Kelsey Matichuk, RMT

01/23/2026

A Canadian university is offering a course called “The Science of Batman” (listed as EPHE 156) that uses the Batman character as a case study to explore how Batman’s feats could be achieved through rigorous training and mental discipline—and the physical downsides, like concussion and injuries.

The University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada has offered this pop-culture-framed science class, which examines how Batman’s feats could be explained by rigorous training and mental discipline, along with real-world downsides like concussion and injuries, through the lens of the Caped Crusader rather than teaching “superpowers” literally.

01/22/2026

Big news in melanoma research.👏

New long-term study results show that a personalized experimental melanoma vaccine, developed by Moderna and used alongside Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda, continued to reduce the risk of melanoma recurrence or death by nearly 50% five years after treatment in people with high-risk melanoma who had surgery.

The vaccine is personalized to each patient, using genetic information from their own tumour to help the immune system better recognize and target melanoma cells. While further confirmation in late-stage clinical trials is still underway, these findings offer meaningful hope for people impacted by melanoma.

At Melanoma Canada, we are proud to see continued progress in melanoma research and extend our sincere thanks to Merck for their ongoing support of our patient education and support programs for people across Canada living with melanoma. Partnerships like these help ensure patients and families have access to trusted information, resources, and hope—today and into the future.

Together, we move closer to a future with zero melanoma and skin cancer deaths.

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01/20/2026

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01/13/2026

A research team led by Wu Zeng measured blood pressure in adults from 13 villages of the Tsimane’ people in Bolivia and examined how sibling composition (number of older/younger brothers and sisters) was associated with blood pressure later in life. They reported that having an additional younger brother was associated with a small positive increase in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure—about 3.3%–5.9% higher per additional younger brother, and a modest increase with younger sisters in some cases (e.g., ~3.8% higher SBP among women per additional younger sister).

01/11/2026

01/09/2026

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The COVID vaccines just got a massive vindication from the largest safety study ever conducted. Scientists tracked 46 MILLION people in England and the results are absolutely fascinating. What they discovered about heart attacks, strokes, and those rare side effects will surprise you. This is the kind of research that changes the conversation completely.

01/05/2026

01/03/2026

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01/02/2026

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