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Medical Xpress / Initiation of hormone therapy after age 65 remains risky but still works for some women

Hormone therapy (HT) has proven effective for managing hot flashes and other common menopause symptoms, but questions remain about long-term safety, especially in women aged older than 65 years. A new study evaluated the ...

34 minutes ago in Endocrinology & Metabolism
Phys.org / Zambia's farmers are working in dangerous heat: How they can protect themselves

Farming is central to life in Zambia, with about 60% of the country's labor force relying on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood or income. Seasonal rains shape planting and harvesting, and temperatures can rise to ...

1 hour ago in Earth
Phys.org / Schools are increasingly telling students they must put their phones away. Ohio's example shows mixed results

Cellphones are everywhere—including, until recently, in schools.

12 minutes ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / How to ensure affordable, safe and culturally grounded housing for Indigenous older adults

A good home, or Minosin Kikiwa in Cree, is the foundation of dignity in later life, according to the Indigenous seniors who spoke to us. Yet "every year the rent goes sky-high and it's tough to be homeless," an anonymous ...

1 hour ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Hudson Valley initiative puts food sovereignty into practice

A study by researchers from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute gauges how an initiative in New York's Hudson Valley is helping farmers and community organizations build more equitable regional food systems and advance food ...

11 minutes ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Synthetic protein potentially improves outcomes for select intracerebral hemorrhage patients

Results from the largest-ever clinical trial of its kind found administering a synthetic protein can reduce bleeding and improve outcomes for certain patients at the highest risk of continued bleeding following a type of ...

13 minutes ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they're speaking up for the people left out of those maps

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.

1 hour ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Anti-poverty programs can change how people see the state and each other

When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar's home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then a government-supported cash transfer arrived. "The money transfer was a real boost for me and my ...

1 hour ago in Medical economics
Phys.org / Simulations and supercomputing calculate one million cislunar orbits

Satellites and spacecraft in the vast region between Earth and the moon and just beyond—called cislunar space—are crucial for space exploration, scientific advancement and national security. But figuring out where exactly ...

23 minutes ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm

The world is looking for more clean water. Intense storms and warmer weather have worsened droughts and reduced the amount of clean water underground and in rivers and lakes on the surface.

1 hour ago in Earth
Phys.org / 'Inoculation' helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds

Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people's ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues ...

1 hour ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / WHO announces restart of preventive cholera vaccinations after nearly 4-year halt

Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.