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A new study looked at how often women in Ontario get mammograms after being treated for breast cancer. The focus was on First Nations women compared to non-First Nations women. The researchers wanted to see if there were differences in follow-up care between these two groups. The study included 190 First Nations women and 506 non-First Nations women. All of them were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer between 1995 and 2004. The team tracked their screening habits through 2019. They used statistics to compare age, health factors, and treatments. They also used special math models to find out what affected screening habits in First Nations women. At first glance, both groups had similar screening rates after treatment. There was no big difference in how often they got screened, how freq

Heart disease still tops the list as the world's biggest killer. But many people who need heart rehab never finish it. That could be changing thanks to smartwatches and fitness trackers. A new study looked at how wrist-worn devices help people do cardiac rehab from home or in a mix of home and clinic visits. The research pulled together data from eight major health databases. They searched for studies published between January 2015 and August 2026. Only randomized controlled trials counted. These were studies where adults with heart conditions used a wrist device as part of their rehab program. They left out studies focused mainly on heart failure. Studies that used wearables just to track results were also skipped. The team wanted to see real programs where the device guided the rehab p

Childhood obesity is a complex health problem. It lasts a long time. Many causes work together. Genes and biology matter. Daily habits matter. Feelings matter. Family life matters. Money and neighborhood matter too. A new review looked at different ways to help. It studied lifestyle changes, family support, mental health care, and medicine. The focus was on staying engaged, avoiding eating issues, handling ADHD, and making results last. Researchers searched PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. They used a discovery platform from the University of Turin library. They looked at papers from 2010 through August 2026. They included trials, reviews, and public health reports. The strongest support goes to family-based programs. These programs use many parts at once. They work best when parents a

Boxing is fast. Fighters must make quick choices. Coaches need to see where everyone is at all times. Today, most teams watch video replays. They also look at charts with numbers. The camera angle can hide important action. The stats live in a separate place. A person has to connect the video and the numbers in their head. That takes effort. A group of researchers talked to boxing coaches. They built a desktop tool called In Sight of Insights. It takes video from several cameras. It rebuilds the boxers' movements in 3D. Match events appear inside that same virtual space. A user can walk around the ring from any viewpoint. The original video stays linked, so the evidence is still there. Two studies tested the system. One group had pro athletes. The other had experienced fans. People using

Many bone and spine surgeons who treat Medicare patients now face new payment rules. A program called the Transforming Episode Accountability Model started on January 1, 2026. It involves about 741 hospitals across 188 regions. The program covers five surgery types, including hip and knee replacements and spinal fusions. A second plan, the Expanded Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, could roll out across the country by 2028. Doctors who mainly treat children or people without Medicare do not have direct contact with these specific programs. Adult orthopaedic teams, however, need to understand what is coming. Federal officials have also set a rule about patient feedback. Beginning in 2028, hospitals must gather survey results from most patients before and one year after elect

Scientists studied food supplies across 148 countries. Every country had more than one million people. They used food information from the year 2010. The goal was to see if national eating habits connect to heart disease deaths over time. They checked six different diet quality scores. These included DASH, AHEI, Mediterranean, Japanese, planetary health, and a diversity index. Then they followed heart disease deaths from 2010 through 2021. Only two scores showed a clear link. Higher DASH and AHEI scores went with fewer deaths from ischemic heart disease. The other four scores did not show a significant connection. The effect sizes were small but notable. For DASH, the ratio was 0. 914 per standard deviation increase. For AHEI, it was 0. 908. Both ranges suggested the link was real. Resea

Researchers tested two ways to measure how fast people move weight. Eighteen guys did jump squats and bench press throws. They used four loads: 20, 40, 60, and 80 percent of their max lift. Each protocol was done on a separate day. Both methods were pretty reliable. The eccentric‑concentric version scored ICC between 0. 70 and 0. 87 and CV 4. 2 to 11. 2 percent. The concentric‑only version got ICC 0. 61 to 0. 86 and CV 4. 8 to 10. 4 percent. When they added a fast eccentric phase, speed went up. In the jump squat, mean propulsive velocity rose 8. 9 to 10. 9 percent at every load. In the bench press throw it rose 6. 1 to 23. 3 percent, except at the lightest load. The L0 value climbed 5 percent for the bench press, and V0 jumped 9 percent for the jump squat and 3. 4 percent for the bench press. Estim

Circularly polarized light spins in a helix. That spin can carry data for next-gen screens or secure communication. For years, making this light reliably has been tough. It often needs tricky fabrication and rare materials. Scientists keep looking for simpler ways to produce it. A new method tackles this by pairing achiral perovskite quantum dots with a chiral metal-organic framework. The dots sit inside the framework thanks to a gentle, in situ process. Strong bonds form between lead and oxygen, and between europium and halogen. These bonds pass the framework's handedness to the dots. The result is efficient chirality transfer. The framework itself acts as a random scatterer. It provides enough feedback for the light to lase without perfect mirrors. This gives stable random lasing actio

Doctors check how well rehab patients are doing only once in a while. They use a standard score sheet called the FIM. But therapists write notes every single day. Those notes are full of little details about what a patient can actually do. A team in Japan wondered if a computer could read those messy notes and guess the scores. They took notes from three kinds of therapy: physical, occupational, and speech. The notes came from one hospital over five years. Patients had strokes, broken hips, or broken backs. The researchers fed the notes to an AI that ran on local servers. They asked it to predict every single FIM item without giving it any examples first. The AI tried to guess scores for nearly three million note-item pairs. It only gave valid answers about a third of the time. When it d

Medical records must be accurate but checking them by hand takes too long and misses things. Old methods cannot review every file and different people often disagree on what counts as a mistake. This makes it hard to trust the data. A new tool called MRQCS changes that. It gives doctors gentle nudges while they write notes and then forces a final check before the record is closed. For the reviewers, artificial intelligence highlights problems and lets them fix them with one click. Researchers watched how this worked over seven years. They looked at more than forty thousand hospital stays, grouped by month. They used a special statistical method to see if the system made a difference at key moments when new features went live. The results show the system catches more errors and makes rev

Health workers in Kenya have been on strike for years. This isn't just about wages. It shows bigger problems with how the country runs its health system. Even though the constitution protects workers' rights, things keep breaking down. The strikes started after the 2013 devolution reforms. They're not random events. They reveal deep issues in how the government coordinates health services across regions. The situation is complex and shows that labor rights alone aren't enough to solve systemic problems. Several things push workers to walk out. First, there's tension between constitutional rights to strike and the right to health care. Second, governance is fragmented. Different levels of government don't work well together. Third, the system fails to put agreements into practice. Collecti

Scientists are pushing to check entire populations for hidden genetic risks. The idea is to catch serious conditions early. But picking which genes to test is only the start. A big group of experts says we need a much wider checklist before rolling this out. Researchers brought together specialists from public health, genetics, counseling, ethics, economics, and implementation science. They used a careful three-step method to hash out what really matters. The result is eight core areas that any large-scale screening program must address. First, how will we know if the program actually works? That's program evaluation. Second, fairness -- will everyone benefit equally, or will some groups get left behind? Third, can it even be done with current resources and staff? Fourth, will people act