About The Study: This national analysis of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing cholecystectomy between 2020 and 2023 had 2 principal findings. First, the use of robotic-assisted cholecystectomy continued to increase substantially. Second, despite its growth, robotic-assisted cholecystectomy remained associated with higher risk-adjusted rates of bile duct injury compared with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, while differences in overall complication rates between approaches were small. 

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found evidence that people who fall at the extreme high or low ends of certain traits, such as cholesterol, blood glucose, height, and age at menopause, are more likely to have a simple genetic explanation than previously thought. Their findings, reported in the May 27 issue of Nature [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10516-5], may lead to new insights into the causes of common diseases. Many traits linked to human health are considered “polygenic,” meaning they are shaped by the combined influence of many common genetic variants, each contributing only a small effect. But the new study explored whether individuals with extreme trait values may instead be influenced by rarer genetic variants that have a much larger impact. The researchers say this possibility could help explain why some individuals develop unusually high or low levels of traits associated with conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.

In a new study, researchers say that the mosquito-transmitted virus persists in macrophages and cause long-term joint inflammation.

Dr. Rachel Parkinson, who is the leading researcher on this project, states that MetaBeeAI could potentially transform how evidence is gathered across fields from environmental science to medicine. It is an intelligence system, that combines large language models with human validation to accelerate systematic reviews of scientific research while maintaining traceability and scientific rigour. 

The asteroid impact thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was followed by surges of fungi in North America, according to a new paper by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers.

(Toronto, May 27, 2026) JMIR Publications today released a report on developments in the evidence gap in drug safety during pregnancy in its News and Perspectives section.