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  • Simple text reminders could help close London’s bowel cancer screening gap
    on November 5, 2026 at 5:00 am

    As low-cost and straightforward an intervention as automated text messaging could make a significant contribution to tackling London’s below-average bowel cancer screening rates, according to a study led by the University of Surrey. The project compared two approaches to encourage people who didn’t respond to their initial invitation to complete their cancer screening.

  • Teen chlamydia and gonorrhea screening climbs to 75% after primary care changes
    on November 5, 2026 at 5:00 am

    Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that a systematic, electronic health record-enabled quality improvement initiative was associated with a large increase in chlamydia and gonorrhea screening among adolescents and led to the detection of more infections. The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggest a feasible approach to building screening into routine well visits.

  • Knee osteoarthritis: Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
    on November 5, 2026 at 3:00 am

    Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis, affecting about 528 million adults worldwide.

  • Pediatricians see vaping risks, but lack tools to help teens quit
    on November 5, 2026 at 1:40 am

    Two-thirds of Australian pediatricians don’t know where to refer adolescents for support to quit vaping, new Federation University research has found—highlighting a critical gap in the response to youth vaping.

  • Brain activity patterns may predict Alzheimer’s years before memory slips
    on November 5, 2026 at 12:00 am

    Inside the brains of some cognitively normal adults, firing patterns were able to foretell Alzheimer’s disease years before the onset of memory loss or the accumulation of plaques and tangles, according to new Stanford Medicine–led research. For others, different firing patterns indicated the opposite—brains unusually resilient to cognitive decline and on track for “super ager” status.