THE MEDICAL NEWS

Five new research and partnership hubs are being backed by over £52 million from the UK government through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to develop tools that help people stay healthier for longer.

A team led by Marinka Zitnik, associate professor of biomedical informatics in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, has received a grant of nearly $7 million from Cancer Grand Challenges to create artificial intelligence (AI) "co-scientists" that help cancer researchers analyze data, generate hypotheses, and suggest new experiments, speeding new knowledge and therapies.

New research, published November 6th in JAMA Network Open, finds anticholinergic medications, commonly prescribe for overactive bladder (OAB), may not increase dementia risk after all compared to beta-3 agonists, the newer drug class that has been presumed to be safer for the brain.

Christopher Sepúlveda was just 2 years old when his parents noticed something was wrong. Christopher began experiencing involuntary movements of his mouth and eyes, and episodes when he would freeze and not move for nearly two minutes- something their pediatrician at the time said could be a tic disorder.

Judy Ou, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist-which is, according to her, "the nerdiest kind of detective ever."

Children's Hospital Los Angeles hosted the annual Association for the Bladder Exstrophy Community (ABEC) conference, bringing together nearly 100 patients and families from across the country and globe.

As grocery prices continue to rise, a study by researchers at Penn State found that in addition to increased spending, the price hikes also are associated with higher risk of food insufficiency and worse mental health conditions.