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Medical Xpress / Real-time brain monitor detects infections earlier
A research team led by the University of Waterloo has created a new monitoring system to save lives and significantly reduce health-care costs in brain-injury cases through the early detection of infections in intensive care ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 use linked to lower breast cancer incidence in large cohort study
A retrospective analysis of more than 110,000 women between the ages of 45 and 80 found that those who took GLP-1 medications were about 30% less likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not take GLP-1 medications, ...
Medical Xpress / Later sleep schedules are associated with loneliness and increased anxiety
A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that individuals with an evening chronotype, who prefer to go to sleep and wake up at later times, report poorer mental health, higher general loneliness, ...
Medical Xpress / Poor sleep in middle-aged women is associated with lower psychological well-being nearly a decade later
A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that sleep problems in middle-aged and older adults are tied to lower psychological well-being nine years later. The link was stronger in women than in men, ...
Medical Xpress / Extreme weather can whip up anxiety. A safety plan can help
Hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other extreme weather can also kick up storms of anxiety.
Medical Xpress / 6G networks will improve network utilization in telemedicine
Telemedicine, continuous monitoring and remote procedures are becoming increasingly important in medicine. For these to operate seamlessly in everyday clinical practice, data must be transmitted quickly, reliably and without ...
Phys.org / Q&A: Most biology education guidelines lack any connection to society, researchers explain why that's a problem
Is it a doctor's job to get the best outcomes for their patients or to tell the truth? What happens when these two things are not aligned? These are questions that University of Washington students have to wrangle with in ...
Phys.org / Survey shows little shift in Americans' views on political violence
A large, nationally representative survey of U.S. adults finds that support for, and willingness to engage in, political violence remained largely stable from mid-2024 to mid-2025, despite a highly contentious national election ...
Medical Xpress / Study reveals asbestos blind spot in lung cancer screening may cost lives
New Curtin University research has found Australians exposed to asbestos could be falling through the cracks of lung cancer screening programs. The study, published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, warns thousands ...
Phys.org / Health-related ballot measures more likely to pass
As voters are increasingly asked to decide complex health policy questions at the ballot box, new research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds that health care-related ballot measures draw more ...
Medical Xpress / Feeling older than your age linked to poorer sleep and worse daytime functioning
A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that adults who feel older than their chronological age reported worse sleep outcomes, including more insomnia symptoms, greater sleep-related impairment, ...
Medical Xpress / 7 trends reshaping pediatric hip dysplasia care
Early, specialized care for pediatric hip dysplasia can mean the difference between a child who grows up active and pain-free—and one who faces surgery, limited mobility, or even early hip replacement. Yet many patients are ...
