New Integrated Framework Advances Precision Liver Cancer Surgery

Hepatocellular carcinoma, currently the sixth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer-related death globally, is facing a paradigm shift in precision management according to a comprehensive review published in Cancer Biology & Medicine. Researchers from the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital at Naval Medical University in Shanghai and the First Affiliated Hospital of … Read more

Johns Hopkins Researchers Identify Human Resistin as Key Inflammation Driver

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have identified human resistin as a critical driver of immune system activation, providing a new mechanism to explain how chronic inflammation is triggered and sustained across conditions like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. According to a study published in PLOS One, the protein acts as a molecular switch that primes and … Read more

New Airway Repair Approach Offers Hope for Cystic Fibrosis

Researchers at the University of Geneva have successfully restored the defective respiratory protective barrier in cystic fibrosis patients, tackling a primary driver of chronic bacterial infections in one of Switzerland’s most common genetic diseases. According to a study published in the journal Communications Biology, scientists traced the core dysfunction to the abnormal activation of a … Read more

Scorpion Venom for Liver Disease: Can It Inspire New Treatments?

Scorpion venom peptides are emerging as targeted drug candidates for inflammatory pathways and hepatitis viruses, according to a recent review published in the journal iLIVER. Researchers summarized how these molecules, sourced from over 2,700 documented scorpion species, target receptor proteins and voltage-gated ion channels to treat chronic inflammatory and hepatic disorders without the broad toxicity … Read more

ECG-CLIP: Better Heart Disease Detection with Less Data

According to research published in Lancet Digital Health on September 1, 2026, scientists at Scripps Research have developed a new artificial intelligence tool called ECG-CLIP to detect and predict heart diseases using less hand-labeled data than traditional models. Built using over 1.7 million electrocardiograms collected from more than 540,000 people and paired with clinicians’ notes, … Read more

New Migraine Prevention Medication Guidelines for Adults

According to a joint practice guideline update issued on August 31, 2026, by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society, clinicians now have revised, evidence-based recommendations to determine the most effective preventive medications for adult migraine patients. Published in the medical journals Neurology and Headache, the updated guidance supersedes the previous 2012 … Read more

Long COVID Clues: The One Finding That Stood Out to Researchers

According to a nationwide population-based study accepted for publication in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers examining persistent post-COVID symptoms found no convincing clinical, neurological, or paraclinical biomarkers to definitively diagnose long COVID. Investigators tracked a cohort of residents in the Faroe Islands who contracted COVID-19 during the early phase of the pandemic, utilizing regular clinical … Read more

Dexamethasone Calms Lung Inflammation Without Harming Immunity

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin and St. James’s Hospital have demonstrated that dexamethasone, a commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory steroid, reduces harmful inflammation triggered by Mycobacterium avium without weakening the ability of human immune cells to control the infection, according to a study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Understanding Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease and Treatment Challenges … Read more

Omega-3 and ASA Combination Promising for Severe Periodontitis

A combination of omega-3 and low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) achieved clinical results comparable to antibiotics in treating severe periodontitis, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Periodontology. Researchers affiliated with Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, Guarulhos University, the University of Taubaté, and the Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry at USP … Read more

Daily Tomatoes Reduce Liver Fat in MASLD Trial

Daily consumption of raw tomatoes and tomato sauce significantly reduces controlled attenuation parameter (CAP)-defined hepatic steatosis in adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), according to an exploratory randomized controlled trial published in the journal Nutrients. Researchers found that a six-week tomato-rich diet outperformed a tomato-free control group, dropping median CAP values by 35 … Read more