July 28, 2026

Xylazine Detection in Urine Drug Tests: Insights Into Illicit Drug Trends

National urine drug testing data showed increasing xylazine detection despite declining urinary concentrations in fentanyl-positive samples, suggesting complementary measures of changes in the illicit drug supply.

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July 09, 2026

Can AI Aid Urine Drug Test Sign-Outs?

Researchers reported that an artificial intelligence workflow maintained high interpretive accuracy while reducing urine drug test sign-out time in a supervised clinical laboratory setting.

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June 09, 2026

Salivary Marker May Reveal Sleep Deprivation

A machine-learning model distinguished samples collected following 1 night of total sleep deprivation from control and sleep-restriction conditions in a randomized crossover study of healthy young men.

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May 19, 2026

DNA Quality Outweighs Bone Source

Background DNA burden was more strongly associated with sequencing profile completeness than bone source in unidentified human remains.

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May 18, 2026

Could Digital Twins Forecast Forensic Risk?

Researchers outline a proposed three-level framework spanning patient monitoring, ward operations, and forensic system planning.

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May 15, 2026

Could Micro-CT Improve Tooth Fragment Matching?

Researchers achieved sub-100-µm precision when digitally reassociating fragmented teeth in a controlled forensic model.

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May 15, 2026

Could Micro-CT Improve Tooth Fragment Matching?

Researchers achieved sub-100-µm precision when digitally reassociating fragmented teeth in a controlled forensic model.

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May 08, 2026

Digital Twin Model May Improve Alcohol Intake Reconstruction

Integrated biomarker framework supports evaluation of drinking scenarios in forensic settings

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May 05, 2026

Medical Oddities: Brain Health, Sunny-Side Up

Breakfast, bacteria, and brain wiring—small things show big implications this week.

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April 30, 2026

Urgent Care, Unchecked Power

An unsupervised clinic model and blurred boundaries expose how oversight can fail in outpatient care.

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