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Medical Xpress / Targeting protein BCL-2 may create a promising pathway to reversing pulmonary fibrosis
Researchers at National Jewish Health and collaborating institutions have uncovered a critical mechanism driving persistent pulmonary fibrosis and identified a promising strategy to reverse it. The recent study published ...
Phys.org / More evidence doesn't mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases
Body cameras, satellites and digital verification tools are generating more evidence of violence than ever before. But the institutions responsible for delivering justice still decide what counts as evidence—and what does ...
Phys.org / A flesh‑eating fly is advancing towards the US border—can it be stopped?
A flesh-eating parasitic fly has spread north through Mexico to within a few hundred miles of the U.S. southern border. The New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) lays its eggs in open wounds and in the orifices of ...
Medical Xpress / Psychiatric training for family doctors aims to provide better mental health care for rural and Indigenous patients
Each year, 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental health issue, and about 50% will have experienced a mental Illness by age 40. For many, their first and sometimes only point of contact for medical assistance is their ...
Medical Xpress / Stopping beta-blockers after heart attack is safe for low-risk patients, study finds
Among stable, relatively low-risk patients who had previously suffered a heart attack, discontinuing beta-blockers after at least one year was found to be non-inferior, or comparable, to continuing beta-blockers in terms ...
Medical Xpress / Mavacamten improves obstruction in adolescents with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Adolescent patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who received the drug mavacamten saw a significant improvement in left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient, a measure of blood flow obstruction ...
Medical Xpress / How adults can help children move from climate anxiety to resilience
Children have the least control over the planet's future, but will also be the most affected as it changes. They may well feel the mental toll of the "futility gap": when individual actions feel meaningless against broader ...
Medical Xpress / Why early pregnancy loss care can feel isolating, and how a new program can help
An Australian-first early pregnancy loss support program has been developed to better address the emotional care of bereaved parents. The program, M-HELP (Mental Health after Early Pregnancy Loss), was developed by University ...
Phys.org / Money worries and job dissatisfaction drove Europe's populist boom, research suggests
While immigration is often blamed for the rise of populism, it was cost of living and male job dissatisfaction that played a major role in the European surge in support for populist politics a decade ago, according to a University ...
Phys.org / Improved carp boosts profits by 25% in Bangladesh's polyculture ponds
A selectively bred carp strain is boosting productivity and profits across polyculture ponds in Bangladesh, improving overall pond performance in smallholder systems. A completed study shows that the third generation (G3) ...
Phys.org / Next-generation optical sensor can read photon spin across UV-to-infrared wavelengths
A research team led by Professor Jiwoong Yang of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has developed next-generation optical sensor technology capable of precisely detecting not only the intensity and ...
Medical Xpress / Vaping is likely to cause cancer, say new findings
Nicotine-based vapes (e-cigarettes) are likely to cause cancers of the lung and oral cavity, according to a new study led by UNSW Sydney and published today in Carcinogenesis. The study is titled "The carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes: ...
