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Medical Xpress / Rural cancer patients do just as well when having surgery close to home

Adults living in rural communities often travel long distances when seeking treatment for cancer, but distant travel may not always be necessary to receive high-quality surgical care, according to a new analysis published ...

19 hours ago in Surgery
Dialog / Old galaxies in a young universe?

The standard cosmological model (present-day version of "Big Bang," called Lambda-CDM) gives an age of the universe close to 13.8 billion years and much younger when we explore the universe at high-redshift. The redshift ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Study finds immune markers at two months tied to longer survival in glioblastoma trial

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified blood-based biomarkers that can help distinguish patients with glioblastoma who are most likely to live longer from novel treatment with an ...

21 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Early stroke sign and symptom recognition tool for Spanish-speaking populations shows promise

The Spanish-language stroke-recognition acronym RÁPIDO, which was developed at UTHealth Houston, shows encouraging results in boosting early stroke awareness among Spanish-speaking adults. These results were recently published ...

19 hours ago in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Study finds addiction consults led to opioid treatment for eye infection patients

People who use injection drugs are at a higher risk for eye infections, particularly endogenous endophthalmitis—a medical emergency caused by bacteria or fungi entering the bloodstream to reach the inside of the eye. These ...

21 hours ago in Ophthalmology
Phys.org / Cyclone kills 20 in Madagascar as 2nd-largest city '75% destroyed'

A cyclone packing violent winds killed at least 20 people as it struck Madagascar, toppling houses and causing major flooding, the Indian Ocean island's disaster authority said Wednesday.

17 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / More social support can sometimes lead to more—and sometimes to less—use of mental health care

People with severe mental health problems are generally thought to receive more care when they are unwell, and less care once they begin to recover. According to researcher Thijs Beckers, however, the reality is more nuanced. ...

13 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Humic acid-modified bentonite improves ammonium retention and reduces nitrogen loss

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has introduced a soil amendment called humic acid-modified bentonite (HAMB). This amendment effectively enhances a soil's ability ...

16 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat plants

Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto the land, and it took another 100 million years for the first animals with backbones to join them. ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / We need to plan for what we fear, not just what we expect

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)—the statutory agency responsible for planning the Basin's water resources—has just shared the starkest news yet about the Basin's future: the Basin is almost certainly going to ...

18 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Webb unveils nature of distant ultraviolet-luminous galaxy CEERS2-588

Astronomers from the University of Tokyo in Japan and elsewhere have employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a distant ultraviolet-luminous galaxy known as CEERS2-588. Results of the observational campaign, ...

Feb 7, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Eat less meat, France urges, for sake of health, climate

The French government issued a long-awaited report Wednesday urging people to limit meat consumption for their health and also to fight climate change—and not everyone in the country of "steak-frites" is thrilled.

17 hours ago in Health