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Medical Xpress / Prenatal opioid exposure impacts child well-being through adolescence, finds study
Children with prenatal opioid exposure face struggles in health, education, and social well-being throughout their childhoods and teenage years, even when sociodemographic factors are factored out. The global opioid crisis ...
Medical Xpress / Does sparkling water hydrate as well as regular water? Here's what the fizz can do
Water, water, everywhere … how to decide which one to drink? Thirsty consumers face dozens of options these days, from tap to bottled to carbonated, flavored, infused and caffeinated waters. Increasingly, they're reaching ...
Medical Xpress / Diabetes and liver medications failed to treat long COVID
The search for long COVID treatments continues, as a randomized clinical trial found that a two-week course of metformin or ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) did not meaningfully improve recovery from symptoms, despite earlier ...
Phys.org / Study reveals how end-of-world beliefs shape Americans' response to global threats
In an era of climate anxiety, geopolitical tensions and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence, apocalyptic thinking is no longer confined to the fringes of society, according to new research published in the Journal of ...
Phys.org / Australians face misinformation online daily, research reveals
Australians routinely encounter misinformation in their everyday online lives, and it's not just limited to politics or pandemics, according to new research in collaboration with QUT's Digital Media Research Center. The study, ...
Phys.org / Digital targeting creeps out customers
Years into the grand experiment of personalized digital marketing, most of us have had the experience: You search for a product—or just casually mention it. Suddenly, ads for that exact item stalk you across apps, websites, ...
Phys.org / Hairdressers could be a secret weapon in tackling climate change, new research finds
Hairdressers across the UK are emerging as powerful, under-recognized influencers in tackling climate change, according to new research from academics at the University of Bath's Center for Climate Change and Social Transformations ...
Tech Xplore / Zuckerberg borrows Big Tobacco playbook in landmark social media addiction trial—psychologists aren't buying it
While internal emails reveal Meta executives once described themselves as "pushers," Mark Zuckerberg faces a jury to argue that 16-hour-a-day scrolling habits are a sign of "value," not addiction.
Phys.org / Travel far, breed hard, and die young: Short-eared owls and why they should be studied
This Journal of Raptor Research issue focuses on movement ecology—how and why raptors move. This can include classic movements like migration, as well as nomadism.
Tech Xplore / A new delivery bot is coming to LA, built stronger to survive the streets
The rolling robots that deliver groceries and hot meals across Los Angeles are getting an upgrade. Coco Robotics, a UCLA-born startup that's deployed more than 1,000 bots across the country, unveiled its next-generation machines ...
Medical Xpress / Your lifestyle trajectory greatly influences your weight, study says
Today, almost a third of U.S. adults are overweight and 43% have obesity. Behaviors that are likely to influence weight may be cemented early on. Early adulthood, from ages 18 to 25, is a time when people tend to experience ...
Medical Xpress / British children are growing taller but not for the right reasons
A new analysis of Child Measurement Program data from England, Scotland, and Wales challenges recent reports suggesting children in Britain are getting shorter. The analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of ...
