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Medical Xpress / 'Forever chemicals' may be linked to childhood leukemia

Early exposure to PFAS, a group of widely used compounds known as "forever chemicals," was associated with a higher risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, according to University of California, ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Hurdles to a hobby: How climate change and 'runfluencer' culture impact our daily jog

If it feels like everyone around you (physically and digitally) has taken up an affair with running in the past few years, you're not imagining it. Since 2023, running has been the most uploaded activity on the exercise app ...

11 hours ago
Phys.org / Japan startup seeks approval of cat kidney disease treatment

A Japanese startup has filed for approval of a new drug to treat chronic kidney disease in cats, the founder said on Monday, offering hope for a common affliction that currently has no definitive cure.

12 hours ago
Phys.org / How principles of self‑compassion help fight loneliness in the age of AI

Amid a rapid, AI-driven technology boom and all the changes it's entailed, mental health issues due to social isolation have been on the rise. Researchers in social and clinical psychology have documented this shift and coined ...

5 hours ago
Science X / An immense clean power source is pushing beyond volcanic hotspots and into the mainstream

Almost 6,000 degrees Celsius. That is how hot Earth's inner core is. Earth's heat is already being put to use in geothermal power plants in Iceland, for example, and many Swedish homeowners use geothermal heating to keep ...

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Medical Xpress / Say Cheese3D: A new model can help track facial expressions

Love, pain, joy, fear, desire: the full spectrum of emotion resides in facial expression. We grasp this almost intuitively. However, we still lack a quantifiable understanding of the nuanced relationship between the face ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Inside lungs, tumor position reveals immune shifts missed by other models

Researchers at VIB and VUB have developed a powerful new way to study how the immune system behaves inside lung tumors. By combining a patient-relevant mouse model with single-cell technologies, the team provides one of the ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AI-induced psychosis—why we can't even begin to understand what's happening

John Torous specializes in treating psychosis. So when he started reading about AI psychosis in the news, he expected to see a wave of patients in his clinic. But the wave never came.

6 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Scientists esteemed by public, with vaccine scientists seen as similar to scientists in general

Vaccines and scientists who work on them have been embroiled in controversy and subject to unfounded attacks over the past half-dozen years. The litany of attacks has included both debunked claims and claims that lack evidence—for ...

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Medical Xpress / Brain age matters: Waking EEG patterns shift with prior sleep in children and adults

Clinicians use electroencephalography (EEG) to assess brain activity in epilepsy and sleep pathologies, and this powerful tool has shown promise for other conditions. Emerging evidence suggests that brain development, age, ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How two men smashed through a marathon barrier long thought unbreakable

On May 6, 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did what was deemed impossible in athletics: he ran a mile in less than four minutes. The milestone was celebrated worldwide, not just by athletics fans. It was considered at the time to ...

12 hours ago
Phys.org / Study explores why workers are leaving their jobs in the homeless services sector

A new study by a University at Buffalo social work researcher shows that 43% of frontline workers in the homeless services sector nationally reported an intention to leave their jobs. The findings published in the International ...

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