Participants reported better asthma control after their households changed from gas to electric cooking. Without an untreated comparison group, the improvement cannot…
Read story: Asthma symptoms improved after an electric-stove switch, but causation remains uncertain ↗Researchers assessed MiniDock in 1,380 people with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis across seven countries. Against culture-confirmed disease, sensitivity was 85.7% using sputum and…
Read story: A tongue swab instead of sputum for TB testing: findings from seven countries ↗Researchers examined archived newborn blood samples from 1,948 children who later developed a solid or brain tumor by age eight. Testing eleven…
Read story: Genetic clues found in newborn blood from children who later developed cancer ↗In the RECOVER-VITAL analysis of 959 adults, researchers evaluated fifteen or twenty-five days of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir. At day ninety, neither regimen significantly improved…
Read story: Extended antiviral treatment showed no benefit in long COVID trial ↗In newborn mice, C. difficile colonization changed intestinal inflammatory and repair responses without obvious illness. Some cellular changes persisted into adulthood. Tissue…
Read story: A symptom-free gut bacterium may leave lasting developmental changes ↗A retrospective analysis of German records found substantial variation among children whose ears had different levels of permanent hearing loss. About 60…
Read story: Children’s hearing loss can differ in pattern between their ears ↗A randomized trial of 830 children with severe early childhood caries evaluated silver diamine fluoride. At six months, 54% of treated lesions…
Read story: Liquid dental treatment stopped progression in some childhood cavities ↗Researchers analysed smoking, alcohol, diet, activity and body mass index in 287,745 UK Biobank participants. Higher healthy-lifestyle scores were associated with lower…
Read story: Lifestyle and cancer risk examined in 287,000 people ↗In the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region of the US, annual stroke incidence among adults aged 20–54 rose from 34 to 62 per 100,000…
Read story: Stroke is rising among younger adults—but where, and by how much? ↗
