All News

Medical Xpress / Chemotherapy drug for brain cancer may be more effective at certain times of the day

When doctors biopsy and treat cancer may be just as important as how they treat it. New research from Erik Herzog, Ph.D., the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University ...

23 hours ago in Medications
Medical Xpress / Antidepressant use tied to lower prevalence of periodontitis

Antidepressant use is linked to a lower prevalence of periodontitis, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in the Journal of Periodontology.

23 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / 840 million women: The rate of violence against women has barely changed in 25 years

Violence against women remains one of the world's most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization ...

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Progress on overdose deaths could be jeopardized by federal cuts, critics say

The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation's recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some public health officials ...

14 hours ago in Addiction
Medical Xpress / Auditory illusions: New research discovers how our ears play tricks on us

Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds.

23 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Texting helps reach more patients with needed care

A combination of outreach methods—including texts, automated messages, and live phone calls—can significantly improve follow-up care for hard-to-reach patients after they have been discharged, according to a new nursing ...

22 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Holiday heart syndrome: What to know before you drink too much this season

Shopping. Traveling. Planning family gatherings. The stress of the holiday season can make you feel like you need to slip some spirits into your hot cocoa. And at celebrations, there's often plenty of alcohol around.

22 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Novel repository provides valuable physical function reference data, outcomes to medical researchers

Designed to generate data and outcomes on bone and muscle health in both healthy people and those with disease, a novel repository at the Indiana University Indianapolis School of Health & Human Sciences is helping researchers ...

Medical Xpress / Osteoporosis often goes undetected and untreated: How doctors are changing that

For many years, older adult patients who fractured their hip typically spent most of their recovery time with orthopedic doctors, working to regain their strength and function. But for some of those patients, that care only ...

14 hours ago in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Tech Xplore / Data centers' insatiable demand for electricity is changing the entire energy sector, say researchers

When the first large language models were unleashed, it triggered a headache for authorities around the world as they tried to figure out how to satisfy data centers' endless demand for electricity.

18 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Mental health and substance use visits common among physicians, finds study

Mental health and substance use (MHSU) visits are common among physicians and increased substantially during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a research letter published online Nov. 18 in the Annals ...

18 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect after nearly two centuries

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that the magnetic component of light plays a direct role in the Faraday effect, overturning a 180-year-old assumption that only its electric field mattered.

Nov 19, 2025 in Physics