
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Apr 2026
Higher optimism may lower dementia risk in older adults
Higher optimism in adults aged 70 and older was associated with a lower risk of developing dementia over up to 14 years of follow-up in the Health and Retirement Study. The association remained after adjustment for demographic factors, depression, health conditions, smoking, and physical activity, although the study was observational and cannot prove causation.
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Apr 2026
Wildlife trade increases risk of disease transmission to humans
From lemurs to fennec foxes, wild animals are bought and sold around the world-legally and illegally, dead and alive-including as pets, for food and for traditional medicinal uses.
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Apr 2026
Grant supports community-based approach to heart disease prevention
Heart disease and high blood pressure affect millions of Georgians. Yet, for many people, improving heart health has as much to do with finding basic resources - like food, housing and transportation - as it does getting the right medical care.
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Apr 2026
IBS diagnosis gaps persist across racial and gender groups in the U.S.
A national survey study led by UCLA Health and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center found significant disparities in how irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is diagnosed across sex and racial groups in the U.S., with men and Black patients considerably less likely than women and white patients to receive a formal diagnosis.
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Apr 2026
High prenatal PFAS exposure linked to increased childhood asthma risk
PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a large group of synthetic substances that can be found in many products and foods, including firefighting foam.
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Apr 2026
FTC drug divestiture policy may reduce competition, study finds
Last month, Novartis completed its $11 billion acquisition of Avidity Biosciences-the latest in a string of major pharmaceutical mergers including Merck's acquisition of Verona Pharma and GSK's acquisition of RAPT Therapeutics.
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Apr 2026
Low oxygen triggers regenerative programs in mammalian limb cells
Some animals can regrow lost body parts. Salamanders and frog tadpoles can rebuild entire limbs after amputation. Mammals cannot. For decades, biologists have tried to understand why.
