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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Aug-2025 09:10 ET (15-Aug-2025 13:10 GMT/UTC)

International cooperation needed for healthy sustainable diets

University of Göttingen
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Growing emphasis on self-reliance and trade barriers could impair the ability of people to consume healthy and sustainable diets around the world. Research teams from the University of Göttingen and the University of Edinburgh investigated the extent to which 186 countries can feed their own populations solely through domestic production. The study was published in the journal Nature Food.

Journal: Nature Food

Americans say benefits of MMR vaccine for children outweigh risks by nearly 5-1

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Reports and Proceedings

U.S. adults overwhelmingly say the benefits of the MMR vaccine for children outweigh the risks, according to a health survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Two-thirds of those surveyed know that it's false to say that vaccines given to children such as the MMR cause autism, though the number of people who say this has declined over the past four years.

A diabetes paradox: Improved health has not boosted workforce prospects

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Despite considerable health gains, lagging workforce participation among the diabetes population has not improved since the late 1990s, suggesting that medical progress alone may not be enough to boost economic prospects.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

In healthy aging, carb quality counts

Tufts University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Intakes of dietary fiber and high-quality carbohydrates in midlife are linked to increased likelihood of healthy aging and other positive health outcomes in older women. Higher intakes of refined carbohydrates and starchy vegetables were associated with lower odds of healthy aging.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Dietary carbohydrate intake, carbohydrate quality, and healthy aging in women

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study of women, intakes of high-quality carbohydrates and dietary fiber were associated with positive health status in older adulthood, suggesting that dietary carbohydrate quality may be an important determinant of healthy aging.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Trends in home health care among traditional Medicare beneficiaries with or without dementia

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that home health use is high and has increased among people with dementia. Decreasing rates of home health use since 2020 in this high-need population suggest a need for ongoing monitoring of service use and outcomes for people with dementia.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Study reveals impacts of Alzheimer’s disease on the whole body

Baylor College of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While Alzheimer’s disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (Duncan NRI) and collaborating institutions provide a new understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease affects different tissues across the entire body. The findings, published in Neuron, reveal new insights into brain-body communication in neurodegeneration and pave the way for identifying novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease.

Journal: Neuron