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Health todayCancer refines
Galleri blood test found 26.7% to 37.2% of cancers per screening round
In the NHS-Galleri trial of 142,250 adults aged 50 to 77, the multi-cancer blood test detected between 26.7% and 37.2% of cancers in each of three annual screening rounds.
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Health todayHeart and stroke new
GLP-1 prescribing without an approved indication rose fifteenfold in US adults
Among 92.4 million US adults with no recorded type 2 diabetes or qualifying obesity, GLP-1 prescribing rose from 0.1% in 2021 to 1.5% in 2025.
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Health todayHeart and stroke refines
GLP-1 drugs lower stroke risk by 17%, little of it explained by blood pressure
A meta-analysis of seven randomised trials in type 2 diabetes found that GLP-1 receptor agonists lowered stroke risk by 17%, with blood pressure lowering explaining about a quarter of it.
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Behavioural scienceDiet, exercise and sleep confirms
Ultra-processed food intake is associated with higher mortality in 8.8 million adults
A meta-analysis of 51 prospective cohorts covering 8.8 million adults found consumption of ultra-processed foods associated with all-cause mortality, at a hazard ratio of 1.18.
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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine refines
AI reading breast pathology slides identified which patients gained from chemotherapy
Applied to 6,735 TAILORx trial patients without retraining, an AI model reading pathology slides identified intermediate-risk patients who gained 5 percentage points in five-year disease-free interval from chemotherapy.
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Health todayDementia confirms
Slow walking and a low cognitive score at 66 predict dementia in Korea
Among 741,655 Korean adults screened at age 66, those with both a low cognitive test score and slow walking had 1.74 times the dementia risk over a mean 10.9 years.
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Behavioural scienceAlcohol and drug use refines
Former US service members die more often of alcohol, drugs or suicide than civilians
Among 176,719 deaths at ages 18-64 in Massachusetts and Minnesota, alcohol, drug and suicide causes accounted for 12% and 7% more of former service members' deaths than of non-military deaths.
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Health todayCancer new
Air pollution before surgery was associated with higher mortality in gastric cancer
In 4,441 patients operated on for stage I-III gastric cancer in China, each standard-deviation rise in PM2.5 before surgery carried 15% higher all-cause mortality and 31% higher gastric cancer mortality.
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Health todayHeart and stroke confirms
Empagliflozin's lower cardiovascular risk is similar across social groups in Medicare
In US Medicare claims, empagliflozin initiators aged 65 and over had a hazard ratio of 0.77 for major cardiovascular events against DPP-4 inhibitors, with no variation by social group.
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Behavioural scienceSmoking and vaping confirms
Current smokers had twice the odds of missing lung screening follow-up
In a Japanese community programme, 19.3% of abnormal low-dose CT screens had no documented follow-up within a year, with current smokers at twice the odds of former smokers.
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Health todayHeart and stroke confirms
GLP-1 users with obesity and raised CRP died less often, with heart attacks unchanged
In 50,009 matched pairs with obesity and raised CRP, death, heart attack and stroke combined were lower with GLP-1 exposure (HR 0.80), almost entirely through fewer deaths (HR 0.61).
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Health todayCancer new
Aumolertinib with radiotherapy gave 34 months progression-free in EGFR-mutant lung cancer
In a trial stopped early, aumolertinib with radiotherapy gave median progression-free survival of 34.0 months against 7.4 months for chemotherapy with radiotherapy in EGFR-mutated stage III lung cancer.
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