A new Johns Hopkins Medicine study finds that in adults with type 2 diabetes — most of whom were taking multiple antihypertensive medications — a lower-sodium DASH-style diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) achieved a clinically meaningful reduction in blood pressure, primarily from sodium reduction.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) strongly defends the integrity and transparency of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), rejecting claims of conflict of interest and cautioning that efforts to restructure the committee risk undermining evidence-based vaccine policy. SHEA urges HHS to preserve scientific rigor and public trust in its decision-making.

Study finds that people with higher levels of depressive symptoms are more susceptible to the emotional influence of negative surrounding images, perceiving even neutral content as more emotionally negative when it's paired with negative peripheral information. This effect was not mitigated by positive imagery, highlighting an asymmetry in how depression affects emotional processing. The findings underscore the importance of contextual cues in shaping emotional experiences in individuals with depression and point to potential strategies for therapeutic interventions that address these contextual sensitivities. 

Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage biotechnology company driven by generative artificial intelligence (AI), today announced the recent release of its Nach01 foundation model on Amazon Web Services (AWS), available via AWS Marketplace, a curated storefront helping companies of all sizes find, buy, and deploy solutions from AWS Partners. The launch represents a major step in the ongoing collaboration between AWS and Insilico Medicine’s Pharma.AI Platform, aimed at providing access to advanced AI tools for drug design. Nach01 leverages a large language model to process both structural and spatial data. Combining strengths from both predecessors, Nach01 is designed to solve hundreds of diverse tasks, providing a broad and comprehensive range of chemical knowledge.