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Jan 2026
Greenland shark eyesight offers clues to longevity, vision, and healthy aging
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Jan 2026
New guidelines aim to standardize diagnosis of canine dementia
An international working group of canine cognition experts has released a set of guidelines for veterinarians to use in diagnosing and monitoring canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CCDS), or canine dementia.
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Jan 2026
Muscle loss may persist after weight recovery in anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric condition characterized by a fear of weight gain and reduced calorie consumption that can result in dangerous weight loss.
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Jan 2026
Income sufficiency emerges as key factor in early brain development
Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families rarely experience just one source of stress at a time.
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Jan 2026
Common blood signals explain why chronic diseases cluster as we age
This population-based study shows that shared and pattern-specific blood biomarkers reflect biological vulnerability underlying multimorbidity and the pace at which chronic diseases accumulate in older adults. Metabolic and systemic stress markers such as GDF15, HbA1c, cystatin C, and insulin consistently tracked higher disease burden and faster accumulation, with findings replicated across cohorts.
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Jan 2026
Maintaining a healthy weight may help avoid low back pain
Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent condition associated with disability, work loss and economic burden to healthcare. Significant risk factors include poor sleep, physical and psychological stress, inactivity, advanced age and smoking.
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Jan 2026
Inhalable nanotherapy can activate the immune system against checkpoint-resistant melanoma
Immune checkpoint molecules play a crucial role in keeping the immune system in balance and preventing an attack on the body's own cells.
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Jan 2026
Injectable paste from human skin cells may improve breast reconstruction
Removing part or all of the breast during breast cancer treatment is a potential outcome for some people.
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Jan 2026
Calculator offers accurate scoring of multilingual language ability
More than half of the world's population speaks more than one language-but there is no consistent method for defining "bilingual" or "multilingual." This makes it difficult to accurately assess proficiency across multiple languages and to describe language backgrounds accurately.
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Jan 2026
New trial aims to improve both survival and quality of life for men with advanced prostate cancer
The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has launched a randomized phase III clinical trial called RECIPROCAL (Alliance A032304) to explore whether doctors can optimize the timing of targeted radiation therapy to minimize side effects while preserving efficacy in men with advanced prostate cancer.
