Medicine & Health

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27-May-2026

 

Brain imaging study highlights ethnoracial differences in dementia

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A large multisite study of older people with cognitive impairment finds that Black and Hispanic people, while known to be far more apt to have dementia, are significantly less apt than other racial and ethnic groups to show Alzheimer's pathology on brain scans. The study, reported in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, was led by researchers at Vanderbilt Health.

Funder

Alzheimer's Association, American College of Radiology, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc, General Electric Healthcare, Life Molecular Imaging

27-May-2026

Large-scale clinical trial provides long-sought answers for treating Chiari malformation and syringomyelia

Virginia Commonwealth University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The results from the study, led by VCU Health and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU neurosurgeon David Limbrick, will inform providers on the safest and most effective approaches for treating these conditions.

Journal

New England Journal of Medicine

27-May-2026

 

USC robot learns music by ear, opening new possibilities in medicine and therapy

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

USC researchers built a robotic hand that hears a melody once and plays it back after just two minutes of self-taught practice on a keyboard. They say the implications go far beyond music.

Journal

Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Funder

U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, The Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Stanford University

27-May-2026

Early interventions can help women achieve optimal weight gain during pregnancy

George Mason University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research from George Mason University reviews the effects of prenatal nutrition, physical activity, and education programs on pregnancy weight gain among women in low- and middle-income countries.  

Journal

BMJ Global Health

27-May-2026

New study finds neighborhood-level sampling could close equity gap in wastewater disease surveillance

Syracuse University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Syracuse Univesity identify gaps in the system, meaning the most at-risk populations need outbreaks 3.45 times larger before detection in wastewater even when they're technically covered by the surveillance network

Journal

American Journal of Public Health

27-May-2026

 

Minutes instead of days: New 3D printing device and technique could speed up semiconductor research

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Faculty in the Cockrell School of Engineering developed a rare printer as part of a larger project to speed up production and lower costs of manufacturing semiconductors critical to modern electronics.

Journal

Nano Letters

27-May-2026

More than two decades after 9/11, the children of World Trade Center responders are still experiencing mental health ill-effects

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More than two decades after 9/11, the children of World Trade Center responders are still experiencing mental health ill-effects, per new study examining the intergenerational transmission of trauma.

Journal

PLOS Mental Health

27-May-2026

 

Innovation Crossroads celebrates 10 years of entrepreneurship at LEEP Demo Day

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Entrepreneurs, researchers and program participants gathered on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 for the Department of Energy’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) Demo Day, hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Innovation Crossroads at Covenant Health Park in Knoxville. 

27-May-2026

 

Public health concern or misconduct? Study gauges views of hazing

University of Mississippi
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Adults are often left out of the conversation surrounding hazing, but the same adults are needed to put a stop to it. New research shows that most U.S. adults view hazing not only as harmful, but as a public health concern. 

Journal

Public Health