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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 systemsHealth systems and access contradicts
Despair did not explain rising midlife mortality among white US adults
Among US adults aged 45-54 between 1999 and 2015, death rates rose for white adults, but the 0.13% rise in reported despair did not track that increase.
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Data, models and systemsHealth systems and access refines
Not-for-profit Australian care homes had lower mortality in inner regional areas
Among 205,079 Australians entering long-term care, deaths in the first year were higher in for-profit (HR 1.17) and government (HR 1.20) homes than not-for-profit homes in inner regional areas.
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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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Tomorrow's worldChanging behaviour at scale refines
Stroke prevention texts raised cardiovascular check-ups, an online course did not
In an Australian trial of 941 adults aged 45 and over, self-reported visits for cardiovascular risk assessment were 41.3% in the text message arm as compared to 29.0% in control.
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Data, models and systemsWhat linked data reveals new
Scottish children in care had higher rates of mental health hospitalisation
In linked Scottish health and social care records, care-experienced girls had 3.22 times the risk of a first mental health admission, and boys 2.64 times, compared with the general population.
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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 scienceInfection and pandemics new
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales doubled every 2.4 years in French hospitals
In French hospitals between 2019 and 2024, carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales rose 32.8% a year and doubled every 2.4 years, while the far commoner extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producers remained stable.
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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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