Researchers from Mass General Brigham and Albert Einstein College of Medicine identified molecular changes associated with type 2 diabetes risk, reflecting contributions from genetics, diet, and lifestyle factors, which could pave the way for more effective prevention and intervention strategies 

Researchers from DTU have patented an invention that uses naturally produced substances from gut bacteria of the bifidobacteria type to reduce the risk of allergies and asthma.

A new study shows that year-long home visits with older adults help first-year medical students build stronger communication skills, rethink assumptions about aging, and understand patient care beyond the clinic.

The University of Bath’s Tobacco Control Research Group publishes research into the impacts of flue-cured Virginia tobacco (FCV) in Zimbabwe

The production method makes tobacco products more addictive and causes deforestation of 60,000 hectares of woodland in Zimbabwe each year

Authors call for restrictions to the use of FCV in tobacco products, and for farmers to be supported in diversifying into growing alternative crops

Researchers analysed tobacco industry documents and conducted fieldwork with tobacco industry and forestry key informants as well as smallholding farmers in Zimbabwe to understand its economic and environmental effects

In research published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, investigators developed a brief, reliable, and valid screening tool to help identify individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who are at increased risk of brain-related comorbidities.

New research published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture provides insights into the active compounds of monkfruit and their health-promoting properties.

Tendons are strong – but not invincible. If repeatedly overloaded, for example during intense training, they can undergo gradual but harmful changes with debilitating pain.

A protein known as HIF1 is central to these changes, as researchers have now demonstrated in experiments in mice and with tendon tissue from humans.

Their findings open a path to new treatments that could act before the tissue is irreversibly damaged.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Jan 14, 2026)—Women aged younger than 45 years who experience menopause are at a higher risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. However, despite such diabetes-related risk factors as increased fat and insulin resistance occurring during menopause, a new large-scale study found no independent relationship between age or type of menopause and the onset of diabetes. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The Menopause Society.