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Medical Xpress / State laws vary widely on adolescent consent for sexual assault exams, study finds

In the hours following sexual assault, teens may face difficult decisions about seeking medical care and whether to undergo a forensic exam that could support a future investigation or prosecution. Understanding their ability ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / Antibiotic resistance threatens vision in pets and horses, veterinary review warns

Sight-threatening antibiotic-resistant eye infections are becoming a significant threat to vision in dogs, cats and horses, according to a new comprehensive review published in Veterinary Ophthalmology by researchers from ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / Europe: the world's fastest-warming continent

The latest heat wave sweeping across Europe is a stark reminder that it is the world's fastest-warming continent, stretching into an Arctic that is heating at an even greater pace.

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AACR releases Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2026

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has released its "Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2026," a comprehensive analysis of the unequal burden of cancer in the United States. First published in 2020, this ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Estrogen link could explain why women are more likely to suffer from Crohn's

Scientists from the University of Bath (UK) have shed new light on how Crohn's disease develops and why it affects people differently after finding new evidence of a link between a key immune system gene in the gut and signaling ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / How a heat dome is formed and why experts blame one for Europe's baking temperatures

Europe is sizzling under an early heat wave this week, with millions of people experiencing extremely high temperatures, and experts say a phenomenon known as a heat dome is to blame.

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Estrogen-based hormone therapies could protect brain health in older women

Researchers from the University of Kansas have shown a link between reproductive hormone exposure throughout life and brain health in 459 women ages 65 to 80. They discovered older women who had used hormonal birth control ...

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Yellow mealworms mapped anatomically for the first time

The dried larvae of the yellow mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor) are comparable to beef or poultry in nutritional value, but the mealworm has a far smaller ecological footprint. It was recently approved for human consumption ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Indiana takes on powerful hospitals by capping prices they charge employers

Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of health care, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally liberal tactic to control costs: setting government price controls on hospitals.

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover a genetic 'shield' that lowers the risk of colorectal cancer

A team of scientists from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University and institutions across the U.S. have published a new paper on the role of TGFBR1*6A, a naturally occurring genetic mutation in the ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Can scientists learn cells' language? Researchers aim to decode cellular conversations

Multicellular life depends on remarkable acts of cooperation. Every cell in the human body must sense what is happening around it, interpret signals from its neighbors and respond in ways that support the larger tissue. These ...

20 hours ago
Tech Xplore / AI gives building inspection photos the location data they were missing

When a building inspector takes a photo of a cracked wall, a leaking pipe or a faulty ceiling panel, that image carries almost no information about where exactly it was taken. There's no GPS signal indoors, and manually recording ...

19 hours ago