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Study finds religion/spirituality may protect against depression among young adult online gamers

American Counseling Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research suggests that religion and spirituality may act as a protective factor against internet addiction and depression by providing meaning, social support, and reduced feelings of isolation.

Journal: Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling

Old diseases return as settlement pushes into the Amazon rainforest

University of California - Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publication

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Human activity continues to expand ever further into wild areas, throwing ecology out of balance. But what begins as an environmental issue often evolves into a human problem.

Journal: Biology Letters

Rare sciatic nerve tumor in child successfully treated with microsurgery

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — January 21, 2026 — A new case report was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on December 23, 2025, titled “Solitary diffuse-type giant neurofibroma arising from the sciatic nerve in a 13-year-old: A rare occurrence.”

Journal: Oncoscience

Stronger together: How social connections and physical activity team up to boost older adults’ health

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Experts long have known that strong social networks and physical activity help older adults stay healthier. Until now, however, little has been known about how these two factors interact to affect the health and well-being of this group.

Now, an in-depth literature review by health behavior experts with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health gives new insight into the topic — as well as suggestions for approaches to interventions to improve both factors.

Journal: American Journal of Health Promotion

“Antimicrobial resistance pandemic will kill more people than cancer by 2050 and no one at Davos is talking about it" – leading scientists speak out at Frontiers Science House

Frontiers
Meeting Announcement

At Frontiers Science House, Vanina Laurent Ledru, Chief Public Health and Government Affairs Officer of Institut Merieux and bioMerieux, warned that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be the next “pandemic” like COVID-19, killing more people than cancer by 2050. Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and Adèle James, Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer of Phagos, urged immediate global action against AMR.

Single enzyme found to control formation of immune cells critical for health

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that an enzyme involved in protein translation is essential for circulating immune cells, called monocytes, to mature into tissue-resident macrophages, a specialized population of immune cells that maintain organ health by clearing dead cells and debris. Without this enzyme, monocytes enter tissues but fail to fully differentiate, leading to impaired tissue maintenance and persistent immune cell infiltration that causes inflammation instead of repair.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Bloomberg Philanthropies and the National Institutes of Health, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the National Institutes of Health

Pregnancy- and abortion-related mortality in the US, 2018-2021

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that by taking away the option to end a pregnancy, abortion bans force pregnant people to take on the substantially increased health risks associated with continued pregnancy.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Generative AI use and depressive symptoms among US adults

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This survey study found that artificial intelligence (AI) use was significantly associated with greater depressive symptoms, with magnitude of differences varying by age group. Further work is needed to understand whether these associations are causal and explain heterogeneous effects.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: Among patients initially treated with antibiotics for uncomplicated acute appendicitis, the rate of recurrence and appendectomy at 10-year follow-up supports the use of antibiotics as an option for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in adult patients.

Journal: JAMA