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Medicine & Health

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 31-Oct-2026 17:16 ET (31-Oct-2026 21:16 GMT/UTC)

15-Jul-2026

Lobbying trends in psychiatry and psychology

About The Study: This economic evaluation characterizes U.S. lobbying spending in the mental health field between 2014 and 2024.

Journal: JAMA Psychiatry

15-Jul-2026

Machine learning method enables easier and wider use of Martin-Hopkins equation to accurately assess LDL cholesterol risk

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Martin-Hopkins equation to assess low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in blood samples has been used by laboratories in the U.S. and other countries to guide efforts to lower cardiovascular disease risk. Now, a simplified machine learning version of this equation has been shown in a study of millions of U.S. adult and child blood samples to match the accuracy of the original — making it broadly accessible. The findings and code published today in JAMA Cardiology.

Journal: JAMA Cardiology

15-Jul-2026

Ketogenic diets may increase cancer risk in the small intestine

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study in mice, MIT researchers have found that a ketogenic high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet may fuel the growth of intestinal tumors.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Pew-Stewart Trust scholar award, Kathy and Curt Marble cancer research award, Koch Institute-Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Bridge project grant, American Federation for Aging Research, MIT Stem Cell Initiative, Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Koch Institute Support (core) grant from the National Cancer Institute

15-Jul-2026

Less nicotine, fewer cigarettes: New study finds smokers are unlikely to smoke more when switching to low-nicotine cigarettes

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers analyzed clinical trials to find people who use very low nicotine cigarettes do not smoke more or inhale deeper, debunking long held myths.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: national institutes of drug abuse and FDA Center for Tobacco Products

15-Jul-2026

New study examines how and why harm reduction is misunderstood on college campuses

Boston University School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study found that students and staff involved with collegiate recovery programs held very different definitions and perceptions of harm reduction and its role in these programs, suggesting opportunities to reframe this public health approach in collegiate settings in a way that builds common ground and meets students’ varying substance use needs and recovery goals.

Journal: Emerging Adulthood
Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse

15-Jul-2026

Texas Children's researcher earns prestigious award to advance discoveries in rare immune diseases

Texas Children's Hospital
Grant and Award Announcement

Dr. Rui Yang, a Research Vision Scholar at Texas Children’s through the Research Vision Program Search and Recruitment Committee and a member of the Texas Children’s Research Institute (TCRI), as well as a clinical fellow in the Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology at Baylor College of Medicine, has been awarded the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS).

15-Jul-2026

MIT engineers find a precise way to grow artificial blood vessels

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT engineers found a way to engineer and control the growth of blood vessels by mechanically stretching them. The technology could advance efforts to replace a patient’s damaged or diseased tissue with a healthy, artificially grown version.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Department of War DURIP Program Grant, U.S. Department of War Army Research Office Early Career Program and PECASE Grant

15-Jul-2026

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation honors six early-career scientists with 2026 Klerman & Freedman Prizes for Mental Health Research

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Grant and Award Announcement

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2026 Klerman & Freedman Prizes, honoring exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness by early-career scientists. The prizes are awarded annually to recognize the work of outstanding scientists who have been supported by the Foundation’s Young Investigator Grants Program.

15-Jul-2026

Newly identified inhibitors may boost chemotherapy drug’s ability to fight treatment-resistant cancers

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new report of research, scientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have found a potential therapeutic target that can boost the potency of a chemotherapy used to treat certain cancers.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Commonwealth Foundation, Irving Hansen Foundation, Prostate Cancer Foundation