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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Oct-2026 23:16 ET (29-Oct-2026 03:16 GMT/UTC)

4-Sep-2026

How can stressed mitochondria actually protect your heart?

Salk Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Salk scientists uncover new advantages and mechanisms of mitohormesis, a process where mitochondrial stress early in life leads to lasting benefits. By inducing mitohormesis in mice, researchers found they could help the heart build lasting resilience against damage from a common chemotherapy drug—and identified a molecule called citrate as the chemical messenger that carries this protective signal to the rest of the cell. The findings may help explain why antioxidant therapies to counter cellular stress have largely failed and suggest new directions for healthy aging therapies.

Journal: Science Advances

4-Sep-2026

Scripps Research professor Chi-Huey Wong to receive ACS Alfred Bader Award

Scripps Research Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

In recognition of his exceptional work to understand the chemistry of carbohydrates and the role they play in health and disease, Scripps Family Chair Professor Chi-Huey Wong of Scripps Research will receive the 2027 Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry.

4-Sep-2026

National call-to-action needed to strengthen primary care pipeline in medical education: HMSOM Educators

Hackensack Meridian Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The perspective piece in the Journal of General Internal Medicine identifies what the authors call a critical gap in medical education

Journal: Journal of General Internal Medicine

4-Sep-2026

Gerontological Society of America supports new immunization guidance

The Gerontological Society of America
Business Announcement

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) supports the 2026-27 respiratory season vaccine evidence review released on September 2, 2026, by the Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP) in collaboration with the American Medical Association.

4-Sep-2026

JMIR news: Looking towards the future of health tech

JMIR Publications
Reports and Proceedings

(Toronto, Sept 4, 2026) — JMIR Publications released three feature News and Perspectives articles this week, covering an emerging application of drone delivery, the implications of AI tools used in early education, the nascent field of cancer neurotech, and the future of consumer wearable devices.

Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research

4-Sep-2026

Putting a price on preventive care: How Medicaid compares to other insurers in Virginia

George Mason University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study led by George Mason University researcher Alison Cuellar found that two forms of Medicaid paid less for routine preventive visits than other major types of insurance

Journal: JAMA Health Forum
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

4-Sep-2026

Health warnings could reduce young people’s social media use, Stanford Medicine study finds

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Teens and young adults say that health warning labels on social media would help them reduce their social media use, a Stanford Medicine study showed.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

4-Sep-2026

Nuclear medicine physician-scientist Dr. Amir Iravani joins UCLA Health to lead Theranostics Program

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Business Announcement

Dr. Amir Iravani, a nationally recognized nuclear medicine physician-scientist specializing in molecular imaging and targeted radiopharmaceutical therapies for patients with cancer, has joined UCLA Health where he will serve as director of the Theranostics Program and vice chair of clinical research in the department of nuclear medicine and theranostics.

4-Sep-2026

Children’s suicide-related emergency visits spiked by 74% in the US between 2016-2022

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Emergency visits by children with suicide-related crises increased by 74% between 2016 and 2022, according to a new study from scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

The study represented more than 5 million emergency department (ED) visits for mental health concerns by U.S. children in the six-year period. About half of suicide-related ED visits — and half of all children’s mental health ED visits — occurred in hospitals with lower pediatric volume (under 10,000 annually). A child experiencing a mental health crisis may arrive at any emergency department, and many are not prepared to care for children with acute mental health needs, the study authors said.

Journal: Annals of Emergency Medicine