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Medical Xpress / Performing under pressure? For athletes, it depends on 3 key things
Why do some people seem to thrive under pressure while others seem to fold or crumple?
Medical Xpress / Certain demographic, birth, and parental characteristics may increase risk of early-onset colorectal cancer
A recent study has found that factors such as a person's birth weight, sex, ethnicity and father's age may affect their risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age. The findings are published in Cancer.
Medical Xpress / Down syndrome isn't a tragedy, but misinformation about it is
For more than a century, people with Down syndrome have been defined by what medicine says they cannot do. That framing has consequences. It shapes the information families receive during prenatal screening, the choices they ...
Medical Xpress / As patients move through injury care, well-intentioned changes can backfire
Global health policymakers should focus on the way entire health care systems work together, argue researchers in new findings. Improving one element does not always create better outcomes if the wider system is not ready.
Phys.org / Ripple-like rings of the 'Bullseye galaxy' could be explained by dark matter
Two U.S. physicists have suggested that the nine concentric rings surrounding the galaxy LEDA 1313424, also known as the Bullseye galaxy, could have emerged through the quantum behavior of particles of dark matter. Through ...
Phys.org / NASA should build a biocontainment facility on the moon to protect Earth, researchers advise
A biocontainment facility designed to protect Earth from potentially hazardous biotic contaminants from space should be part of a planned NASA base on the moon, a policy paper maintains.
Phys.org / The Sun may not engulf Earth after all, scientists say
Need some good news on a Friday after a long week? The Earth may not be engulfed by the expanding fireball of the dying sun, which has long been assumed to be our home planet's ultimate fate, according to scientists.
Medical Xpress / Advice for physicians on supporting teens and young adults living with cancer
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with and beyond cancer have unique needs and perspectives that clinicians should be aware of when providing health care. A practice article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ...
Phys.org / Quantum gravity research links continuous parameters to local operators within the theory itself
A researcher at Kyushu University and his collaborators have shown that continuous parameters in quantum gravity may not be freely adjustable "dials" from outside the theory, but rather arise from operators within the theory ...
Medical Xpress / Legalizing cannabis increases use and addiction, unless it is tightly controlled, says research
Removing criminal penalties for possessing cannabis for personal use, or introducing tightly controlled legalization of cannabis, does not appear to increase levels of cannabis use. However, the commercial sale of cannabis ...
Phys.org / Well-known planetary nebula's ear-like lobes rewrite its evolutionary timeline
Using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) and the Manchester Echelle Spectrograph (MES), astronomers from Turkey and Mexico have investigated a planetary nebula discovered two centuries ago, known as NGC 6563. Results ...
Phys.org / Human sacrifice in Inca Empire may have been driven by political motives, not religion
Three decades ago, researchers working atop the Llullaillaco volcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, discovered exceptionally well-preserved remains. The find included the mummified bodies of three children ...
