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  • Noninvasive focused ultrasound treatment can ease motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
    on October 28, 2026 at 3:00 am

    As Stan Au’s Parkinson’s disease symptoms progressed, everyday activities became daily battles. His hands shook so badly that he struggled to hold utensils and couldn’t sign his name. He stopped playing pickleball—a sport he once enjoyed—despite taking a widely prescribed medication for managing motor symptoms, such as rigidity or stiffness, slow movement, involuntary muscle movement (dyskinesia) and tremors.

  • Workplace ergonomics may do little to ease arm, neck or shoulder pain
    on October 28, 2026 at 1:00 am

    An updated Cochrane review has found that ergonomic interventions show no meaningful benefit for pain, function, recovery or sick leave in workers with work-related complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder (CANS), compared with no treatment.

  • Novel alpha radiopharmaceutical therapy shows promise in early-phase prostate cancer trial
    on October 28, 2026 at 12:00 am

    A new alpha-emitting radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) for advanced prostate cancer was well tolerated, with no dose-limiting toxicities observed, and showed encouraging signs of antitumor activity, according to a trial published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine’s Late-Breaking Fast Track.

  • Needle-free Strep A vaccine triggers local and bodywide immune responses in mice
    on October 27, 2026 at 11:40 pm

    New research by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in partnership with the GSK Vaccines Institute for Global Health has moved a vaccine against the highly contagious group A streptococcus bacterium (Strep A) a step closer to reality.

  • Wearable EEG patch records stable brain signals over 24 hours, including sleep
    on October 27, 2026 at 11:20 pm

    Reliably recording brain activity over many hours has so far been fraught with technical and practical challenges. While traditional electroencephalography (EEG) systems provide meaningful data, they are often uncomfortable and typically limited to controlled testing environments. Is it even possible to record EEG signals with good signal quality in everyday situations?