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Low Midlife PSA Linked to Reduced 20-Year Prostate Cancer Risk

Low Midlife PSA Linked to Reduced 20-Year Prostate Cancer Risk

A 20-year cohort study shows men with low baseline PSA face minimal prostate cancer risk, supporting personalised screening strategies using PSA and PSA density.

Psychosocial Stress Raises Risk of Dementia and Stroke

Psychosocial Stress Raises Risk of Dementia and Stroke

Cumulative psychosocial stress across childhood and adulthood is linked to higher dementia and stroke risk, partly driven by depression.

Pyrolysis-derived Mullein Leaf extract tested for antibacterial activity against resistant bacteria on agar plates

Mullein Leaf Extract Shows Antibacterial Promise

Mullein leaf extract showed the strongest antibacterial activity against resistant E. coli and Enterococcus in lab tests.

septic shock

Key Predictors of Death in Septic Shock Identified

A large meta-analysis identifies patient, clinical, and biochemical factors linked to early mortality in septic shock, helping clinicians stratify risk.

Postmenopausal woman with green tea representing urinary phenolic metabolites after a polyphenol-rich diet

Menopause: Chocolate and Tea May Support Cardiometabolic Health

In menopause, daily chocolate, green tea, and fruit juice measurably changed urinary polyphenol metabolism in women.

Sleep Quality Linked to Favourable ART Outcomes

Sleep Quality Linked to Favourable ART Outcomes

Good sleep quality is significantly associated with better ART pregnancy and implantation rates, a 2026 meta-analysis has found.

Oral glucose tolerance test blood draw for cystic fibrosis-related diabetes biomarker research

New Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes Biomarkers Emerge

Circulating microRNAs shifted during OGTT, distinguishing cystic fibrosis-related diabetes from earlier intolerance in CF cohorts.

Fitness Test Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension Outcomes - EMJ

Simple Fitness Test Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension Outcomes

Performance on the one-minute sit-to-stand test was a strong predictor of prognosis. Each additional repetition was associated with a lower risk of adverse outcomes (hazard ratio: 0.94; 95% CI: 0.90–0.98; p

gene therapy

EAHAD 2026: Nine-Year Outcomes of Gene Therapy

Nine-year data show sustained safety and reduced bleeding after gene therapy in haemophilia B, although enrichment for full viral capsids did not deliver clear clinical advantages.

Vaccines on green background

Scalable chikungunya vaccine breakthrough

Researchers at Griffith University’s are on the cusp of a significant breakthrough in the development of a vaccine for the chikungunya virus.