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Cancer patients who interact with an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar doctor before meeting a real consultant feel more knowledgeable and less stressed. According to a study presented at the European Society of Radiation Therapy Oncology Congress (ESTRO 2026). The study was presented by Dr. Adam Leben, chief of radiation oncology at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Christiana Care Research Institute in Newark, Delaware, USA. “We know that patient understanding of cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy, is essential to ensuring informed consent. It also improves patient satisfaction and makes them more likely to continue and complete treatment,” he said.…

“Why do patients with dementia and cognitive decline continue to be stuck in past memories?” Researchers at KAIST have become the first in the world to identify the existence of a “neural switch” in the brain that selectively recalls the most recent memories. This study reveals the principle by which the brain selects necessary information between past and new memories, and offers new possibilities for future treatments for memory decline and cognitive inflexibility. On May 17, KAIST announced that a research team led by Professor Han Jin-hee of the Department of Biological Sciences has discovered, for the first time in…

First, it was named after two men. The name was then given based on a false premise. More than a century later, one of the most common hormonal disorders affecting women around the world has a science-backed name. A global consortium of medical professionals, patients and advocates has announced that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) should henceforth be known as polyendocrine-metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). The changes, which have been 14 years in the making, were unveiled this week at the European Society of Endocrinology congress. Experts in gynecology and endocrinology, as well as experts in adolescent medicine (PMOS is diagnosed in…

A study of children in Tarragona, Spain, found that higher prenatal exposure to air pollution (PM10 and PM coarse particles, NO2, and NOx gases) was associated with slightly higher teacher-reported ADHD symptom scores in school-age participants. However, this study found no association between exposure to air pollution and clinical diagnosis of ADHD. The paper is Research on psychopathology in children and adolescents. Air pollution is the presence of harmful substances such as gases, particles, smoke, and chemical pollutants in the air. They can come from natural sources such as traffic, factories, power plants, heating systems, agriculture, fires, and sandstorms. Air…

When climate scientists first tried to estimate how airborne microplastics contributed to global warming, they modeled it as colorless, essentially transparent beads floating in the wind. This is the simplest assumption and, for many years, the only one with sufficient data behind it. Real plastic in the air is rarely transparent. It is stained, printed and weathered. And a new study found that these colored particles absorb about 75 times more sunlight than transparent particles. That gap is large enough to draw plastics into a conversation that scientists are only just beginning to have.How do microplastics become airborne?Plastic…

In response to the rapidly evolving Ebola outbreak, the Trump administration has imposed a ban on foreign travelers who have been to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan from entering the United States in the past 21 days, according to a new order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The order is aimed at stopping the flow of Ebola cases into the United States and applies to U.S. citizens and military personnel, regardless of their national origin, and anyone who has been in those countries in recent weeks, except for those specifically exempted…

A new study suggests that engaging in personal religious activities, such as praying and reading scripture, tends to reduce the spikes in blood pressure during stressful situations. The results of this study indicate that while an individual’s religious practices may provide a protective buffer against the physical harm of acute stress, general spiritual feelings are unlikely to confer similar physical benefits. This study was recently published in the journal religion, brain, behavior. Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Psychological stress is recognized as a risk factor for developing heart disease, comparable to physical factors such as smoking,…

After showing impressive Phase 3 results last fall, AstraZeneca’s bet on Cincor Pharma and its aldosterone synthase inhibitor (ASI) baxdrostat continues to pay off. The FDA has given full approval to AZ’s Baxdrostat (now named Baxfendi) as the first ASI approved to treat patients with hypertension in the United States.According to a May 18 press release, the FDA has approved the drug’s use in conjunction with other antihypertensive therapies for adults whose high blood pressure is not adequately controlled. AZ estimates that about half of people living with high blood pressure in the United States are already taking high blood…

In the past 18 months, Merck and Cologne Biotech have secured four approvals in China for the TROP2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) sacituzumab tilmothecan (sac-TMT). And now, after meeting the primary endpoint in a Phase 3 trial in select patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, the companies are taking steps to obtain approval for sac-TMT in other indications. In a prespecified interim analysis, sac-TMT resulted in statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) compared to physician’s choice of doxorubicin or paclitaxel chemotherapy. The study also met a key secondary endpoint, objective response rate…

In physics, there are few concepts as familiar or puzzling as time itself. Einstein’s theory of relativity showed that time is neither fixed nor universal. Instead, it changes depending on speed and gravity. But when scientists combine the theory of relativity with quantum mechanics, things get even weirder. Quantum theory suggests that time itself may exist in a superposition. This means that time can flow both fast and slow at the same time. A newly published study suggests that researchers may soon be able to test this strange idea in the lab. The paper, titled “Quantum signature of proper time…