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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Oct-2025 19:11 ET (10-Oct-2025 23:11 GMT/UTC)

New imaging method concurrently monitors neurons, astrocytes, and blood flow in real-time

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The brain, one of the most sophisticated and complex organs, remains a mystery in many aspects of its function. Scientists in Switzerland and China developed a groundbreaking hybrid imaging platform—HyFMRI—to simultaneously capture the dynamic activity of neurons, astrocytes, and hemodynamic responses. The technology, demonstrated in a mouse model, enables unprecedented studies of brain activity, opening new frontiers for understanding neuro-glial-vascular coupling in health and disease.

Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Shanghai Science and Technology Program Project

Group-based and online lifestyle counselling helped men improve their diets – risk of type 2 diabetes was lower especially among those genetically predisposed

University of Eastern Finland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Group-based and online lifestyle counselling can support middle-aged and older men in making health-promoting dietary changes. These dietary changes, in turn, reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, especially among men with a high genetic risk, a study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland shows.

Journal: European Journal of Nutrition

Targeting "aged" immune cells: New strategy to boost immunotherapy in solid tumors

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study provides valuable insights into the variability of tumor immune microenvironment across individuals and highlights the potential to enhance antitumor efficacy by targeting immunosenescence.

Journal: Nature Medicine

RSV vaccines safe and effective, Cochrane review finds

Cochrane
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Cochrane review demonstrates that vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are both safe and effective in protecting vulnerable groups that are most at risk of serious illness, including older adults and infants.

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Funder: European Commission and the European Health and Digital Executive Agency, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

RSV vaccines safe and effective, Cochrane review finds

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reduce the risk of infection in older adults and infants, according to a new Cochrane review.

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Funder: European Health and Digital Executive Agency

Unplanned, premature, out-of-hospital births pose challenges for emergency team

European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)
Reports and Proceedings

The first detailed analysis of unplanned births that occurred outside the hospital setting in Austria has shown that, although such deliveries are rare, they pose challenges for emergency teams that attend, especially if babies are born prematurely. The study is presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress in Vienna on Monday.

Meeting: European Emergency Medicine Congress (EUSEM 2025)

Hypnosis can make ventilation masks more acceptable to patients with breathing problems

European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)
Reports and Proceedings

Hypnosis can significantly improve patients’ tolerance of masks to help them breathe when they are suffering from acute respiratory failure, according to a pilot study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress on Monday.

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