January 15, 2026

Trial reveals gene variant may affect prostate cancer drug efficacy

January 15, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / prostate cancer drug

by Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Single-SNP associations with abiraterone clearance at the SULT2A1 locus, including (A) Locus Zoom plot at SULT2A1 and (B) SuSiE statistical fine-mapping. PIP, posterior inclusion probability. Credit: Clinical and Translational Science (2025). DOI: 10.1111/cts.70425 Data from a […]

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Predicting prostate cancer recurrence through power of AI

January 15, 2026 / Artificial Intelligence, Cancer, Research update / InnovateMed Author / prostate cancer

edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain To help meet the potentially complex needs of patients after prostate cancer treatment and offer the precision and care necessary in the follow-up journey, Mayo Clinic’s Department of Radiation Oncology developed the PSA Control Tower. This is

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Finding new cell markers to track the most aggressive breast cancer in blood

January 15, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / breast cancer

by Baylor College of Medicine edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Of all the types of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and lacks specific therapies. TNBC is also more likely to metastasize, or travel through the bloodstream to

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Ketamine is giving more young people bladder problems—an expert explains

January 15, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / bladder problem

by Heba Ghazal, The Conversation edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Urology departments in England and Wales have reported seeing an increase in the number of 16- to 24-year-olds being admitted for bladder inflammation associated with ketamine use. This appears to coincide with an increase in

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Discovery reveals how keto diet can prevent seizures when drugs fail

January 15, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / keto diet, seizure

by University of Virginia edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Graphical Abstract. Credit: Annals of Neurology (2025). DOI: 10.1002/ana.78098 University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have revealed how the popular, low-carb ketogenic diet protects against epilepsy seizures and possibly neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Keto, as the

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What’s the Best Sleep Position for Sinus Drainage?

January 15, 2026 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / sinus drainage

Written by Christine Giordano, MD | Reviewed by Farzon A. Nahvi, MD Updated on November 21, 2025 RealPeopleGroup/iStock via Getty Images Plus What’s the Best Sleep Position for Sinus Drainage? Key takeaways: Sinus congestion gets worse when you lie down because it’s harder for mucus to drain when you’re flat on your back. Sleep on your back or

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Glucocorticoid injection shows little benefit for knee osteoarthritis, clinical trial finds

January 15, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / Glucocorticoid injection, knee osteoarthritis

by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers in China have found no statistically significant advantage for infrapatellar fat pad glucocorticoid injection over saline for 12-week knee pain change or effusion synovitis volume change in inflammatory knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis affects

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Gut bacteria molecule boosts lung cancer treatment response

January 15, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / lung cancer

by University of Florida edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.102519 UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the response to lung cancer immunotherapy treatment in mice and can now be made into a

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Could glowing green skin be an alternative to blood sampling?

January 15, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / blood sampling

By Ben Coxworth January 14, 2026 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Scientists have developed engineered skin grafts that fluoresce green when certain biomarker chemicals are present in the bloodstream Depositphotos View 2 Images Blood sampling is painful and invasive, plus it only tells you what’s going on in the patient’s body right when the sample

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Surgery is no more effective than six weeks in a cast for unstable ankle fractures, clinical trial finds

January 15, 2026 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / ankle fracture

by British Medical Journal edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Wearing a cast for six weeks appears to be no less effective than surgery for healing unstable ankle fractures and carries fewer treatment-related harms, finds a clinical trial from Finland published in The BMJ.

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