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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Aug-2025 06:10 ET (15-Aug-2025 10:10 GMT/UTC)

Want better sleep for your tween? Start with their screens

University of Toronto
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Good sleep is vital for adolescents’ physical health, mental well-being, and academic success — yet many don’t get enough rest. Now, a new study reveals bedtime screen habits may be to blame.

Journal: Sleep Health

AI medical receptionist modernizing doctor appointments, poised to improve patient care nationwide

Texas A&M University
Grant and Award Announcement

A key differentiator from early research is that Cassie was developed to be emotionally responsive, using facial recognition to read the user’s expressions and adjust its tone accordingly.

Digital health leader JMIR Publications announces its 2025 Impact Factor results

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

JMIR Publications, a leading publisher of open access digital health research, is pleased to announce new Journal Impact Factors for its journals, as published in Journal Citation Reports 2025 from Clarivate.

Exercise-induced protein revives aging muscles and bones

National Research Council of Science & Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A joint research team, led by Dr. Yong Ryoul Yang of the Aging Convergence Research Group at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB, President: Seok-Yoon Kwon) and Professor Nak-Sung Kim of Chonnam National University, has discovered a key protein, CLCF1 (cardiotrophin-like cytokine factor 1), that plays a central role in mediating the health benefits of physical activity.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Ministry of Science and ICT

The future of rare disease starts here: NF leaders gather in Washington, D.C.

Children's Tumor Foundation
Meeting Announcement

More than 1,000 scientists, clinicians, and patient advocates will gather in Washington, D.C. for the 2025 NF Conference and NF Summit, hosted by the Children’s Tumor Foundation, to advance research and treatment for neurofibromatosis and schwannomatosis. With breakthroughs in FDA-approved therapies, AI, and precision medicine, the events mark a turning point for the rare disease field.

Breast cancer patients’ microbiome may hold key to avoiding damaging heart side-effects of cancer therapies

European Society of Cardiology
Reports and Proceedings

New research findings shows that specific bacteria in patients’ gut microbiome correlate with biomarkers that suggest they are at greater risk of heart damage during chemotherapy.

98 women over the age of 60 diagnosed with breast cancer were tested for biomarkers that indicate heart health and their gut bacteria genome was sequenced before chemotherapy.

This study is part of a wider project called CARDIOCARE which will allow the research to expand to a larger study of 600 women to confirm the finding. This work offers the hope that tailored probiotics could be used to help protect women from the heart side-effects of chemotherapy in future.

China’s first national guideline on pediatric respiratory syncytial virus infection published in pediatric investigation

Pediatric Investigation
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new national guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for diagnosing, treating, and preventing pediatric respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in China. Addressing 12 clinical questions, it guides clinicians on diagnostic methods, oxygen therapy, use of interferon-alpha, and nirsevimab prophylaxis. The guideline discourages unnecessary medications and emphasizes supportive care and long-term monitoring. Developed by leading experts and published in Pediatric Investigation, it aims to standardize care, reduce hospitalizations, and reflect China’s RSV burden and seasonal trends.

Journal: Pediatric Investigation