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Medical Xpress / Why does chronic back pain make everyday sounds feel harsher? Brain imaging study points to a treatable cause

People with chronic back pain process everyday sounds differently, and more intensely, than people without pain, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz. Published in Annals of Neurology, the study ...

14 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Natural anti-inflammatory protein could save lives of sepsis patients, mouse study suggests

A naturally occurring protein in the human body could protect people from one of the world's biggest killers—sepsis. The protein's ability to reduce inflammation in a preclinical study raises hopes that it could be the ...

13 hours ago in Inflammatory disorders
Medical Xpress / Closing the gap in maternal and child health: Rural Birthing on Country model shows positive results

A new study into the clinical effectiveness of a rural Birthing on Country service—compared to mainstream maternity services—has revealed First Nations women had significantly more normal vaginal births, were more likely ...

13 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Warming El Nino may return later this year: UN

The warming El Niño weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Niña fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday.

16 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Crocodile caught in an Australian creek 1,200 miles from its tropical habitat

Stephanie Kirsop didn't believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home.

16 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / China's overstretched health care looks to AI boom

Throughout her first pregnancy, Wang Yifan had lots of questions, which she usually put to renowned obstetrician Duan Tao—or rather, an AI clone of the top Shanghai-based doctor.

16 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / Second-hand phones surf rising green consumer wave

The secondhand market for smartphones has surged in recent years, borne up by lower prices as well as interest in eco-friendly consumption even as some still fear buying a dud.

16 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Medical Xpress / Rectal cancer incidence rising after decades of decline as colorectal cancer shifts toward younger generations

Colorectal cancer rates in the United States are moving in two very different directions, according to a new report released today from the American Cancer Society (ACS). While the disease continues to decline among older ...

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / National report supports measurement innovation to aid commercial fusion energy and enable new plasma technologies

To operate fusion systems safely and reliably, scientists need to monitor plasma fuel conditions and measure properties like temperature and density that can affect fusion reactions. Making these measurements requires specialized ...

22 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / A computer simulation is helping to prepare Australia for H5 bird flu

Currently, Australia is the only continent in the world still free from the highly contagious H5 bird flu. But that status faces an ongoing threat.

23 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Chemists create iridium compounds for the synthesis of 'smart' antitumor drugs

Chemists from St. Petersburg University has developed a new family of luminescent iridium complexes that, for the first time, realize a unique mechanism of photoactivated proton transfer. In the future, this discovery will ...

22 hours ago in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Children with poor oral health more often develop cardiovascular disease as adults, new study suggests

A tooth cavity and bleeding gums is a common scenario among Danish children—and one that researchers now connect to health problems long after the last baby tooth has left the mouth. Children who have multiple tooth cavities ...

22 hours ago in Cardiology