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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Dec-2025 09:11 ET (23-Dec-2025 14:11 GMT/UTC)

Choosing safer personal care products can help lower exposures to risky chemicals

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women who selectively purchase personal care products based on their ingredients were successfully able to lower their exposures to several chemicals associated with health risks.

Journal: Environmental Justice
Funder: California Breast Cancer Research Program, Passport Foundation, Forsythia Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

University of Oklahoma leads collaboration to transform fire weather warnings

University of Oklahoma
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Oklahoma is leading a $2.3 million NSF-funded initiative to research a unified wildfire warning system for fire threats nationwide. The project combines atmospheric science, behavioral research and practitioner collaboration to lay the groundwork for FireNet—a national framework to improve public safety and resilience against wildfires.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Study: Remote monitoring improves recovery from cancer surgery

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study co-authored by Tracy Crane, Ph.D., RDN, co-leader of the Cancer Control Program at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, shows that remote perioperative monitoring (RPM) significantly improves recovery for cancer surgery patients.

Journal: npj Digital Medicine

Plant-derived compound has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects against periodontal disease

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Morin-based powder, extracted from guava leaves, apple peel, and figs, can be slowly released with the help of polymers and serve as an alternative to antibiotics. A platform developed at FOAr-UNESP processes morin to obtain it in the form of a fine powder, similar to powdered milk. The final product is intended for use by people with reduced motor skills, such as older adults and patients with special needs, who are unable to brush their teeth properly.

Journal: Archives of Oral Biology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Psychedelics may offer healing for concussion, traumatic brain injuries

University of Victoria
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Concussion and other traumatic brain injuries impact an estimated 69 million people every year, as a result of sport collisions, falls, road accidents and interpersonal violence. There are few treatments, and no approved and effective pharmacotherapies.

New research from the Christie Lab at the University of Victoria (UVic) reveals the promise of two psychedelic compounds—psilocybin and 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT)—for healing these injuries, by enhancing neuroplasticity and reducing inflammation within the brain.

Journal: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Listening to a story could help diagnose language disorders, UH researcher finds

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Houston researcher found that recording brain activity while a person listens to a story may help diagnose primary progressive aphasia, a rare neurodegenerative syndrome that impairs language skills.

Journal: Scientific Reports

The ‘Big Ideas in Medicine’: Mass General Brigham leaders identify top opportunities to impact health care

Mass General Brigham
Business Announcement

Mass General Brigham leading experts have identified the "Big Ideas in Medicine" list consisting of 12 innovative ideas to help reshape clinical care. The "Big Ideas," announced at the 2025 World Medical Innovation Forum in Boston, focus on gene editing technologies, leveraging the immune system to address disease, new funding models for research and innovation, and utilizing AI in care delivery, and more.