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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Jan-2026 09:11 ET (17-Jan-2026 14:11 GMT/UTC)

17-Sep-2025

BU Professor on new book about U.S. healthcare reform: ‘I hope it helps to inspire a new way of thinking about healthcare’

Boston University School of Public Health
Book Announcement

Dr. Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy & management at Boston University School of Public Health, discusses his new book The Easiest, which presents a guide to thorough healthcare reform in the US. By strategically redirecting trillions of dollars in wasteful spending, the US can achieve affordable and high-quality care for all.

17-Sep-2025

AI for ecology and conservation: New tools track ecosystem health

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rice’s César A. Uribe is developing computational tools to help scientists better understand ecosystems with recent studies using AI to glean new insights from different kinds of ecological data — from African mammal food webs to tropical forest soundscapes.

Journal: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Google, Universidad de Antioquia, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Research on Biological Resources, U.S. National Science Foundation, Rice University, SGI, Ecopetrol

17-Sep-2025

Resistance training may improve nerve health, slow aging process, study shows

Syracuse University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Simple resistance training may help counteract age-related nerve deterioration that puts seniors at risk of injuries from falls and other accidents, according to cross-institutional research led by postdoctoral researcher JoCarol Shields and Department of Exercise Science Professor Jason DeFreitas.

Journal: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

17-Sep-2025

Soccer headers and brain health: Study finds changes within folds of the brain

American Academy of Neurology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In amateur soccer players, more frequent heading, or using the head to control or pass the ball, is linked to alterations within the folds of the brain, according to a study published on September 17, 2025, in Neurology^®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study does not prove that soccer heading causes brain changes, it only shows an association.

Journal: Neurology

17-Sep-2025

Genetic test predicts response to weight-loss drugs

Mayo Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a genetic test that can help predict how people will respond to weight loss medications such as GLP-1s.

Journal: Cell Metabolism

17-Sep-2025

UC San Diego Health honored as top performer in quality care

University of California - San Diego
Grant and Award Announcement

UC San Diego Health recognized by Vizient as a top performer in hospital quality and outpatient care for the seventh year.

17-Sep-2025

Gut infections often overlooked in men who have sex with men

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

It’s time to develop more effective ways to control and prevent sexually transmitted gut infections, urge the authors of an article appearing today in Clinical Microbiology Reviews, a journal of the American Society of Microbiology. Global emergence of several multidrug-resistant gut pathogens and the potential for crossover transmissions among different at-risk populations underscores the importance of prompt diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and the need to consider community-level education and testing.

Journal: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, American College of Gastroenterology