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Medical Xpress / Targeting delivery to the lungs: Inhaled vitamin D could be new strategy

People with chronic lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and cystic fibrosis tend to have low vitamin D levels, and these low levels are linked to worse respiratory health outcomes. This ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Onboarding support helps merchants adopt digital payment methods

Change can be hard—especially when you're used to receiving change. Switching from cash-based to digital payment methods can be a difficult sell, particularly in developing economies, poorer neighborhoods and among older ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / The mysterious tooth condition affecting millions of children

Your child's small, delicate, chalk-white baby teeth fall out. In their place grow yellowish-brown, fragile teeth—much to everyone's surprise.

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Medical Xpress / ENDO: GLP-1 receptor agonists tied to higher hypotension risk in patients on BP meds

Among patients with preexisting hypertension taking antihypertensive medications, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is associated with an increase in hypotensive-related events, according to a study ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Students with highest distress use AI for mental health at elevated rates, study finds

College students have rapidly adopted generative AI, but critical questions remain about its use for mental health support. In a study co-led by investigators at Mass General Brigham, 18% of surveyed college students reported ...

21 hours ago
Phys.org / Efforts to combat climate change often exclude Indigenous people—and they may not have any recourse

Imagine living in the same forest as your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and all your ancestors as far back in time as stories can tell, and depending on the forest for food, shelter, recreation and education. ...

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Medical Xpress / Asthma attacks reshape airway tissue through mechanical stress, lung-on-a-chip reveals

About 25 million people in the U.S.—roughly eight out of 100—are diagnosed with asthma. Allergens, air pollution, extreme weather conditions and other irritants can cause chronic lung inflammation, leading to coughing, wheezing ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / As AI plays a bigger role in relationships, true intimacy is getting lost

The CEO of dating app Hinge recently suggested that generation Z, "struggling to have the confidence to put themselves out there," needs AI to help them find love. Apparently, without AI tools, younger people will struggle ...

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Medical Xpress / Report calls for evidence-based strategies to address Alzheimer's-related psychosis

Alzheimer's-Related Psychosis: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Understanding and Responding to Delusions and Hallucinations"—the latest report in The Gerontological Society of America's Insights & Implications in Gerontology ...

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Medical Xpress / How wastewater could spot hidden HIV burden in communities before clinics do

Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) detection in wastewater offers a novel approach to monitor the virus in communities. Baylor College of Medicine researchers and colleagues at collaborating institutions report in Nature ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Ebola, hantavirus, diphtheria: How distrust in health care is fueling multiple outbreaks across the globe

The first half of 2026 has been marked by three different disease outbreaks: Ebola, hantavirus and, in Australia, diphtheria. Each has exposed vulnerabilities in how we detect, communicate and respond to infectious disease ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Review on glioma organoid models proposes new classification framework for brain cancer research

Researchers from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, together with key pioneers in glioma biology, neuro-oncology and stem cell biology, have published a comprehensive review in Society for Neuro-Oncology's ...

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