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Medicine & Health

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 26-Oct-2026 00:16 ET (26-Oct-2026 04:16 GMT/UTC)

3-Aug-2026

Muscle synergy analysis reveals hidden coordination deficits in adolescent scoliosis

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Journal Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study, published in Translational Exercise Biomedicine (ISSN: 2942-6812), an official partner journal of International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), has found that adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) show fundamental differences in how their paraspinal muscles coordinate during trunk movement (DOI:10.1515/teb20260007).

Journal: Translational Exercise Biomedicine

3-Aug-2026

NICE referral criteria miss up to 95% of women under 50 who go on to develop breast cancer within 10 years

University of Cambridge
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) criteria used to decide who should be referred by GPs for further breast cancer risk assessment and specialist care misses up to 95% of women under 50 who will go on to develop the disease in the next 10 years, new research by researchers at the University of Cambridge and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has found.

Journal: British Journal of Cancer
Funder: Cancer Research UK, Breast Cancer Now

3-Aug-2026

GSA statement on Senate continuing resolution language affecting federal grants

The Gerontological Society of America
Business Announcement

Senate appropriators on both sides of the aisle have come to an agreement on a short-term government funding bill — a continuing resolution that includes a provision to delay implementation of a proposed rule from the White House Office of Management and Budget that would place political appointees in charge of approving federal grants.

3-Aug-2026

Study shows AI could support low-cost foot health technology

University of Queensland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Australian researchers have demonstrated AI tools could play an important part in the development of simpler, lower-cost technologies for monitoring foot health.

Journal: Sensors
Funder: Australian Government

3-Aug-2026

Gestational diabetes diagnoses rise sharply in England

University of Edinburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

One in eight mothers in England is now diagnosed with gestational diabetes, with diagnoses rising by 60 per cent in just five years, according to a major study.

Journal: BMJ Medicine

3-Aug-2026

Every day counts

University of California - Irvine
Grant and Award Announcement

A conversation with a friend. A neighborhood gathering. Small moments of connection may have a far greater impact on our health than we realize. With a new $2.5 million federal grant, UC Irvine psychologist Susan Charles is investigating how everyday fluctuations in social connection influence healthy aging, with findings that could reshape how researchers and healthcare professionals address loneliness, cognitive health and overall well-being.

Funder: National Institute on Aging

3-Aug-2026

New Mexico measles outbreak estimated to cost $5.4 million, with substantial costs accrued from vaccination-related activities

American College of Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A cost analysis of the 2025 measles outbreak in New Mexico found that the outbreak carried an estimated societal cost of $5.4 million, or more than $53,000 per case.

Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine

3-Aug-2026

Pharmaceutical spending is shifting away from ‘me-too’ drugs

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pharmaceutical spending has become increasingly focused on highly novel drugs in the last decade, driven primarily by increased use of innovative medicines rather than high prices on a few treatments.

Journal: Health Affairs

3-Aug-2026

How does a deadly chicken virus escape vaccines designed to slow it?

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by researchers at Penn State and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has identified 10 regions in the Marek's disease virus’s genome that likely played a role in increases its virulence, results could inform the development of next-generation vaccines that are more effective at preventing future breakthroughs.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: NSF-NIH-USDA Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID), NSF-NIH EEID