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Medical Xpress / Oxytocin-sensitive brain circuit may keep social bonds active under stress

The neuropeptide oxytocin is a special messenger substance that nerve cells use to communicate with each other. It is acting as both a neurotransmitter and a hormone and is best known for promoting social behavior. However, ...

19 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Dry powder inhalers can improve patient outcomes and lower environmental impact

New research from UCLA Health suggests that certain inhalers used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not only less harmful to the environment but can also lead to slightly better patient outcomes. Inhalers ...

19 hours ago in Inflammatory disorders
Medical Xpress / Microplastics discovered in prostate tumors

Small fragments of plastic were found in 9 out of 10 patients with prostate cancer, and in higher levels inside tumors than in nearby noncancerous tissue, a new study finds. The small, single-center study was led by researchers ...

20 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / How natural language processing and AI can help policymakers address global food insecurity

NLP offers powerful opportunities to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—including SDG2 (Zero Hunger). In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, mounting climate change impacts, and other ...

20 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Preclinical or clinical? New obesity definition could reshape diagnosis and prevention

An international research group has examined how many people are affected by preclinical and clinical obesity and what health risks are associated with this. The team led by Prof. Matthias Schulze from the German Institute ...

20 hours ago in Overweight & Obesity
Tech Xplore / YouTube exec says goal was viewer value not addiction

A landmark social media addiction trial resumed Monday with a YouTube executive insisting that the Google-owned company's aim was to give people value, not hook them on harmful binge-viewing.

10 hours ago in Business
Tech Xplore / Forest-based resins challenge fossil materials in wind turbines, boats and high-performance adhesives

Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland, have developed new high-performance bio-based resins that can replace conventional oil-based materials in composite products—without compromising strength, cost, or industrial ...

20 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Accelerating next generation medicine with new drug delivery platform

Scientists have developed an adaptable materials platform that can safely and efficiently deliver a wide range of genetic medicines, an advance that could accelerate the development of next-generation vaccines, cancer treatments, ...

20 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / Study reveals why some immune disorders trigger severe food allergies, and others don't

A new study has shed light on why patients with certain rare immune disorders develop severe, food-triggered allergic reactions while others with similar diagnoses do not. The findings, published in the Journal of Experimental ...

Tech Xplore / US AI giants accuse Chinese rivals of mass data theft

US artificial intelligence company Anthropic said Monday it had uncovered campaigns by three Chinese AI firms to illicitly extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot, in what it described as industrial-scale intellectual ...

22 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / Adolescent social health may foretell loneliness and aggressive behavior

Teens who are lonely and those who experience conflict in their home life are more likely to act aggressively toward peers or become victims themselves. These are some of the findings in a new University of California, Davis, ...

20 hours ago in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Study finds online racism associated with black young adults seeking mental health support

A new study finds that Black young adults who experience high levels of online racism are also more likely to use digital mental health tools—regardless of whether they have clinically significant levels of anxiety or depression. ...

19 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry