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UK Biobank Study of 95,559 Wrist Trackers Links REM and Deep Sleep Stages to Risk of 83 Diseases
A PLOS Medicine phenome-wide study of 95,559 UK Biobank participants found that more REM and deep sleep, measured by wrist accelerometers, …
Reanalysis of Eight Mammography Trials Puts Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis Below 5%, Not 30-50%
A JNCI meta-analysis of eight randomized mammography trials, published 14 September 2026, finds overdiagnosis rates below 5% rather than th…
Danish Study of 2.1 Million Children Finds ADHD and Autism Diagnoses Increasingly Resemble the General Population
A JAMA Psychiatry study of 2.1 million Danish children finds that a decade of rising ADHD and autism diagnoses tracks a narrowing gap in bi…
DRC's Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Passes 7,400 Cases and Is Now the Second Largest on Record
The Bundibugyo virus Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed 7,400 confirmed cases, WHO and ECDC data show, makin…