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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are approximately 3,500 sleep-related deaths among babies in the United States each year. The leading cause of death for infants 1 month to 1 year is Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUIDs). This includes sleep-related deaths and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

What if we could monitor patients in the future without taking blood samples every time? TU/e researcher Sophie Adelaars investigated a promising alternative: measuring biomarkers in sweat and saliva. In May 2025, she defended her thesis at the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Science and society collaboration is essential for scientific progress, especially in the health and biomedical fields where basic researchers, clinicians and patients are involved, as shown by the initial results of D-BIOMARK. This clinical trial against breast cancer has analyzed the potential anti-tumor role of denosumab, a drug already in use in the prevention of metastasis-related osteoporosis and bone lesions.

In a pioneering study from the Expertise Center for Movement Disorders in Groningen, machine learning, a core area of artificial intelligence (AI), was successfully used for the first time to distinguish different types of movement disorders from each other.

A new study published in Zygote reveals that common over-the-counter supplements popular with male bodybuilders and athletes may impact their fertility. This study comes amid a global decline in male fertility.

Findings from a recent study suggest iron deficiency anemia (IDA) independently and significantly increases the odds of ischemic stroke in young adults. The research is published in the journal eJHaem.

Intakes of dietary fiber, high-quality and total carbohydrates in midlife were favorably linked to healthy aging and other positive health outcomes in older women, according to a new study by researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

While Alzheimer’s disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (Duncan NRI) and collaborating institutions provide a new understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease affects different tissues across the entire body.

People who experience depression following a stroke may face a higher risk of poor health and even death for up to a decade afterward, new research finds.

A new study from Indiana University scientists may aid the pharmaceutical industry in better understanding a popular over-the-counter pain reliever: Tylenol.