News for Healthier Living
New Material Approach Could Lead to Lower-Power Devices
 Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed they can "write" ferroelectric regions into aluminum nitride by using a helium ion beam to create precise defects while keeping the crystal intact. Ferroelectric materials can store information without needing continuous power, so this could lead to more reliable, lower-energy memory made with processes already used in chip manufacturing. The defect patterning reduced the amount of voltage needed to switch the material between its two stable internal states (like 0 and 1 in digital memory) by about 40% and boosted the electromechanical response, which also benefits radio-frequency filters and resonators -- parts in wireless devices that tune and stabilize high-frequency signals.
May 7, 2026
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- Hidden Cell "Message Route" Could Shift Cancer Research
- Urine Test Better Than Mri for Monitoring Low-Risk Prostate Cancer in New Study
- Researchers Track the Mutations That Allow HIV-1 to Escape Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
- Low-Dose Radiation Therapy for Osteoarthritis Now Offered at UC San Diego Health
- Moffitt Study Suggests Immunotherapy May Strengthen Treatment for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
- Stroke's Alarming Rise in Younger Americans Underscores Urgent Need for New Rehab Approach
- Understanding Clinical Trials: What Patients Need to Know
- Persistent Hunger May Be Behind Weight Regain After Loss
- Single Screening Sigmoidoscopy Linked to Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk Two Decades Later
- Heat-Related Hospitalizations Rose Nationwide Over Two Decades, with Black Adults and Low-Income Communities Disproportionately Affected
- ACP Says Telemedicine Can Offer Safe, Equitable, and Effective Access to Clinical Care, but Improvements to the Regulatory Landscape Are Needed
- New Commentary Shares Strategies to Address the Primary Care Physician Shortage
- FDA Green Lights Bizengri Drug To Treat Rare, Aggressive Bile Duct Cancer
- 8,500 Steps A Day Could Be Sweet Spot For Preventing Weight Regain
- Telemedicine Has Not Led to Increased Use of Medical Care or Higher Health Care Costs, New UCLA-Led Research Finds
- After Decades of Mystery Pain, UTHealth Houston Physician Delivers a Diagnosis
- Older Adults Have Fewer Regrets, Study Says
- Why Doctors Are Quitting At An Earlier Age
- Sharper Brains May Face Higher Depression Relapse Risk, Study Finds
- Vertigo Can Carry Lasting Burden Even After Successful Treatment, Seven-Year Study Finds
- New Research Identifies How Obesity Alters Brain Lipids to Accelerate Alzheimer's Progression
- Nighttime Heat Waves Increase Asthma Risk
- Safer Surgeries Through Laser-Induced Acoustic Imaging #ASA190
- That Discount At The Pharmacy Counter May Pack Hidden Costs
- New Clues to Disease Severity Identified in alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Love Multiplied by Four
- From the Fairway to the Hallways of Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center
May 10 2026May 8 2026May 7 2026May 6 2026May 5 2026May 4 2026May 1 2026 - Cold Hands, Warm Heart -- Researchers Solve Medical Mystery of Why TRPM4 Mutations Affect Skin and Heart Differently
- Study Links Cancer Metabolism to DNA Replication Errors
- Medicaid Restrictions Could Lead to Over 1 Million Missed Cancer Screenings
- New Research Shows Risks of Combining Cannabis Edibles and Alcohol Behind the Wheel
- Podcast: Focused Ultrasound for Brain Tumors and Neurodegenerative Diseases
- DDW 2026: Cedars-Sinai Experts Share Advances in Digestive Disease
- Tracking Environmental Arsenic Exposures Using Epigenetics
- Research Tip Sheet: Cancer, Pancreas Transplant, Cognitive Screening
- Turning a Hospital Stay into a Meaningful Bridge Back to HIV Care
- FDA Recalls Several Ghirardelli Powdered Beverages Over Potential Contamination
- High-Intensity Exercise After Breast Cancer Surgery Helps Speed Recovery
- Trump Offers Third Candidate For Surgeon General After Pulling Dr. Casey Means' Nomination
- Antibiotics Not Linked To Celiac Disease Risk, Study Argues
- Senses, Not Muscles, Key to Speech Recovery After Stroke
- Confusion Continues Over Age To Start Breast Cancer Screening, Survey Finds
- Common Knee Surgery Doesn't Help, Might Actually Make Things Worse, Clinical Trial Reports
- States Rush To Figure Out How To Enforce Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements
- Misinformation Puts Over 16 Million Americans at an Increased Risk for Skin Cancer
- ADHA Updates Workforce Position Statement, Calls for Practice-Level Action on Documented Retention Crisis
- May 2026 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: "Cervical and Grade 2 Spondylolisthesis"
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- The Medical Minute: Advances in Head and Neck Cancer Care Bring New Hope
- Helping Your Child Befriend an Autistic Peer
- Mayo Clinic AI Detects Pancreatic Cancer Up to 3 Years Before Diagnosis in Landmark Validation Study
- Mayo Clinic Study Finds Remote Monitoring May Detect Early Complications, Reduce Burden for Lung Transplant Patients
- Silver Spring Woman Becomes First Adult Sickle Cell Disease Patient in Maryland to Receive FDA-Approved Gene Therapy
- New Study Finds Urban Parks in Less Privileged Neighborhoods Are Smaller, Hotter and More Polluted
- Survey Finds Many Women Still Believe Mammograms Should Start at Age 50--Experts Say Age 40
- MRI Scans Link Eye Microvascular Health to Early Signs of Cognitive Decline
- Tumor-on-a-Chip Brings New Insight to Pancreatic Cancer
- Early-Career Researchers Show Off Science and Communication Skills at 2026 National Lab Research SLAM
- Study Finds People Wait an Average of 50 Days to See a Neurologist for the First Time
- AI Tool May Help Identify ADHD in Kids Long Before Typical Diagnosis
- FDA Moves to Real-Time Clinical Trial Patient Monitoring, Faster Drug Review
- Translational Experiments Advance Efforts to Restore Vision with Transplanted Neurons
- Your Nose Is a Battlefield
- New High-Risk Form of Diabetic Kidney Disease Linked to Immune Cells Revealed
- AI in Medicine is Not the End of Doctors, but a Warning to Put Empathy First, say SHRO Researchers in JAMA Opinion Article
- New Dual-Target Drug May Help Overcome Immunotherapy Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer
- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Team Discovers Gene Pattern That Could Help Doctors Identify Ebola Faster and More Accurately
- Preclinical Efficacy of Experimental Peptide Therapy Suggests a New Target for Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatments, UTHealth Houston Researchers Find
- Optimizing Exercise, Nutrition Before Surgery Boosts Patient Outcomes
- Patients in Low-Income Neighborhoods Are Less Likely to Receive Cancer Screenings
- Online Program Soothes Post-Trauma Stress In Injured Children
- Pooled Umbilical Cord Blood Boosts Stem Cell Transplant Success, Trial Finds
- Dementia Screening Safe For Families, Trial Finds
- Mental Defeat Can Worsen Chronic Pain, Researchers Say
- Challenging Diseases Addressed in Vol. 39 of SLAS Discovery
- A Study in French-Speaking Switzerland Reveals Significant and Persistent Psychological, Physical and Sexual Impacts
- Significant Rise in Valley Fever Cases in El Paso Linked to Extreme Weather, Dust, UTEP Study Finds
- New Research Challenges Understanding of mRNA Vaccines and Establishes Innovative Way to Make Them More Effective
- Research Aims to Fill Critical Gaps in Telehealth Design
- Researchers Spot Shifts in Firearm Suicide Risk and Seeking Treatment After 2020 Purchasing Surge
- Choosing Safer Diabetes Medications for Older Adults
- From Promise to Proof: Strengthening the Evidence Base for Digital Health Technologies
April 28 2026
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