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24-Feb-2026

Brain Healthy Campus Collaborative announces winner of first-ever Brain Health Prize

Center for BrainHealth
Business Announcement

Kicking off BrainHealth Week 2026, winners were announced for the first-ever Brain Health Prize, a student competition piloted by UT Dallas to bring innovative ideas to improve brain health on campus. The NextGen event featured speakers Tessy Ojo, CBE, and Geoff Ling, MD, PhD, as alongside a showcase of the top 20 student submissions.

24-Feb-2026

ENDO 2026 opens media registration

The Endocrine Society
Meeting Announcement

Members of the media can now register to cover advances in hormone health and science at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting. The meeting will take place June 13-16, in Chicago, Ill.

24-Feb-2026

Study identifies aging-associated mitochondrial circular RNAs

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — February 24, 2026 — A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on February 10, 2026, titled “Aging-associated mitochondrial circular RNAs.”

Journal: Aging-US

24-Feb-2026

New research finds peanut butter consumption builds muscle power in older adults

The Peanut Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A clinical trial by researchers at Deakin University’s Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) in Melbourne, Australia, found that a daily serving of peanut butter significantly boosted muscle power in older adults. The findings were recently published in the international peer-reviewed Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (JCSM).

Journal: Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

24-Feb-2026

Study identifies medical conditions that could predict future Alzheimer’s disease

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by researchers at Vanderbilt Health has identified medical conditions that often precede an Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis. The findings, published in the journal Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, could open opportunities to develop interventions that reduce Alzheimer’s disease risk.

Journal: Alzheimer s Research & Therapy

24-Feb-2026

Lasers and drones assess health of world forests and help track climate change

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Highly detailed 3D scans of dense tropical rain forest plots are enabling precise estimates of tree structure, volume and stored carbon, as part of a first-of-its-kind pilot initiative, led by UCL researchers.

Journal: Earth System Science Data

24-Feb-2026

New research finds heart health benefits in combining mango and avocado daily

Wild Hive
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study suggests that a daily combination of avocado and mango may support vascular function and heart health in adults with prediabetes.

Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association
Funder: National Mango Board, Hass Avocado Board

24-Feb-2026

Research identifies blind spots in AI medical triage

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

ChatGPT Health, a widely used consumer artificial intelligence (AI) tool that provides health guidance directly to the public—including advice about how urgently to seek medical care—may fail to direct users appropriately to emergency care in a significant number of serious cases, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The study, fast-tracked in the February 23, 2026 online issue of Nature Medicine [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04297-7], is the first independent safety evaluation of the large language model (LLM)-based tool since its January 2026 launch. It also identified serious concerns with the tool’s suicide-crisis safeguards.

Journal: Nature Medicine

24-Feb-2026

Researchers discover how an anti-obesity drug improves metabolism beyond weight loss

University of Barcelona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tirzepatide is one of the drugs that has revolutionized the treatment of obesity and other conditions such as diabetes in recent years. Despite its clinical success, its precise molecular and cellular mechanisms are still not fully understood. A study in mice shows that the drug has a direct impact on improving metabolism by activating brown adipose tissue, a type of fat specialized in energy expenditure. According to the researchers, these results help to better understand the mechanisms of action of tirzepatide and open up new avenues for developing more comprehensive treatments for obesity and other metabolic diseases.

Journal: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy