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Apr 2026
Very high prenatal PFAS exposure increases childhood asthma risk
High prenatal exposure to PFAS linked to increased childhood asthma risk, highlighting concerns over 'forever chemicals' and early-life environmental impacts.
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Apr 2026
Microplastics lab studies may fail to reflect real-world exposure
Microplastics pose health risks, but lab studies often fail to reflect real-world exposure, highlighting critical gaps in toxicological research methodologies.
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Apr 2026
Study finds top AI models still struggle with clinical reasoning
Researchers tested 21 frontier large language models on 29 stepwise MSD Manual clinical vignettes and found that, although many models performed well on final diagnosis, they remained much weaker at differential diagnosis and diagnostic testing. They also introduced the PrIME-LLM score, a multidimensional benchmark designed to better capture balanced clinical reasoning across the full workflow rather than raw accuracy alone.
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Apr 2026
Study warns of rising teen dependency on AI companions
It's estimated that more than half of all of U.S. teens are regularly using companion chatbots powered by large language models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
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Apr 2026
New method boosts AI-driven protein engineering with massive data
Protein engineering is a field primed for artificial intelligence research. Each protein is made up of amino acids; to optimize a protein function, researchers modify proteins by switching out one of 20 different amino acids for another.
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Apr 2026
Generative AI falls short in diagnostic reasoning despite accuracy
Despite increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, a new study led by Mass General Brigham researchers from the MESH Incubator shows that generative AI models continue to fall short at their clinical reasoning capabilities.
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Apr 2026
Categorization is fundamental and predictive across all brain processing
Challenging the classic view, two cognitive scientists argue in a new review that categorization is not a late, specialized stage of sensory processing.
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Apr 2026
Alzheimer's risk gene APOE4 impacts bone health in females
Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, along with collaborators at UC San Francisco, have discovered that APOE4, the most common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, causes bone quality deficits specifically in female mice, through a mechanism that is invisible to standard imaging and can emerge as early as midlife.
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Apr 2026
Prenatal opioid exposure shows minimal effect on later academic performance
Every 25 minutes in the United States, a baby is diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a condition that occurs in newborns who have been exposed to opioids in the womb and develop withdrawal after birth, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Apr 2026
Supportive neighborhoods linked to slower cognitive decline in older immigrants
Older Chinese immigrants living in neighborhoods with greater access to community amenities, services and supportive infrastructure experienced slower cognitive decline over time, according to Rutgers Health researchers.
