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Medicine & Health

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Oct-2026 14:16 ET (23-Oct-2026 18:16 GMT/UTC)

24-Sep-2026

Study reveals complex, nonlinear process of health behavior change among women with polycystic ovary syndrome

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, provides new insight into how women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) adopt and maintain healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. Researchers found that behavior change is a nonlinear process shaped by factors that can either support progress or lead to disengagement.

Journal: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Funder: Health High-level Talent Support Program of Hunan Province of China

24-Sep-2026

Novel CAR-T therapy shows promising safety and durable responses in hard-to-treat multiple myeloma

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A phase 1 clinical trial led by investigators at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute and the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that an investigational CAR-T therapy can lead to deep and durable responses in people with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Results are published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
Funder: John and Ashley Ranelli Endowed Scholar in Innovation, The phase 1 clinical study design and protocol were jointly developed by Arcellx, Inc., and the academic authors, with additional funding and support by Kite, a Gilead Company

24-Sep-2026

Kaddurah-Daouk named inaugural chair of Precision Behavioral Health

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Business Announcement

Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, PhD, has been named the inaugural chair of the Department of Precision Behavioral Health, the first department established at the UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences, the university’s newest school.

24-Sep-2026

New cell-collection device could improve early cancer detection

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers developed a handheld device that can gently collect living cells from specific locations to test for ovarian and other cancers. The technique could be used to catch cancers earlier and more effectively, and to create personalized treatments.

Journal: Device
Funder: Break Through Cancer Foundation

24-Sep-2026

Multiple childhood traumas tied to worse young adult outcomes

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Emerging adults with an average age of 19 who experienced four or more adverse childhood experiences had substantially higher rates of depression, suicidal ideation, hard drug use, and interpersonal violence than those who reported no childhood adversity.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

24-Sep-2026

Nearly one in five people with sight loss report encountering bogus treatments

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international study of almost 1,000 people living with sight loss, led by University College London (UCL) researchers, found that nearly one in five reported receiving or encountering eye treatments they believed to be ‘bogus’.

Journal: JAMA Ophthalmology
Funder: National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

24-Sep-2026