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Medical Xpress / Most weight loss achieved using injectable obesity drugs can be maintained by switching to orforglipron, study shows
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in Nature Medicine shows that most weight loss achieved using the injectable obesity drugs tirzepatide or ...
Medical Xpress / Continuing tirzepatide at full dose helps preserve weight loss over 112 weeks
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in The Lancet shows that people who have lost weight using the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of tirzepatide ...
Phys.org / Predicting typhoon intensity using ocean surface temperatures
Every year in the West Pacific, as summer ends and September rolls around, typhoons are not far behind. Typhoons are the most impactful extreme weather events affecting Japan and East Asia, and due to climate change, extremely ...
Tech Xplore / The ionic path to all-solid-state batteries
Carbon neutrality may come in the form of a battery. All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are gaining traction in the energy and electric vehicle industries as potentially safer alternatives to the standard, flammable liquid ...
Medical Xpress / Calculating cancer risk through the genetic fingerprints of tumors
Why do two people with the same cancer diagnosis—the same stage, the same cell type, and the same clinical profile—often have completely different outcomes? For decades, scientists have studied acquired mutations in cancer ...
Medical Xpress / French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak ...
Medical Xpress / A 13-gene panel may help predict response to chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have characterized cancer cell-specific features in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tissues, identifying ...
Medical Xpress / Parental support package cuts burnout among new physician trainees in randomized trial
Occupational burnout is a growing threat to care quality, workforce retention and physician well-being. Pregnant and postpartum physicians-in-training are especially at risk, facing stigma, limited support, and physical demands, ...
Medical Xpress / Pediatric surgery program cuts opioid use by 56%
A 21-element recovery program for children undergoing gastrointestinal surgery reduced opioid use during hospitalization by 56%, according to a large clinical trial led by Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie ...
Medical Xpress / Gut problems in people with a genetic disorder are not caused by structural problems with the esophagus, study confirms
A study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that persistent and distressing upper gut symptoms experienced by people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), are not due to structural problems ...
Phys.org / Human childbirth is not uniquely difficult among mammals
Human childbirth is commonly viewed as uniquely difficult and dangerous. The reason: The combination of bipedalism and large brains creates a tight fit between the baby and the birth canal. Research at the University of Vienna ...
Phys.org / How temperature changes light: New model could guide smarter LEDs, sensors and photonic devices
Technion researchers have developed, for the first time, a comprehensive physical model explaining how the properties of a radiating material, including absorption, emission, and quantum efficiency, affect the fundamental ...
