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Medical Xpress / Students publish paper validating optimal caffeine dosage for newborns with heart disease
Montana State University students published a paper alongside Duke University researchers in the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics this spring, validating a study on the optimal caffeine dosage for newborn ...
Phys.org / Envisioning just futures: Framework can make distributive justice explicit in global emission scenarios
Rising living costs, energy insecurity, widening inequality, and escalating climate impacts are fueling discussions on fairness and justice in climate policy. Yet, assumptions in global emission scenarios that determine who ...
Phys.org / How hidden soil fungi 'steal' bacterial DNA to control the rain
Tiny organisms on the ground—bacteria and fungi—have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull down the rain, according to a recent study.
Medical Xpress / New study shows faster recovery with minimally invasive prostate cancer treatment
A recent randomized clinical trial has found that men with localized, intermediate-risk prostate cancer recovered faster and experienced less short-term impact on their daily lives when treated with MRI-guided, transurethral ...
Medical Xpress / The term 'alcoholic' conjures outdated stereotypes about an illness that afflicts 28 million Americans, says expert
People just aren't drinking the way they used to. "As recently as the late 1990s or early 2000s, 85% or more of high school seniors said they drank in the past year. Now that number is down to about 42%," said Kathryn McHugh, ...
Medical Xpress / Losing teeth may lead to weight gain, researchers report
Losing teeth might cause you to gain weight, a new study says.
Phys.org / Rivers in the sky are driving stronger and more predictable floods, new study finds
A new study finds that the most intense and destructive rainstorms in Portugal, particularly those fueled by atmospheric rivers, are not the most chaotic but are among the most predictable. These events form within large, ...
Phys.org / GenAI could push consumer research toward generic, biased results
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is opening the door for more researchers to conduct consumer studies than ever before. But that same accessibility may push the field toward increasingly generic results—and ultimately ...
Phys.org / Building 'green' protection for fragile enzymes
Enzymes are nature's tiny powerhouses, helping with everything from digesting food to making it quicker and safer to produce medicines, food and renewable fuels. While they can enhance chemical reactions, their fragile nature ...
Phys.org / New research exposes the deadly exploitation of migrant fishers in poorly regulated waters
Isolated on a Taiwanese fishing vessel, eight days from the nearest landmass, 22-year-old Indonesian fisherman Sugiama was found dead in his bunk in 2019. His death followed an 18-hour shift and an assault the night before, ...
Medical Xpress / Common, treatable ear conditions are linked to higher odds of dementia; treatment may help
A recent study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery finds that two common and treatable causes of conductive hearing loss—eardrum perforations and cholesteatoma, a type of abnormal skin growth in the middle ear—are ...
Medical Xpress / Is it anxiety or OCD? Psychology experts explain the difference
Anxiety itself is not a mental illness. It's a normal, adaptive emotion that helps us respond to perceived threats. Anxiety is the automatic reaction that makes you jump back when you think you've seen a snake while bushwalking—before ...
