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10-Dec-2025

Opioids: clarifying the concept of safe supply to save lives

University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Canadian researchers want to clarify the concepts related to safe opioid supply to better assess their impact and guide public-health policies.

Journal: International Journal of Drug Policy
Funder: Fonds de recherche du Québec, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

10-Dec-2025

Spending less can deliver more climate-friendly nutrition

Tufts University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Eating healthy can save money and also cause less greenhouse gas emissions than most people’s current food choices, according to a new global study that examined food costs, nutrition, and climate impact around the world.

Journal: Nature Food

10-Dec-2025

Study finds increase in risk of binge drinking among 12th graders who use 2 or more cannabis products

University at Buffalo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Smoking, vaping and dabbing — the process of vaporizing highly potent cannabis concentrates at extremely high temperatures — all were associated with any past two-week binge drinking occurrence.

Journal: Substance Use & Misuse
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

10-Dec-2025

Honey analysis is a non-invasive method of pathogen surveillance in honey bees (Apis mellifera), and provides insight into hive health, according to study of 679 honey samples across Italy

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Honey analysis is a non-invasive method of pathogen surveillance in honey bees (Apis mellifera), and provides insight into hive health, according to study of 679 honey samples across Italy

Journal: PLOS One

10-Dec-2025

Stanford Medicine study shows why mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study implicates a pair of substances secreted by immune cells in inducing myocarditis among mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine recipients — and proposes a strategy to mitigate this effect.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine

10-Dec-2025

AI tips off scientists to new drug target to fight, treat mpox

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have identified a protein on the surface of the monkeypox virus that shows promise as a vaccine antigen or antibody target to prevent or treat mpox. They used the AI model AlphaFold 3 to identify a protein that had not been previously considered a good target for vaccines or antibodies.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: Welch Foundation

10-Dec-2025

New study reveals Industrial Revolution’s uneven health impacts across England

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An interdisciplinary team of scientists has uncovered new evidence showing that the health impacts of the Industrial Revolution varied more widely across England than previously believed. The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, challenge the longstanding narrative that industrial cities were uniformly polluted while rural communities remained comparatively untouched during the rise of polluting industries.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: University of Miami Rosenstiel School

10-Dec-2025

Radiation-induced cellular changes may mimic cancer recurrence in pap smears

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — December 10, 2025 — A new case report was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on November 19, 2025, titled “Deciphering radiation effects in pap smears: A case report and review of challenges.”

Journal: Oncoscience

10-Dec-2025

Study proves the anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and anti-arthritic actions of a plant used in folk medicine

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Alternanthera littoralis, also known as Joseph’s Coat, is native to the Brazilian coast and has traditionally been used to combat microbial infections and parasitic diseases.

Journal: Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo