January 7, 2026

Immune system plays a major role in brain damage after repeated concussions, study suggests

January 7, 2026 / Immunology, Research update / InnovateMed Author / concussion

by Sophia Barry Gordon, Medical University of South Carolina edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Schematic summarizing the role of complement in rmCHI. The schematic depicts the contribution of complement deposition and immune cell alteration to synapse preservation and cognitive impairment, all of which are halted upon complement inhibition via CR2-Crry. Created in BioRender.com. […]

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Blood test reveals risk of multimorbidity in older adults

January 7, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / Blood test

by Karolinska Institutet edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Summary of the shared and specific biomarkers across multimorbidity measures identified through LASSO analysis. Credit: Nature Medicine (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-04038-2 A small set of common blood biomarkers predicts which older adults will develop specific combinations of chronic diseases—and how quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska

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Boosting the cell’s own cleanup

January 7, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / cell

New molecules accelerate protein degradation Peer-Reviewed Publication CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences image: Co first author Natalie Scholes and co-senior author Georg Winter (© Barbara Bachmann / CeMM) view more Credit: © Barbara Bachmann / CeMM Cells have a remarkable housekeeping system: proteins that are no longer needed, defective,

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Self-guided behavioral app helps children with epilepsy sleep earlier

January 7, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / epilepsy

Peer-Reviewed Publication King’s College London Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An evidence-based web-app helped children with epilepsy to fall asleep on average 16.5 minutes earlier. A new UK-wide clinical trial led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has evaluated a self-guided behavioural sleep programme for the parents of children

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Common brain parasite can infect your immune cells. Here’s why that’s probably OK

January 7, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / brain parasite

Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Virginia Health System image: Tajie Harris, PhD, is the director of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG Center) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. view more Credit: UVA Communications The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it,

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Korea University researchers discover that cholesterol-lowering drug can overcome chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer

January 7, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / breast cancer

A standard cardiovascular treatment is reported to disable treatment-resistant breast cancer cells by directly blocking the Mcl-1 protein Peer-Reviewed Publication Korea University College of Medicine image: Pitavastatin binds and suppresses Mcl-1, targets cancer stem-like properties, triggers mitochondrial apoptosis, and restores paclitaxel sensitivity in triple-negative breast cancer models. view more Credit: Professor Jae Hong Seo from Korea

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Forever chemicals’ may increase liver disease risk in adolescents by as much as 3-fold

January 7, 2026 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / liver disease risk

by Keck School of Medicine of USC edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study co-led by the Southern California Superfund Research and Training Program for PFAS Assessment, Remediation and Prevention (ShARP) Center and the University of Hawai’i has linked certain common “forever chemicals” to a higher risk of

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New clinical standards strengthen antimicrobial stewardship in tuberculosis care

January 7, 2026 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / tuberculosis

by Nicola Wittekindt, German Center for Infection Research edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) refers to coordinated strategies for the targeted, evidence-based, and safe use of anti-infective agents. The aim is to improve treatment outcomes, minimize side effects, and prevent the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance.

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Movement matters: Light activity may lead to better survival in diabetes, heart, kidney disease

January 7, 2026 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / light activity

by American Heart Association edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: CC0 Public Domain Light intensity activities, like walking or household chores, were linked to a lower risk of death for people with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Nearly 90% of U.S. adults have at least

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AI-powered ECG analysis shows promise for early COPD detection

January 7, 2026 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / COPD

by The Mount Sinai Hospital edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Explainability plots. Saliency maps generated using FullGrad, applied to the trained ConvNeXt Large model, are overlaid on four representative 12-lead ECGs from distinct patients (a–d). Regions highlighted in warmer colors (yellow to red) indicate areas contributing most strongly to the model’s prediction of

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