Daylight saving time does not affect peoples’ daily step count
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Jun-2026 08:16 ET (23-Jun-2026 12:16 GMT/UTC)
Data from Fitbits show that changing time twice a year does not affect people’s overall step counts but does impact when they are getting their steps in.
Kristen Billiar, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, will try to determine what turns those risk factors into disease as part of a $15 million multi-center initiative that is funded by the American Heart Association [LE1] and focused on early detection and prevention of heart valve disorders.
A novel strategy that combines computational and experimental approaches has allowed researchers to distinguish alterations in gene function that contribute to Parkinson’s disease from those that protect from the condition. The study revealed novel risk factors and previously unrecognized therapeutic targets, offering hope for a future in which effective therapies will be available to prevent, slow down or stop this devastating disease.
A new type of chatbot could reliably help people decide what to do about their symptoms — and do so based on guidance that is both medically sound and easy to understand. Designed to improve self-triage, the chatbot could help reduce unnecessary hospital visits and ensure that those who need care seek it sooner.
Researchers at the UBC Faculty of Medicine have developed a new targeted cancer therapy that can precisely seek out and destroy tumour cells—showing strong results in preclinical studies that bring the breakthrough closer to human clinical trials. The therapy targets a protein called IL1RAP, found on the surface of certain cancer cells but largely absent from normal tissues. By linking a cancer-killing drug to an antibody that recognizes this protein, the team created an antibody-drug conjugate that delivers treatment directly to cancer cells while sparing healthy tissues. In multiple models of Ewing sarcoma—a rare and aggressive cancer affecting children and young adults—the treatment eliminated established tumours and dramatically reduced the spread of cancer. Similar effects were seen in other cancers.
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