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Apr 2026
Psychology students gain interaction skills by watching therapists work
Psychology students who will work with patients during supervised professional training can benefit from observing experienced therapists at work.
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Apr 2026
Flu vaccines protect children well across Europe, but H3N2 remains harder to stop
Influenza vaccination provided strong real-world protection for children in European primary care across two seasons, with overall vaccine effectiveness of 68% in 2022–2023 and 71% in 2023–2024. Protection was highest against influenza B and H1N1, while H3N2 showed lower and more variable effectiveness, supporting the need for higher uptake and continued monitoring.
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Apr 2026
Sponge and sea slug partnership yields a new anticancer molecule with drug design promise
Researchers identified jorumycidine, a new hexacyclic marine alkaloid from the nudibranch Jorunna funebris and its dietary sponge, Haliclona sp., and demonstrated that it exhibits potent nanomolar cytotoxicity against multiple myeloma cells. They also proposed a new biosynthetic route involving cross-species metabolic interplay and an unusual oxazolidine ring that may help stabilize a pharmacologically important scaffold.
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Apr 2026
Cola may quickly lower pH inside orthodontic clear aligners and shift oral bacteria within hours
Researchers found that cola exposure quickly lowered pH and altered the microbiome on the inner surface of clear aligners, with the greatest disruption observed when aligners were removed before drinking and then reinserted. In this small 24-hour study, wearing aligners during exposure appeared less disruptive than removing them, though the authors said the mechanism still needs further study.
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Apr 2026
Why early-onset cancers are rising and how researchers plan to stop them
Early-onset cancers are rising worldwide, and this Cell Perspective argues that cancer prevention must move beyond static risk-factor snapshots toward life-course exposure mapping, tissue-level biology, and dynamic estimates of preventability. The authors propose three linked frameworks to speed discovery of cancer causes and translate those findings into more precise prevention and interception strategies.
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Apr 2026
Breastfeeding patterns in India differ between slum and non-slum neighborhoods
A new study from the University of Toronto shows that where a mother lives in an Indian city – in a slum or a non‑slum neighborhood – is linked to how she breastfeeds her baby.
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Apr 2026
Genetic overlap links psychiatric disorders with many physical ailments
For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of study, its own doctors, and its own menu of treatments.
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Apr 2026
New steerable optical fiber reaches previously inaccessible larynx tumors
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have developed a flexible optical fiber that can be threaded through a medical endoscope and steered into the larynx to destroy hard-to-reach tumors on the vocal folds, an advance that could expand outpatient laser treatment options for patients whose only other choice might be surgery under general anesthesia.
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Apr 2026
Long-term excess weight is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular risk
Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but people's weights can shift over time, and little is known about the cumulative impact of excess weight.
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Apr 2026
Social support, physical health and spiritual engagement help older adults truly flourish
Older Canadians who are socially connected, physically healthy, and spiritually engaged are significantly more likely to experience complete mental health, according to a new nationally representative study examining adults aged 65 and older.
