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Medicine & Health

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28-May-2026

Routine heart test can track how kids grow and mature, new study finds

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A routine heart test may double as a new way to track how kids grow. Using AI, researchers analyzed ECGs to measure biological development, offering a more precise tool to study puberty when hormone or clinical data isn’t available.

Journal: European Heart Journal

28-May-2026

Grant aims to transform care for young cancer survivors

Weill Cornell Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Weill Cornell Medicine received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop innovative support strategies for an understudied group of cancer patients: adolescents and young adults (AYAs).

28-May-2026

Young adults are more perfectionistic than ever before

American Psychological Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

College students feel more pressure to be perfect than they did a generation ago, finds research published by the American Psychological Association. That increase in perfectionism may be tied to social and economic factors such as rising inequality and slowing economic growth, the researchers found.

Journal: Psychological Bulletin

28-May-2026

The heart’s ‘natural bypass’ that could spare patients from risky procedures

University of East Anglia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have found that your heart already has its own 'natural bypass' system that can predict whether the heart muscle beyond it is alive or dead. A new study reveals how tiny hidden vessels could hold the key to deciding who really needs complex and risky surgery - and who doesn’t. The team found that a simple angiogram scoring system could help identify patients whose heart muscle is still alive - even when a major artery has been completely blocked for months. It is hoped that the breakthrough could change how cardiac patients are treated.

Journal: Open Heart

28-May-2026

U-M hepatologist hails hepatitis B treatment trial results

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Michigan Health hepatologist Anna S. Lok, M.D., hails newly announced results of the B-Well clinical trials as “a major step toward a functional cure for hepatitis B virus infection," in an editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine

28-May-2026

Simple training can save lives by keeping medical supplies on the shelves, UT San Antonio researcher finds

University of Texas at San Antonio
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study from The University of Texas at San Antonio reveals that low-cost training for frontline health workers can significantly reduce medical supply shortages, potentially saving thousands of lives in developing nations.

28-May-2026

Impact of climate change on mental health: webinar by the German and South African national academies on an emerging field of research

Leopoldina
Meeting Announcement

Extreme heat, natural disasters, food insecurity: climate change is known to have serious consequences for human physical health. In many places, scientific findings are being used to develop adaptation strategies and to mitigate the consequences of climate change for human health. But what about mental health? Research in this field is still in its early stages. As a result, climate, health and development policy also lacks strategies for prevention and treatment. To draw attention to this area of research, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) are opening the discussion in an international virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, 9 June.

28-May-2026

Lipid metabolic remodeling shapes early human maternal-embryo interface function

Science China Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Metabolic regulation at the maternal-embryo interface is essential for successful embryo implantation, yet its dynamics in humans remain poorly understood because of ethical and technical constraints. Researchers established a physiologically relevant maternal-embryo interaction model by co-culturing human blastoids with 3D endometrial assembloids, enabling analysis of metabolic changes during the implantation window. The study provides a systematic view of metabolic dynamics at the human maternal-embryo interface, identifies lipid remodeling and arachidonic acid (ARA) metabolism as key regulators of maternal and embryonic responses during implantation, and offers a mechanistic basis for diagnosis and metabolic intervention strategies in implantation failure.

Journal: Science Bulletin

28-May-2026

Biobased spintronics

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Magnetic field sensors are found in automobiles, smartphones and security systems. But many of these components are made of materials that are neither health- nor environment-friendly and are complex to produce. In Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71077-9), an international team led by researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has now presented a sustainable alternative: printed sensors composed of iron, iron oxide and bio-based materials like cellulose and starch. They measure magnetic fields reliably, are resource-saving to produce and can purportedly be disposed of safely or recycled after use.

Journal: Nature Communications