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Doctor-patient common tongue associated with better long-term survival for Canada’s Francophone, minority populations: University of Ottawa study

University of Ottawa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Summary

- Long-term health of Francophone and Allophone populations benefit from receiving language-concordant physician care; - Language concordance is key to improving long-term survival in an increasingly multilingual Canadian population; - Research analyzed over 50,000 Canadian patients over 15 years.

First trial confirms swimming reduces disability from chronic back pain

Macquarie University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Australian research has shown for the first time that a program of swimming can be clinically effective in reducing disability from chronic low back pain.

Journal: British Journal of Sports Medicine
Funder: Physiotherapy Research Foundation, Australia & New Zealand Low Back Pain Research Network (ANZBACK), Australian Government Research Training Programme Scholarship

It's not just fat: yo-yo dieting might mean losing muscle, too

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Repeatedly losing and gaining weight may do more than frustrate dieters — it also accelerates muscle loss in middle-aged people, according to new UC San Francisco research that comes as weight-loss medications transform obesity treatment.

Journal: Radiology
Funder: UCSF Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine

New framework launches to improve pulmonary embolism patient care

Radiological Society of North America
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Pulmonary Embolism Reporting and Data Systems framework for diagnosing and classifying acute pulmonary embolism using CT and magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was published today.

Journal: Radiology

Heart risk tools predict certain cancers about as well as they predict heart disease

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Risk calculators that doctors use to estimate a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke work about as well for predicting certain cancers, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers.

Journal: European Journal of Cancer
Funder: Health Data Research UK, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Rosetrees Trust, British Heart Foundation

Community-led health and livelihood programs helped protect rainforests during the pandemic

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the COVID-19 pandemic began, scientists expected economic hardships to cause a rise in illegal logging. However, rainforest loss in West Kalimantan, Indonesia declined by as much a 39 percent, because pandemic travel restrictions made illegal logging infeasible and too costly to support an income. This economic shock was buffered for communities with NGO-affiliated health and livelihood support.

Journal: The Lancet
Funder: David and Lucile Packard Foundation, National Geographic Society

Preserving peroxisomes helps maintain mitochondrial health and extend lifespan in C. elegans

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — July 21, 2026 — A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging on July 6, 2026, titled “Inhibition of peroxisomal protein PRX-11 promotes longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans via enhancements to mitochondria.”

Journal: Aging-US

Doctors develop guiding principles for future of AI in healthcare

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The new framework aims to help hospitals integrate artificial intelligence in a way that will not just increase efficiency and reduce costs but ensure high-quality patient care remains the top priority.

Journal: npj Digital Medicine

$5 million gift establishes Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Mount Sinai to advance precision medicine for autoimmune diseases

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Business Announcement

A $5 million gift from philanthropists Judith and Stewart Colton will establish a Colton Center for Autoimmunity within the Marc and Jennifer Lipschultz Precision Immunology Institute (PrIISM) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. This move expands research focused on earlier detection, precision treatment, disease prevention, and improved outcomes for people living with autoimmune diseases. The new Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Mount Sinai will become part of the Colton Consortium for Autoimmunity, an international research collaborative that brings together leading institutions to accelerate scientific discovery through data sharing, multidisciplinary collaboration across institutions, and rapid translation of research findings into new diagnostics, biomarkers, and therapies.