Michael Sinclair Schooling Reform Offers New Evidence on Later Dementia Risk A change in Britain's school-leaving age has given researchers a way to study whether education can influence dementia risk many years later. A new paper in PNAS reports lower incidence of Alzheimer's... Mind Research News
Michael Sinclair Brief Diet Exposure Leaves an Immune Memory in Mouse Skin A brief change in diet around the start of inflammation can leave a lasting effect on how mouse skin responds later, according to research published October 28 in Nature . The study focuses on timing:... Body Research News
Michael Sinclair Clinician-Reviewed Nutrition Guidance Improves Short-Term Intake After Surgery A small randomized trial reports that patients receiving individualized, quantified nutrition guidance with clinical review were more likely to meet short-term intake targets after gastrointestinal ca... Nutrition Research News
Michael Sinclair A Brief Mindset Message Encourages Mental-Health App Re-Engagement A brief message presenting mental health as something that can improve may help some people return to a self-help app. A randomized study published October 13 in npj Digital Medicine examines that pra... Mind Research News
Michael Sinclair Invika Trial Targets Specific T Cells in Resistant Solid Tumors An experimental immune treatment called invikafusp alfa, or invika, has produced early signs of activity in some people with advanced solid tumors that had resisted previous treatments. Results publis... Body Research News
Michael Sinclair Enriched Soymilk Lowers LDL Modestly in an Eight-Week Trial A newly published randomized trial reports a modest additional reduction in LDL cholesterol from soymilk enriched with plant sterols and soluble fiber, compared with plain soymilk. The finding concern... Nutrition Research News
Michael Sinclair A Depression Brain-Connectivity Score Remains a Research Tool A study published in Nature Mental Health on October 21 asks whether patterns of communication between brain regions can capture a signal associated with major depressive disorder. It is a research qu... Mind Research News
Michael Sinclair A Small Prostate-Cancer Trial Tests an Early Treatment Combination A small randomized prostate-cancer trial published in Nature Medicine on October 14 reports that a treatment combination met its planned response threshold. The same paper also reports that an explora... Body Research News
Michael Sinclair L-Carnitine Inflammation Research Is Not a Verdict on Every Meal A new study in Cell investigates how L-carnitine can amplify an inflammatory pathway under particular experimental conditions. The finding is interesting, but it is not a trial showing what happens wh... Nutrition Research News
Michael Sinclair A Hong Kong Resilience Study Looks Beyond Individual Willpower A new Hong Kong study examines psychological resilience across health, relationships, financial stability and other parts of life. Its broad view is important: resilience should not be reduced to a te... Mind Research News
Michael Sinclair An Exercise Atlas Maps Molecular Changes in Mice, Not a Human Workout Plan A new exercise atlas maps molecular changes across 22 tissues in mice after eight weeks of voluntary wheel running. It gives researchers a resource for asking how different parts of the body respond t... Body Research News
Michael Sinclair A Community Beverage Program Shows Why Outcomes Need Separate Reading A community program aimed at reducing sugary drinks and increasing water consumption produced a difference in children's body-mass-index trajectories, but not a statistically clear difference in the r... Nutrition Research News