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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 20-Jun-2025 18:10 ET (20-Jun-2025 22:10 GMT/UTC)

20-Jun-2025

From blood sugar to brain relief: GLP-1 therapy slashes migraine frequency

Researchers at the Headache Centre of the University of Naples “Federico II” gave the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist liraglutide to 26 adults with obesity and chronic migraine.

Meeting: European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress 2025

20-Jun-2025

Variability in heart rate during sleep may reveal early signs of stroke, depression or cognitive dysfunction, new study shows

Beyond
Reports and Proceedings

The study, which was conducted at the Department of Neurology, Inselspital, the University Hospital of Bern, analysed 4,170 individuals over an observation period of 13,217 person-years, found that heart rate variability (HRV) during sleep can serve as a powerful early warning sign of future health conditions, including stroke, depression, and cognitive dysfunction.

Meeting: European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress 2025

20-Jun-2025

JDR Clinical & Translational Research publishes supplemental issue on HSRA’s role in the academic oral health workforce

International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) have announced the publication of a supplemental issue of JDR Clinical & Translational Research (JDR CTR) entitled, “HSRA’s Role in the Academic Oral Health Workforce.”

Journal: JDR Clinical & Translational Research

20-Jun-2025

Innovative toolkit blazes trail for healthcare providers to learn with patients struggling with opioid use, chronic pain

University of Ottawa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new collaboration involving the University of Ottawa takes a focused look at a recently developed patient toolkit designed to be a hub for opioid-related resources that’s not only helping optimize therapeutic outcomes but also represents a paradigm shift about how projects like this should be undertaken.

Journal: Patient Education and Counseling
Funder: Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Health Canada

20-Jun-2025

New methods speed diagnosis of rare genetic disease

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Columbia study addresses a key challenge in the diagnosis of rare genetic disorders.

Journal: Cell
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Pharming, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Velocity Fellows, Louis Gerstner Jr. Scholars Program, Melanoma Research Alliance, Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, Melanoma Research Foundation

20-Jun-2025

Weighted vests might help older adults meet weight loss goals, but solution for corresponding bone loss still elusive

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new randomized clinical trial, led by a team of researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Wake Forest University, did not find evidence that wearing a weighted vest or engaging in resistance training prevented bone loss in older adults undergoing intentional weight loss.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging

20-Jun-2025

Island rivers carve passageways through coral reefs

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research indicates reef passes — channels that cut through coral reefs and serve as conduits for ocean water and nutrients — are shaped by island rivers.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters