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Medical Xpress / Holiday heart syndrome: What to know before you drink too much this season

Shopping. Traveling. Planning family gatherings. The stress of the holiday season can make you feel like you need to slip some spirits into your hot cocoa. And at celebrations, there's often plenty of alcohol around.

5 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / New flu variant could bring another severe U.S. season

A new flu variant spreading overseas may set the stage for another tough winter in the United States, experts warn.

Medical Xpress / Status of rural health care, hospitals probed in study

New research from The University of Texas at Arlington examines the widening health care gap between rural and urban communities and how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) program, ...

6 hours ago in Medical economics
Medical Xpress / Novel repository provides valuable physical function reference data, outcomes to medical researchers

Designed to generate data and outcomes on bone and muscle health in both healthy people and those with disease, a novel repository at the Indiana University Indianapolis School of Health & Human Sciences is helping researchers ...

Phys.org / Study questions success of town's billionaire-led revival

Once known to locals as "Bish Vegas" for its bustling pubs, bars and nightlife, Bishop Auckland in County Durham is now at the center of a very different story.

6 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Transformer AI models outperform neural networks in stock market prediction, study shows

Like other sectors of society, artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing how investors, traders and companies make decisions in financial markets. AI models have the ability to analyze massive amounts of data while ...

6 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / New fabric reflects 96% of sunlight to keep wearers cooler in extreme heat

As global temperatures rise and heat waves intensify, a new textile innovation co-developed by University of South Australia scientists promises to keep people cooler, drier, and more comfortable in extreme heat.

13 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Thousands of US hazardous sites are at risk of flooding because of sea level rise, study finds

If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century, posing serious health ...

11 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Antidepressant use tied to lower prevalence of periodontitis

Antidepressant use is linked to a lower prevalence of periodontitis, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in the Journal of Periodontology.

6 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Astronomers spot 'first stars' billions of years after they were supposed to die

Over the course of billions of years, the universe has steadily been evolving. Thanks to the expansion of the universe, we are able to "see" back in time to watch that evolution, almost from the beginning. But every once ...

7 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / NASA's X-59 completes first flight, prepares for more flight testing

After years of design, development, and testing, NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for the field of aeronautics research and the agency's ...

7 hours ago in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / Research provides new design specs for burgeoning sodium-ion batteries

As the world's need for energy storage increases, sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a less expensive and more environmentally friendly complement to lithium-based batteries. Research by Brown University engineers sheds ...

6 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech