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Medical Xpress / HPV vaccine can protect against severe lesions of the vulva and vagina, study finds

Girls who are vaccinated against HPV are not only well protected against cervical cancer; they are also less likely to develop severe precancerous lesions of the vulva and vagina, particularly if they were vaccinated before ...

19 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medical Xpress / Study: Social media fuels teen eating disorders

A recent study found one in four teens in British Columbia reported disordered eating or significant anxiety about eating and body image; rates were even higher among transgender and sexual minority teens. These overall risks ...

18 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / A newly discovered neural pathway links emotional stimuli to wakefulness

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified a previously uncharacterized neural circuit that directly links emotional processing to arousal. In the pathway, GABAergic neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis ...

19 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Living longer with tailored chemotherapy—despite incurable cancer

Just a few months ago, Ragnhild Vigdis Langli (70) was planning her own funeral.

18 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Insights into dry eyes gained from stem-cell-derived tear glands

An estimated 5–15% of people have problems with dry eyes, with symptoms including eye redness, stinging, or burning sensation, and eye fatigue.

19 hours ago in Ophthalmology
Medical Xpress / Bird flu warnings are being ignored—I've seen this pattern before

There's an unwritten rule in publishing, or so I've been told: Don't write about COVID. Our collective attention span has been saturated by those endless months holed up in attics and cramped corners of apartments, staring ...

19 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Study shows views of British empire shape voting behavior—but in subtle ways

If you wander through Glasgow Green, you'll encounter the Doulton fountain, a gaudy terracotta tribute to empire that features "native" and colonial figures in national dress holding out the produce of their lands to the ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Don't talk—listen: Why communities affected by forever chemicals in water must be heard

Until recently, Australia's efforts to tackle "forever chemical" pollution focused on highly polluted firefighting and defense sites.

19 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Cerebellar signals drive associative learning by enhancing visual discrimination, finds study

The cerebellum facilitates associative learning—wherein visual information is linked to motor actions—by strengthening sustained visual responses. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have discovered that this amplification ...

19 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Planning your next holiday? Here's how to spot and avoid greenwashing

More of us than ever are trying to make environmentally responsible travel choices. Sustainable travel is now less niche and more mainstream, with 93% of travelers in one survey saying they would consider sustainable choices.

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / FDA adds brain tumor warning to Depo-Provera birth control shot

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new safety warning for Depo-Provera, a widely used birth control shot made by Pfizer, alerting patients to a possible risk for a type of brain tumor called meningioma.

17 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medical Xpress / Subtyping colorectal cancer may improve patient outcome predictions

Colorectal cancer, or CRC, is the world's second most lethal cancer based on the number of deaths, and is the third most prevalent malignant tumor. Doctors and patients have long been hoping for better diagnostics for prognosis, ...

18 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer