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  • Walking pace may outperform blood pressure and cholesterol in predicting mortality risk, study suggests
    on March 25, 2026 at 6:30 pm

    A new analysis of more than 400,000 UK adults has found that easy-to-collect measures of physical health, particularly how fast someone walks, can significantly improve predictions of mortality risk. This finding was especially strong for people already living with long-term health conditions. The study, carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Leicester, has been published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

  • Fiber in whole wheat foods protects against gut inflammation in mice, research finds
    on March 25, 2026 at 6:00 pm

    Enriching the diet with wheat fiber protects mice against intestinal inflammation, according to a study published by researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) at Georgia State University. The finding helps explain why the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has increased, and suggests eating whole wheat foods may reduce one’s risk of developing it.

  • ‘RoboGullet’ realistically recreates human swallowing by simulating esophagus muscles
    on March 25, 2026 at 5:40 pm

    University College Dublin researchers have developed a robotic model of the human esophagus, transforming how swallowing disorders are studied, diagnosed and treated. Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, affects around 20% of the global population, and up to 50% of people over 60. Until now, research has relied on limited models that cannot replicate the majority of swallowing disorders, hindering both understanding of the condition and the development of effective treatments.

  • HPV vaccination uptake in adults shaped by knowledge and medical advice, Swiss study suggests
    on March 25, 2026 at 5:20 pm

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide and can cause various types of cancer. Prophylactic HPV vaccination is highly effective and has been recommended in Switzerland since 2007 for girls and young women aged 11 to 26—and since 2015 also for boys and young men. Catch-up vaccination is also available for women up to the age of 45.

  • The brain’s ability to grasp the ‘gist’ of a visual scene begins earlier than expected
    on March 25, 2026 at 5:00 pm

    When animals move through complex visual environments, the brain cannot afford to analyze every detail one by one. Instead, it rapidly extracts the overall structure of the scene—for example, the mean (average) direction of motion across many moving elements. This ability, known as ensemble perception, allows the brain to capture the “gist” of a scene at a glance. Yet where, and how, this statistical summary is computed in the brain has remained unclear.