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Medical Xpress / Why risk perception matters for quitting smoking
Cigarettes are one of the deadliest products on the market—but the risks of alternatives are not always clearly understood. That disconnect came into sharp focus in 2019, when headlines warned of a mysterious and sometimes ...
Medical Xpress / Combination therapy could improve outcomes in the most difficult-to-treat patients with inflammatory bowel disease
For patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis who have exhausted other treatment options, a new combination therapy is showing results that offer hope for one of medicine's most treatment-resistant populations, ...
Medical Xpress / Updated alcohol warning labels may prompt people to cut back, study suggests
Although the United States requires a warning label on alcoholic beverages, alcohol-related deaths have risen steadily over the past two decades. However, new labels warning of specific disease risks, including cancer and ...
Phys.org / Why endless scrolling gets harder to stop: Three drivers of problematic internet use revealed
Why do so many people lose control over their internet use? While age limits for social media are being debated, many adults also spend hours online every day. For some, this becomes a burden, affecting mental health, daily ...
Medical Xpress / Biodegradable, all-metal microrobots could transform drug delivery and biopsy procedures
A swarm of tiny, shape-changing, all-metal robots might someday deliver drugs and capture biopsy samples painlessly and then safely dissolve without the need for extraction, according to a study presented at Digestive Disease ...
Phys.org / States across the wildfire-prone Western US are using AI for early detection
On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona's Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn't a cloud or dust, then alerted the state's forest ...
Medical Xpress / FDA grants expanded access to the pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted expanded access for the use of an experimental pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib. This means the drug will be available for early access to those who previously received ...
Tech Xplore / After a 40-year wait, technology finally enables three-sided zipper design
In 1985, the Innovative Design Fund placed an ad in Scientific American offering up to $10,000 to support clever prototypes for clothing, home decor, and textiles. William Freeman Ph.D., then an electrical engineer at Polaroid ...
Medical Xpress / When natural disasters strike, another crisis hits those recovering from opioid addiction
A day after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina in late September 2024, Toni Brewer had no power or water. The storm had strewn fallen trees across most roads, wiped out phone and internet communications, ...
Medical Xpress / Nursing is nearing a breaking point, but one force keeps pulling people in anyway
Cross Country Healthcare has released its fifth annual nursing survey, "Purpose Under Pressure: The State of Nursing in 2026," developed in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.
Phys.org / Buried electrical pathways across the US reveal new clues about Earth's interior and power grid risks
A solar storm like the one that caused a nine-hour blackout across Quebec in 1989 could have even more dramatic effects if it struck the eastern United States today. Now, scientists have developed new tools to detect these ...
Phys.org / Physicists have measured 'negative time' in the lab
As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island. We can imagine that his wife, Penelope, would ...