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Phys.org / What a policy restricting mothers' overseas migration in Sri Lanka means for children's health and education
International labor migration plays a vital role in supporting families across low- and middle-income countries, often providing a critical source of income for families back home. However, when mothers migrate abroad for ...
Medical Xpress / Synthetic compound targets malaria at multiple stages to prevent its transmission
Brazilian researchers have developed a synthetic compound that has the potential to treat malaria and block its transmission. The new molecule acts during three phases of the disease cycle, eliminating the asexual form of ...
Medical Xpress / Rising hospitalizations and deaths from GHB across Australia 'cause for alarm'
GHB-related deaths have increased 10-fold since 2013, while the number of hospitalizations more than tripled, according to an Australian-first study from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney. ...
Medical Xpress / Everyday diabetes medicine could treat common cause of blindness
Doctors have found that metformin, an everyday medicine for diabetes, is associated with less progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of blindness in western countries. In a recent study, ...
Medical Xpress / Examining DNA molecules one by one: How combining techniques can help us understand diseases such as dementia
"By cleverly combining new techniques for analyzing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into conditions such as dementia," predicts Professor John van Noort. Together with ...
Medical Xpress / WHO appeals for $1 bn for world's worst health crises in 2026
The World Health Organization on Tuesday appealed for $1 billion to tackle health crises this year across the world's 36 most severe emergencies, including in Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Phys.org / How climate change and human psychology make this US cold snap feel so harsh
The brutally frigid weather that has gripped most of America for the past 11 days is not unprecedented. It just feels that way.
Medical Xpress / African scientists push for homegrown pharma innovation
Africa's health future hinges on its ability to finance and commercialize its own medical innovations, rather than rely on increasingly uncertain international funding, African science leaders have warned. In a commentary ...
Tech Xplore / Spain considers social media ban for under-16s, joining others in Europe
Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content.
Tech Xplore / France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the military dropped Microsoft Office. Bureaucrats ...
Medical Xpress / Back to reality: Better TV depictions of CPR may save lives, new study finds
Physicians have said the HBO Max drama "The Pitt" offers one of the most accurate depictions of medicine on television.
Phys.org / Media misuse of 'hard-right' label risks normalizing extremist views, study says
Leading English-language news outlets often misuse the term "hard-right" to describe far-right political movements, potentially softening their extremist image and boosting their electoral appeal, according to a new study ...