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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-May-2026 02:16 ET (28-May-2026 06:16 GMT/UTC)

Nutrition’s role in chronic fatigue

Osaka Metropolitan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team found that deficiencies in vitamin B₁₂ and folate lead to elevated homocysteine levels, which may be linked to fatigue and decreased motivation.

Journal: Nutrients

Scars of life: study shows impact of atopic dermatitis on educational and career choices

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Atopic dermatitis (AD), the most common form of eczema, impacts patients’ life trajectories beyond the physical scars. A novel study shows that adults with AD, particularly those with childhood onset, report significantly greater limitations in their educational and professional choices, with up to 38% of childhood-onset patients reporting career restrictions and more than 36% reporting constrained study choices, compared to individuals whose disease began in adulthood. The findings of the new study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID), published by Elsevier, provide a scientific basis for more comprehensive, early, and multidimensional care that goes beyond symptom control for patients with AD.

Journal: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Funder: La Roche-Posay Laboratoire Dermatologique

Gut microbe found to worsen sepsis by triggering hyperinflammatory immune responses

National Research Council of Science & Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Dr. Hwi-Won Seo and Dr. Choong-Min Ryu at the Infectious Disease Research Center of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), in collaboration with Prof. Doo-Jin Kim at Chungbuk National University, has now identified a specific gut microbial group that can dramatically worsen sepsis by excessively sensitizing immune cells.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Ministry of Science and ICT

New method to improve health research in rural areas

Griffith University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are challenging to conduct in rural areas, however, a new Griffith University study examined how high-quality research could be conducted when RCTs were not possible.

Journal: The Medical Journal of Australia

Tobacco company levy could raise up to £4.9bn and prevent 10,000 hospital admissions, study suggests

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The UK could raise up to £4.9 billion over five years and significantly improve public health by capping tobacco prices and increasing taxes.

Research published by the University of Bath Tobacco Control Research Group and the University of Sheffield’s Addictions Research Group, provides the first real-world modelling of a proposed ‘polluter pays’ tobacco levy scheme.

The study found that the proposed policy, aimed at stopping the tobacco industry from using pricing as a marketing tool, could raise between £1 billion and £4.9 billion over five years, depending on the level of price cap and how quickly it is introduced. It could also prevent up to 10,000 hospital admissions and save almost 44,000 years of life over a 20-year period.

Journal: Social Science & Medicine
Funder: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Action on Smoking and Health UK, UK Prevention Research Partnership

Research confirms Rx Kids improved outcomes for Flint babies, families

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in The Lancet Public Health found that Rx Kids, the nation’s first community-wide prenatal and infant cash prescription program, led to significant improvements in birth outcomes for infants born in Flint, Michigan. The program reduced low birthweight and preterm birth rates and prevented admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU.

Journal: The Lancet Public Health

Lactic acid and lactylation in the progression of pulmonary fibrosis

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/bioi-2026-0009

Announcing a new article publication in BIO Integration.

Vicatia thibetica de Boiss root extract and its active constituents attenuate skin aging induced by D-galactose and glucocorticoid

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/AMM-2026-0413

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal.

Adverse pregnancy outcomes and sedentary behavior, light-intensity physical activity, and daily steps

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: Among pregnant individuals, sitting less with greater light-intensity movement and steps was associated with significantly lower risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Optimizing lighter-intensity activity patterns should be rigorously tested as a strategy to improve pregnancy health. Adverse pregnancy outcomes affect 1 in 5 pregnancies and include hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and small for gestational age.

Journal: JAMA

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