Tiny robots speed medicine through body to the heart
Johns Hopkins University engineers have created robots the size of a pencil tip intended to travel through the body to deliver medicine to infections inside a beating heart.
Oct 12, 2026
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Chemical Actions and Uses: News and Research on Therapeutic Uses
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Psilocybin providers follow safety guidelines, study finds
A new study has found that Oregon's licensed psilocybin centers largely follow recommended safety guidelines, offering reassurance about how the first regulated psilocybin programs in the U.S. function in practice—though ...
Oct 12, 2026
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Age and sex shape cancer immunity, mouse experiments and human data suggest
A new study published in Nature Aging combines mouse experiments and human data sets to explore how biological sex and aging shape cancer immunity, with implications for immunotherapy responses. Lutz Menzel, Ph.D., formerly ...
Oct 9, 2026
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The plague never went away. Cases are reported in parts of Africa and the US nearly every year
The plague, the rare bacterial infection infamously known for killing tens of millions in 14th-century Europe, never went away. It is now easily treated with antibiotics.
Oct 8, 2026
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Russian plague scare: An expert explains what we know so far—and why there's no need to panic
A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Russia, has died just days after falling ill with an undisclosed illness.
Oct 7, 2026
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Years of opioid use do not improve chronic back pain, study finds
Taking opioids for years does not seem to reduce pain or improve functioning in people with chronic back pain, according to a new Northwestern University study that compared 70 long-term opioid users with 70 similar patients ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Statins may protect people from developing glaucoma
Taking statins is linked to a lower risk of developing glaucoma and a reduced chance of it getting worse, suggest the findings of research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Oct 6, 2026
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Why antidepressants can stop working after initially helping
Antidepressant use continues to rise. In England, 96 million antidepressant prescription items were dispensed to an estimated 9.1 million patients in 2025–2026. These medicines are prescribed for depression and other conditions, ...
Oct 6, 2026
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The death of a Russian plague researcher, explained by a microbiologist
Conflicting information about the death of a lab worker at a Russian plague research institute has fueled fears about the possibility of pneumonic plague spreading.
Oct 6, 2026
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Viral infections can accelerate the progression of ALS, researchers find
A new study from McMaster University suggests that common viral infections—like influenza or COVID-19—may accelerate the onset and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
Sep 30, 2026
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