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Medicine & Health

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2-Jun-2026

Science and AI-enabled research platforms

In an Editorial, Vaughan C. Turekian, Executive Director of the Office of International Networks, Cooperation, and Security at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine argues that science is entering a new phase. In an era of vast computational power, automated experiments, and AI, science will increasingly be built around integrated platforms that link data, models, computing, and instrumentation at scale.

Journal: PNAS Nexus

2-Jun-2026

GLP-1 use linked to lower breast cancer incidence in large cohort study

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A retrospective analysis of more than 110,000 women found that those who took GLP-1 medications were about 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer.

Journal: JCO Oncology Practice
Meeting: ASCO Annual Meeting 2026

2-Jun-2026

University Hospitals awarded PCORI funding to implement telepsychiatry collaborative care for complex psychiatric disorders

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Grant and Award Announcement

University Hospitals awarded PCORI funding to implement a telehealth-based program to treat complex psychiatric disorders by integrating behavioral health into primary care. The model includes a behavioral health coordinator and expands screening and treatment for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder.

2-Jun-2026

Feeling older than your age linked to poorer sleep and worse daytime functioning

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that adults who feel older than their chronological age reported worse sleep outcomes, including more insomnia symptoms, greater sleep-related impairment, and lower sleep regularity, with those sleep outcomes in turn associated with poorer self-reported physical health.

Journal: SLEEP
Meeting: SLEEP 2026

2-Jun-2026

Poor sleep in middle-aged women is associated with lower psychological well-being nearly a decade later

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that sleep problems in middle-aged and older adults are tied to lower psychological well-being nine years later. The link was stronger in women than in men, suggesting that sleep may play an outsized role in how women feel and function later in life.

Journal: SLEEP
Meeting: SLEEP 2026

2-Jun-2026

Later sleep schedules are associated with loneliness and increased anxiety

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that individuals with an evening chronotype, who prefer to go to sleep and wake up at later times, report poorer mental health, higher general loneliness, and higher nocturnal loneliness. Both forms of loneliness serve as significant pathways in the association between chronotype and mental health.

Journal: SLEEP
Meeting: SLEEP 2026

2-Jun-2026

Opportunities and risks of routine data in medicine

Universitatsklinikum Bonn
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The increasing availability of routinely collected health data (RCD) which is increasingly being used for research purposes, opens up numerous opportunities to answer more questions about health and disease – and to do so in less time. However, researchers often lack knowledge about how the data was generated, as well as control over how it was collected. An international research consortium has now published a groundbreaking guide on the use of RCDs, which is the first comprehensive guide of its kind. The goal is to sustainably improve the quality, validity, and transparency of studies based on such data, thereby strengthening the foundation for reliable evidence-based medicine. The study is now published in the renowned journal The BMJ.

Journal: The BMJ

2-Jun-2026

Brains of older people must work harder to keep us from falling

UCD Research & Innovation
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from University College Dublin (UCD) and the ULB Neuroscience Institute have shed light on the brain mechanisms underlying age-related changes in postural control. Their research paves the way for better understanding and mitigation of the risk of falls.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

2-Jun-2026

New study identifies key warning signs for infection after ankle fracture surgery in older patients

Bentham Science Publishers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Why This Research Was Needed

Ankle fractures are becoming more common among older adults, and surgery to fix them carries a complication rate of up to 30%. One of the most serious complications is a fracture-related infection (FRI) — an infection that develops at or around the fracture site following surgery — which almost always requires a second operation. Despite this, little was known about which patients are most at risk, especially those aged 50 and older. A research team led by Dr. Molham Najjar, from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland, and the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at Hirslanden Klinik Birshof, Basel, Switzerland, set out to change that.

Journal: The Open Orthopaedics Journal