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Medical Xpress / GLP-1 agonists linked to significantly lower long-term risk of knee replacement
GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs, used for the treatment of diabetes—and more recently, weight loss—are associated with a significantly lower long-term risk of knee replacement surgery as a result of osteoarthritis, finds an ...
Medical Xpress / Simple blood test may help detect and stage Alzheimer's disease
Scientists may be one step closer to staging Alzheimer's disease with a simple blood test.
Phys.org / Global supply chains keep workers poor: Three case studies show how the cycle can be broken
Globally, about 1 in 5 people in jobs live in poverty. A key reason lies in how global supply chains are organized. From agriculture to tourism, many jobs are embedded in systems that keep wages low, even as they generate ...
Medical Xpress / Safe Streets Baltimore program associated with reduced youth gun violence, study says
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions has found that overall, Baltimore's Safe Streets violence prevention program is associated with a 42% reduction in homicides involving ...
Medical Xpress / PET imaging reveals synaptic loss in multiple sclerosis across preclinical and human studies
A new PET imaging approach that measures synaptic density in the spinal cord provides a quantitative way to assess the brain's functional wiring in patients with multiple sclerosis. With this personalized information, physicians ...
Phys.org / How megalomaniac leaders establish their grip on a group—and how they lose it
Megalomaniacal leaders are fascinating. They exude boundless confidence, harbor sometimes excessive ambitions and make decisions that are often out of touch with reality.
Phys.org / How a small amount of rare earth metal shapes the environmental impact of magnets
Magnets for electric cars and wind turbines contain only a small amount of the rare earth metal dysprosium. Yet, this metal is responsible for a large share of the environmental impact and costs, according to research by ...
Phys.org / French astronaut to fly to commercial space station under deal
Two French astronauts are to blast into space next year, one of whom will stay on board the world's first commercial space station, under a new deal sealed between France and the U.S. company Vast.
Medical Xpress / Researchers say daylight saving time may worsen cognitive, psychological problems
Daylight saving time isn't just a seasonal inconvenience—it may also pose significant neuropsychological risks for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who experience biannual clock shifts, especially those living ...
Medical Xpress / Why researchers may be getting mental health inequalities wrong
More than five years after the murder of George Floyd forced institutions to confront racial injustice, it is worth asking what has actually changed. As an associate professor of forensic psychology, I've been considering ...
Medical Xpress / Immunotherapy added to radiation therapy boosts survival in localized prostate cancer
Results of a multicenter clinical trial found that adding the investigational adenoviral-based viral immunotherapy aglatimagene besadenovec (alglatimagene, CAN-2409) to standard radiation therapy improved disease-free survival ...
Phys.org / The World Cup and human trafficking: What the research reveals about the real risks at major sporting events
As U.S. cities prepare to host the FIFA World Cup, familiar warnings about human trafficking "spikes" at major sporting events have reemerged.
