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  • Approximately half a million post-9/11 U.S. veterans have high blood pressure
    on April 22, 2026 at 9:00 am

    Approximately half a million post-9/11 U.S. veterans who served in the military have had high blood pressure, and among them, about half were undiagnosed and one quarter were untreated, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

  • A hidden DNA region helps drive frailty, exposing brain and immune links that reshape aging risk
    on April 22, 2026 at 9:00 am

    Researchers at McMaster University have identified, for the first time, a novel region of DNA and two associated genes connected to frailty, offering neurological and immune-related insights that might help explain why some older adults are more likely to be frail than others.

  • E. coli and ‘good’ bacteria are balanced by breast milk in baby gut microbiomes
    on April 22, 2026 at 9:00 am

    Sugars contained exclusively in breast milk are helping to feed an important balance of bacteria in babies’ developing gut microbiomes, a new study has found. In a paper published in Nature Communications, a European research team led by Professor Lindsay Hall from the University of Birmingham used deep DNA sequencing to look at stool samples from 41 healthy babies and their mothers in the Netherlands. The study aimed to see which microbes were there and how they might interact with each other as well as with food sources introduced to the gut. The study is thought to be the first that describes how babies who are breastfed maintain a mutually beneficial co-existence of E. coli and a bacteria called Bifidobacterium, which is a key part of a healthy gut microbiome.

  • UK agrees ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2008
    on April 22, 2026 at 8:21 am

    Both chambers of Britain’s parliament have approved a bill that would ban children aged 17 and under from buying cigarettes during their lifetime.

  • How life-saving HIV therapy has contributed to increased rates of a sexually transmitted disease
    on April 22, 2026 at 7:10 am

    A study in Health Economics uncovered an unintended consequence of a major medical breakthrough: while the availability of HIV treatments in the late 1990s dramatically improved survival, they also contributed to a resurgence in syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection.