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Medical Xpress / These 'exploding' capsules can deliver insulin without a needle using sodium bicarbonate
Georgia Tech engineers have created a pill that could effectively deliver insulin and other injectable drugs, making medicines for chronic illnesses easier for patients to take, less invasive, and potentially less expensive.
Medical Xpress / New study identifies key ingredients to expanding dental care in the safety net
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are a crucial component of the dental safety net and provide oral health services to those who might not otherwise have access to needed care, including low-income individuals, the ...
Medical Xpress / Preclinical trials show Alzheimer's drug promising for alcohol addiction treatment
A research team from Virginia Commonwealth University has found that a drug currently in clinical trials for brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease might also have potential for treating alcohol misuse—one of America's ...
Phys.org / People in Nordic region are more satisfied than other EU citizens with big city life
Are you young, female, well-educated, in a job, and live in a big city in a rich EU country? If you answer yes to all these questions, you're probably among people who are most satisfied with your life.
Phys.org / No, weather modification did not cause the deadly flash floods in Texas
As authorities search for victims of the flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, social media users are spreading false claims that the devastation was caused by weather ...
Medical Xpress / Does exercise really improve mental health?
Research often points to exercise as a good way to boost mental health, but a recent study from the University of Georgia suggests that it's not just physical movement that affects mental health. It's how, where and why you ...
Medical Xpress / Online therapy as effective as in-person therapy, finds large study
When COVID arrived early in 2020, pandemic restrictions made in-person mental health care difficult or impossible. Both therapists and patients had to adapt almost overnight. For many in the field, it felt like a gamble: ...
Medical Xpress / AI reveals astrocytes play a 'starring' role in dynamic brain function
Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are finally stepping into the neuroscience spotlight. A new Florida Atlantic University study highlights ...
Phys.org / Why too much ultrasound slows chemical reactions
Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have solved a long-standing mystery in the field of sonochemistry: why do chemical reactions slow down when ultrasonic power becomes too strong?
Phys.org / Research reveals middle-class families hit hardest by South Korea's cost-of-living crisis
As prices rose across the globe following the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, many expected the usual pattern, i.e., low-income households bearing the brunt of inflation. But in South Korea, they observed something exactly ...
Medical Xpress / Treating postoperative delirium as preventable 'acute brain failure': Low-cost interventions could have major impact
A new large-scale study spotlights postoperative delirium as a preventable and high-impact complication which is driven by patient frailty and surgical stress—and one that can be addressed through low-cost, evidence-based ...
Tech Xplore / What makes a good AI prompt? Here are 4 expert tips
"And do you work well with AI?"
