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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Dec-2025 19:11 ET (16-Dec-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)

10-Dec-2025

NIH-led study reveals role of mobile DNA elements in lung cancer progression

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

8-Dec-2025

Researchers find genetic basis for important risk factor in blinding eye disease

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

17-Sep-2025

Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

12-Sep-2025

Acupuncture treatment improves disabling effects of chronic low back pain in older adults

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

10-Sep-2025

Treating opioid addiction in jails improves treatment engagement, reduces overdose deaths and reincarceration

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

3-Sep-2025

One dose of antibiotic treats early syphilis as well as three doses

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

21-Aug-2025

Phantom limb study rewires our understanding of the brain

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

13-Aug-2025

Two-dose therapy for S. aureus bloodstream infections on par with standard treatment

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Dec-2025 19:11 ET (16-Dec-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)

15-Dec-2025

Specific depressive symptoms in midlife linked to increased dementia risk

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

15-Dec-2025

An ‘illuminating’ design sheds light on cholesterol

University of Pennsylvania
Peer-Reviewed Publication

15-Dec-2025

Study: Mixed results in using lipoic acid to treat progressive multiple sclerosis

Oregon Health & Science University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

15-Dec-2025

Biologists discover neurons use physical signals — not electricity — to stabilize communication

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

15-Dec-2025

MSK researchers solve a key colorectal cancer mystery

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

15-Dec-2025

Blood test may help identify which colon cancer patients benefit from NSAIDs

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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