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New global research highlights burden of unsafe food

If it isn't safe, it isn't food. That message sits at the heart of a major new global effort by the World Health Organization (WHO). University of Waterloo public health researcher Dr. Shannon Majowicz contributed research to the new WHO estimates, which cover the global burden o

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New evidence of the transition from the last hunter-gatherers to early farming communities

Archaeological work conducted at the Coves del Fem (Ulldemolins, Priorat)—located within the Serra de Montsant Natural Park—between May 30 and June 28, 2026, has yielded important new evidence for understanding the prehistory of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. The campaign wa

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Estrogen-based hormone therapies could protect brain health in older women

Researchers from the University of Kansas have shown a link between reproductive hormone exposure throughout life and brain health in 459 women ages 65 to 80. They discovered older women who had used hormonal birth control in young adulthood were more likely to have larger volume

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Tracking the flow of cerebrospinal fluid reveals an unprecedented view of the brain's glym

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a technique to noninvasively visualize the brain's waste-removal system in unprecedented detail. This new imaging approach allows researchers to examine how this system is altered by conditions including ischemic stroke, agin

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Blocking a female-only GABA signal that helps glioblastoma evade immunity may boost surviv

Researchers have identified a critical biological difference in how glioblastoma develops in male and female laboratory models, pinpointing an immune pathway that fuels tumor growth only in females. The study shows that the neurotransmitter GABA boosts the cancer-protecting activ

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How a major cancer center reduced treatment times

New Rutgers research suggests that much of the seemingly endless waiting for complex medical care can be engineered away by re-creating operations inside a computer and testing countless possible improvements. The study in the Annals of Operations Research explains how researcher

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Research on mate choice and gametes may bring new hope to the childless

So you have finally found the partner of your dreams—but no matter how hard you try, no children have come along. Could science offer new answers to mate choice and infertility? For several years, researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have been studying human reproduct

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Tourist hotspots could be creating new routes for parasite transmission

Researchers from the University of Lincoln have contributed to an international study examining how interactions between people, free-roaming dogs and wildlife at urban tourist destinations may create opportunities for parasite transmission.

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Immigrant youths feel worlds collide from bicultural stress

As the number of adolescents from immigrant families continues to rise, researchers say a pressing question is coming into focus: What does it mean for young people's mental health to grow up navigating life between cultures?

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Age limits alone won't fix smartphone risks, suggests study

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, found that a year after receiving their first smartphone at age 13, teens at 14 who spent signi

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Robust colorectal cancer signature identified in large-scale microbiome study

Researchers have long suspected that the gut microbiome—the community of bacteria and other microorganisms living in the intestine—is closely linked to colorectal cancer. In a new study published in Cell Host & Microbe, an international group of researchers from the Mi-EOCRC cons

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Scheduling surgeons: Researchers identify factors that could influence hospital efficiency

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have analyzed nearly 86,500 surgeries at Baystate Medical Center to identify the top factors that influence inefficiencies in surgeon schedules. Having an efficiently organized surgical schedule has the potential to lower cos

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