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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Dec-2025 20:11 ET (22-Dec-2025 01:11 GMT/UTC)

22-Jul-2025

US adolescents with cannabis use disorder failing to complete rehabilitation

Florida Atlantic University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study analyzed data from more than 40,000 teens (ages 12 to 17) and found alarmingly low rates (about 35%) of treatment completion. Nearly 60% of the adolescents started using cannabis between ages 12 and 14. Those who started cannabis at age 11 or younger had a success rate of just 12.9%. Co-occurring disorders, early use, and race impacted outcomes, with Hispanic and Pacific Islander teens more likely to complete treatment than Black or white adolescents. Boys were somewhat less likely than girls to complete treatment.

Journal: Pediatric Reports

22-Jul-2025

Americans want stronger safety net for older adults

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Social Security remains broadly popular, and as the U.S. population ages, more Americans think the government should do more to help families care for older adults, according to Cornell University-led research investigating shifting attitudes about aging policy.

Journal: Journal of Aging & Social Policy

22-Jul-2025

Social steps to mitigate mental illness

PNAS Nexus
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Adam Skinner and colleagues used dynamic Bayesian network analysis to infer the complex causal networks that link social determinants to mental health in a nationally representative sample, consisting of around 25,000 participants in the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.

Journal: PNAS Nexus

22-Jul-2025

Call for bold action at upcoming Global Plastics Treaty Talks (INC-5.2)

Cambridge University Press
Meeting Announcement

As the world prepares for the final round of negotiations on a legally binding global plastics treaty (INC-5.2), from 5-14 August 2025, over 60 academic experts have stepped forward to outline exactly what they believe the treaty must include, and why this moment is a potential turning point in environmental policy.

You are invited to a briefing event hosted by the journal Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, which is published by Cambridge University Press. The confirmed speakers are Professor Maria Ivanova, Professor Max Liboiron, Professor Cressida Bowyer, Professor Tony Walker, and Professor Susanne Brander.

Date: 24 July 2025

Time: 2 pm (BST) / 9 am (EDT)

Platform: Zoom

Access Link: https://cup.org/4kJTxWn

Meeting: Second Part of the Fifth Session on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2)

22-Jul-2025

43% of drug-caused deaths by healthcare workers used hospital-only drugs

King's College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nearly half of drug-caused deaths by healthcare workers involved drugs that were obtained from their place of work, new research finds.

Journal: Addiction

22-Jul-2025

Suppressing tumor cell stemness might help colon cancer management

University of Fukui
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Colon cancer is often driven by cancer stem cells, which resist treatment and lead to relapse. In a recent study, researchers from Japan revealed how transcription factors CDX1 and CDX2 suppress cancer cell stemness by blocking β-catenin’s ability to activate key genes like LGR5. Their findings showed that CDX1/2 prevent the formation of key transcriptional complexes involving DSIF and PAF1, identifying these as critical regulators and potential therapeutic targets in colon cancer.

Journal: Cell Death and Disease

22-Jul-2025

Like humans, AI can jump to conclusions, Mount Sinai study finds

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

A study by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with colleagues from Rabin Medical Center in Israel and other collaborators, suggests that even the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models can make surprisingly simple mistakes when faced with complex medical ethics scenarios. The findings, which raise important questions about how and when to rely on large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, in health care settings, were reported in the July 22 online issue of NPJ Digital Medicine.

Journal: npj Digital Medicine