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Medical Xpress / Which patients benefit most from tirzepatide GLP-1 for obesity and obstructive sleep apnea?
Tirzepatide GLP-1 medication is known to improve sleep apnea for people with both obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and obesity, but not all patients benefit equally. Now, new research presented at the 2026 ATS International ...
Phys.org / Why students ignore feedback—and the free tool helping them to use it constructively
A new free online platform is tackling one of higher education's most persistent problems—how students engage with and constructively use feedback they receive from academics.
Tech Xplore / AI interviewers can't connect with people the way human researchers can. They can produce only data, not meaning
Anthropic, the company behind the generative AI tool Claude, claimed in March 2026 that it used an AI interviewer to conduct "the largest and most multilingual qualitative study" ever done. The AI tool collected responses ...
Medical Xpress / Nicotine e-cigarettes reduce harmful chemical exposure and help smokers quit, study finds
Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, even as rates of cigarette smoking have fallen to an all-time low of approximately 10% in 2024. Some studies suggest that electronic cigarettes ...
Phys.org / Indigenous Australians were the world's first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk
I'm a proud Yorta Yorta and Barapa Barapa man, an Indigenous astronomer and a trainee ecologist. When I look at the night sky, I don't just see stars. Instead, I see an ancient knowledge system that has guided people, culture ...
Medical Xpress / New benchmarks based on top performers aim for achievable excellence in pediatric emergency care
A large, multi-center study led by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago has derived achievable benchmarks of care (ABCs) using electronic health record data, which allows pediatric emergency departments across ...
Phys.org / Non-native diet makes Fischer's Blue butterflies less attractive to mates, influencing reproduction
A colorful and diverse garden brings joy to any gardener, but the increased popularity of non-native plants in place of native species has brought about unprecedented changes in the local wildlife.
Medical Xpress / Self-reporting tool helps predict difficult-to-treat depression before treatment
New research presented today at the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting in San Francisco evaluated how accurately a self-reporting tool predicts difficult-to-treat depression, finding that the Difficult-to-Treat ...
Tech Xplore / Hackers found a way around Intel CET—PLaTypus locks down library jumps
In June 2020, Intel announced the first hardware availability of Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (CET). This hardware-based protection mechanism has been gradually introduced since Intel's 10th and 11th Core generations ...
Medical Xpress / WHO worries about outbreak's scale and speed of Ebola spread as Congo announces 134 deaths
The World Health Organization director-general openly worried Tuesday over the "scale and speed" of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo, where authorities reported a sharp increase in suspected deaths—to ...
Medical Xpress / WHO evaluates vaccines, treatments for Ebola outbreak
The WHO said Tuesday it was examining whether any candidate vaccines or treatments could be used to rein in what it warned could be a lengthy Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Medical Xpress / Comparison study of leading targeted therapies for ALK+ lung cancer could lead to better treatment decisions
A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the USC Shaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics have conducted a head-to-head ...
