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Sep 2026
Engineered stone countertops linked to severe silicosis
The article describes a 47-year-old man who visited an emergency department for a minor injury to his lung and was found to have lung nodules after a computed tomography (CT) scan.
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Sep 2026
Clinicians' words hold power to heal or harm patients
Dr. Wendy Harpham was 36 years old and a successful physician who prided herself on her empathy. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
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Sep 2026
Psychological flexibility improves athlete performance and mental wellbeing
Psychological flexibility plays an important role in both performance and wellbeing. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis by Lis Johles, which examined the relationship between psychological flexibility, mindfulness, mental health and performance among competitive athletes.
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Sep 2026
High adolescent BMI linked to faster biological aging in adulthood
A study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that a high adolescent body mass index (BMI) may be linked to accelerated biological aging in adulthood.
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Sep 2026
LabVantage named a visionary leader in life sciences and industrial LIMS by Frost & Sullivan
LabVantage Solutions, Inc., a leading global provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, has been named a Visionary Leader in two 2026 Frost Radar™ reports by Frost & Sullivan: Frost Radar™: Life Sciences Laboratory Information Management Systems, 2026 and Frost Radar™: Laboratory Information Management Systems in Industrial Applications, 2026. Announced at LabVantage's Customer Training and Education Conference (CTEC) Europe 2026 in Paris, the dual recognition marks LabVantage's fourth consecutive year of Frost Radar leadership.
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Sep 2026
Daily vitamin C may benefit pre-cancerous blood disorder patients
Vitamin C is an essential nutrient that supports immune function, promotes wound healing and protects cells from molecular damage.
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Sep 2026
Active form of meprin-β protein increases in people with Alzheimer’s disease
A team from the Altered Molecular Mechanism in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia laboratory, led by Javier Sáez Valero, a researcher at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint centre of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has identified increased levels of the protein meprin-β in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of people with Alzheimer's disease.
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Sep 2026
Sugary drinks stood out in this stomach cancer study, but diet drinks did not
In two large US prospective cohorts, consuming more than one sugar-sweetened beverage a day was associated with higher gastric cancer incidence compared with consuming less than one serving a month. Artificially sweetened beverages were not associated with gastric cancer incidence, and the authors called for further studies to confirm the findings and clarify possible biological mechanisms.
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Sep 2026
Measles outbreaks may reveal more than gaps in vaccination
A commentary in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics argues that measles outbreaks can serve as a sensitive indicator of weaknesses in vaccination coverage, surveillance, health equity, community trust, and broader immunization systems. The authors contend that pursuing measles eradication could also strengthen routine immunization, laboratory capacity, outbreak preparedness, and health-system resilience.
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Sep 2026
A 194-country analysis reveals gaps in how late childhood vaccinations are tracked
A global analysis of WHO/UNICEF data from 194 countries found wide variation in countries’ ability to record delayed childhood vaccinations, with 64% of reporting countries saying they could capture late doses in 2022. Following birth cohorts over time and adding delayed MCV1 doses raised median coverage estimates by 3.6 to 5.1 percentage points across available cohort years, though incomplete and inconsistent reporting limited confidence in some estimates.
