Step up: How to build a walking habit, 500 steps at a time
Starting a walking routine takes very little: comfortable, supportive shoes and your own two feet.
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Investigative Techniques: News and Research on Investigative Techniques
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HIV finds escape routes from a preventive antibody—but newer antibodies may close them
In an HIV prevention trial, an antibody blocked the viruses most vulnerable to it, but others broke through. Now researchers have uncovered how HIV evolved after those infections—and why the amount of antibody in the body ...
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Prescribing antidepressants based on patients' genetic makeup does not improve the effectiveness of treatment
Genetic testing that helps doctors select the right antidepressant for a patient did not lead to better improvements in depressive symptoms than standard prescriptions based on clinical guidelines, according to a clinical ...
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Low testosterone screening rates among US army personnel examined
Approximately 1 in 4 active-duty male U.S. Army personnel may have a morning testosterone measurement below a commonly used clinical threshold, according to new research from Pennington Biomedical Research Center published ...
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Insights about cachexia, one of cancer's most common complications, hiding in routine patient data
Cancer cachexia has long been one of oncology's most stubborn unsolved problems. This severe, uncontrollable wasting affects roughly half of all cancer patients. It makes treatment harder to tolerate, erodes a person's quality ...
Oct 14, 2026
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Higher childhood BMI associated with greater body dissatisfaction at age 14 in both boys and girls
Children who follow higher trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and fat mass index across childhood report greater body dissatisfaction at age 14, in both boys and girls, according to a new study published in PLOS One by ...
Oct 14, 2026
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AI misuse and nuclear famine could threaten humanity's survival before 2100
The fate of global health does not rest on any single disease. True preparedness means pairing the fight against illness with strength in finance, climate, defense and security. The COVID-19 pandemic, which brought the world ...
Enhanced CAR T-cell therapy shows early promise for B-cell cancers in first-in-human trial
Results from a Phase I clinical trial led by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC—James) show a possible way to improve therapy ...
Oct 13, 2026
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Bigger data reveal the second, third and fourth switches controlling a gene
We now take for granted the idea that a genome-wide association study, or GWAS, can help identify genetic variants associated with complex traits. Such studies have identified loci associated with everything from breast cancer ...
Oct 13, 2026
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Targeted radioactive therapy may help delay spread of recurrent prostate cancer
Adding the targeted radioactive drug 177Lu-PNT2002 to stereotactic body radiation therapy, or SBRT, may help keep recurrent prostate cancer under control longer than SBRT alone, according to new research led by investigators ...
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