October 28, 2025

Online Tai Chi is helping people with chronic knee pain

October 28, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / chronic knee pain

by Julia Zhu, University of Melbourne edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tai Chi is a slow, gentle mind-body exercise that has been shown to benefit a wide range of health conditions and is particularly effective for people with chronic knee pain caused by osteoarthritis. However, Tai Chi is traditionally taught in […]

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Obesity’s health risks shift with age and sex, new genetic study reveals

October 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / obesity

By Vijay Kumar MalesuReviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc.Oct 27 2025 A massive UK Biobank analysis reveals that the health risks of obesity shift over time, peaking at different ages for men and women, and that midlife preventive care may blunt its cardiovascular damage. Study: Time-resolved Mendelian randomization detects substantial variation in the detrimental effect of obesity throughout life.

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Systematic review reveals psilocybin reduces obsessive-compulsive behaviors across clinical and preclinical evidence

October 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / obsessive-compulsive behaviours

Landmark synthesis by Mr. James Gattuso and colleagues examines 13 studies spanning clinical trials and validated animal models, identifying consistent anti-compulsive effects Peer-Reviewed Publication Genomic Press image: From compulsive behaviors to potential therapeutic interventions. (Left) Excessive hand-washing illustrating compulsive behaviors characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder. (Right) Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms containing psilocybin, showing characteristic blue bruising from psilocin oxidation. Psilocybin

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Body clocks matter for heart health

October 28, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / heart health

by American Heart Association edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As modern lifestyles increasingly challenge the body’s natural circadian rhythm, the American Heart Association is spotlighting the potential health consequences of regular disruptions to our body’s internal clock with a new scientific statement published in Circulation. The statement, “Role of Circadian

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Missing nutrient in breast milk may explain health challenges in children of women with HIV

October 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / HIV

by University of California, Los Angeles edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Craig Adderley from Pexels A new UCLA study reveals that breast milk from women living with HIV contains significantly lower levels of tryptophan, an essential amino acid likely important for infant immune function, growth, and brain development. This discovery may help

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Custom-designed protein receptors help T cells target solid tumors more effectively

October 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / T cell

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cancer immunotherapy, especially using T cells, is showing a lot of promise in treating blood cancers. Bioengineered T cells, especially those equipped with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-T cells), have revolutionized cancer treatment. But while they’ve delivered impressive results

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Ultrasound probe can image an entire organ in 4D

October 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / ultrasound probe

by Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale For the first time, a team of Inserm researchers from the Physics for Medicine Institute (Inserm/ESPCI Paris-PSL/CNRS) has succeeded in mapping the blood flow of an

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AI models help pinpoint key neoantigens for personalized skin cancer vaccines

October 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / skin cancer vaccine

by Steve Benowitz, University of Arizona edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a new study, University of Arizona researchers created a model for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, and identified two mutated tumor proteins, or neoantigens, that contain features of good candidates for a vaccine.

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Fat breakdown in skin cells restarts hair growth in mice

October 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / fat breakdown

by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Metabolism (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.09.012 National Taiwan University researchers, with collaborators in Taiwan and the US, report that adipocyte lipolysis activates epithelial hair follicle stem cells and drives hair regeneration via monounsaturated fatty acid signaling. Healthy hair follicles are still present in

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A Mediterranean diet could be the place to start when tackling IBS

October 28, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / IBS

by American College of Physicians edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A randomized clinical trial has found that the Mediterranean diet is superior to traditional diet advice in managing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms, suggesting that it could be considered a viable first-line dietary intervention for IBS. The study is published in Annals

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