Placing fruit and vegetable sections near supermarket entrances increases the amount purchased and may improve the quality of women’s diets, according to a new study funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Exposure to a chemical commonly used to make plastic more flexible may have contributed to about 1.97 million preterm births in 2018 alone, or more than 8 percent of the world’s total, a new analysis of population surveys shows. The chemical was also linked to the deaths of 74,000 newborns, the researchers further estimate.

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine may have found a way to identify the patients at risk of recurrence for follicular lymphoma cancer without the need for imaging and surveillance testing by screening patients for several diffferent biomarkers.

For the first time in Arizona, and only the second time in the U.S., HonorHealth Research Institute treated a patient with a new type of lumbar spine disc repair that provides immediate relief of pain and maintains the patient’s full range of motion.

Today, @AmerGeriatrics @HealthinAging announces Dr. Cameron J. Gettel (@CameronGettel) as the 2026 recipient of the Jeffrey H. Silverstein Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in the Surgical and Related Medical Specialties. https://bit.ly/4lYAauK