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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Dec-2025 01:11 ET (23-Dec-2025 06:11 GMT/UTC)

17-Sep-2025

Soccer headers and brain health: Study finds changes within folds of the brain

American Academy of Neurology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In amateur soccer players, more frequent heading, or using the head to control or pass the ball, is linked to alterations within the folds of the brain, according to a study published on September 17, 2025, in Neurology^®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study does not prove that soccer heading causes brain changes, it only shows an association.

Journal: Neurology

17-Sep-2025

Genetic test predicts response to weight-loss drugs

Mayo Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a genetic test that can help predict how people will respond to weight loss medications such as GLP-1s.

Journal: Cell Metabolism

17-Sep-2025

UC San Diego Health honored as top performer in quality care

University of California - San Diego
Grant and Award Announcement

UC San Diego Health recognized by Vizient as a top performer in hospital quality and outpatient care for the seventh year.

17-Sep-2025

Gut infections often overlooked in men who have sex with men

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

It’s time to develop more effective ways to control and prevent sexually transmitted gut infections, urge the authors of an article appearing today in Clinical Microbiology Reviews, a journal of the American Society of Microbiology. Global emergence of several multidrug-resistant gut pathogens and the potential for crossover transmissions among different at-risk populations underscores the importance of prompt diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and the need to consider community-level education and testing.

Journal: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, American College of Gastroenterology

17-Sep-2025

UMass Amherst researcher receives $1.12 million NSF grant to study impacts of water governance on children’s health in five countries

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Grant and Award Announcement

A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has been awarded a three-year, $1.12 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a multinational examination of therelationship between water governance systems and the health of young children, amid a backdrop of global climate change.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

17-Sep-2025

River Philip Foundation provides $1.25M in grants to support innovative University of Ottawa medical research

University of Ottawa
Grant and Award Announcement

The family foundation has generously committed funding to support the bold and innovative work of uOttawa Faculty of Medicine investigators.

17-Sep-2025

New targeted radiation therapy shows near-complete response in rare sarcoma patients

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A novel targeted radiation approach for a rare form of malignant tumor—the solitary fibrous tumor (SFT)—has shown significant success, achieving a near-complete response in three patients. The therapy significantly reduced cancer activity and provided symptom relief, underscoring its potential as a viable treatment option. This research was published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Journal: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Funder: Prostate Cancer Foundation