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Medical Xpress / Effective oxygen therapy saves an 80-year-old woman from acute poisoning
A significant medical achievement was recorded at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in the management of acute poisoning. A medical team from the hospital successfully used hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in treating the ...
Medical Xpress / Baby headcams reveal how babies encounter faces during development
Cardiff Babylab at the Cardiff University Center for Human Developmental Science (CUCHDS) used baby-worn headcams and AI face detection to investigate the everyday viewing of faces during playtime across the first years of ...
Phys.org / Chicago's Brookfield Zoo leads effort to protect polar bears as Trump opens Arctic refuge to oil drilling
Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses together in greeting and chuffed—a soft, breathy, snorting sound that signals affection or reassurance. ...
Medical Xpress / Neuropathic bladder patients face complications after hip surgery
Patients with neuropathic bladder (NB), a condition in which nerve damage affects bladder function, have a significantly higher risk of joint infections, blood clots, and other adverse events after receiving total hip replacement ...
Medical Xpress / Ending duty-free tobacco sales would be good for health—and health budgets
Until recently, Aotearoa New Zealand led global tobacco control innovation. Evidence-based policies, including sustained tobacco excise tax increases, saw large reductions in smoking rates, which will save thousands of lives.
Phys.org / New data reveals how gentrification is reshaping who can afford to live on London
Gentrifying neighborhoods across London are undergoing rapid change, with rising numbers of newcomers arriving from less deprived areas and from further afield than ever before, according to new research from the Geographic ...
Medical Xpress / AI-based optical diagnostic platform can distinguish harmless sniffles from risky brain fluid leaks
A collaborative research team has developed the world's first AI-based optical diagnostic platform that enables rapid and accurate differentiation—within minutes—between ordinary nasal secretion and cerebrospinal fluid ...
Phys.org / Engineering and the quest for peace: Experts challenge profession to move beyond weapons and defense
Engineering can create weapons systems or systems for defense and well-being. But can engineering create peace? In a Perspective, Guru Madhavan and colleagues propose an expansive mode of engineering practice that seeks to ...
Phys.org / Adoption of electric vehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution
When California neighborhoods increased their number of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) between 2019 and 2023, they also experienced a reduction in air pollution. For every 200 vehicles added, nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) levels ...
Phys.org / From stellar engines to Dyson bubbles, alien megastructures could hold themselves together under the right conditions
New theoretical models have strengthened the case that immense, energy-harvesting structures orbiting their host stars could exist in principle in distant stellar systems. With the right engineering precautions, calculations ...
Medical Xpress / More spring & mulberry chocolates recalled due to possible salmonella
A growing recall of specialty date-sweetened chocolates is now affecting more products across the U.S., after testing found possible Salmonella contamination.
Medical Xpress / Florida reports 3 new measles cases, including one in Hillsborough
Three new cases of measles have been confirmed in Florida, including one each in Hillsborough and Manatee counties, state data shows.
