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Medical Xpress / Brain implants allow us to move and talk. But they could also be hacked

The human brain is remarkably complex, with trillions of connections that control how you move, think and feel.

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / ESTRO: Select breast cancer patients may be able to omit surgery following ablative radiation

A select group of patients with early-stage breast cancer were able to omit surgery with no tumor progression after three years, according to results of a Phase 2 trial of ablative radiation therapy and endocrine therapy ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Kids with chronic stomach pain got relief when treatment changed one crucial lesson about their bodies

Chronic abdominal pain affects an estimated 10%–15% of children and is a leading cause of school absence and daily disruption for families. For many children, the experience does more than hurt—it teaches them something potentially ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why has PCOS been given a new name?

For more than two decades, I have studied a condition that shapes the lives of about 10–13% of women. This condition causes complex, wide-ranging symptoms such as irregular periods, excessive hair growth, weight gain, acne ...

May 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / Meta's new tools allow parents to better supervise their kids' social media accounts. Will they work?

Tech giant Meta recently announced a set of new features to give parents greater oversight of how their children use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Horizon.

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Expert explains the science, safety, and legal landscape around mifepristone used in abortions, miscarriage care

The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved access to mifepristone—the medication used in the majority of abortions in the United States and in some miscarriage care—for now. The action maintains current rules that allow certified ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Clinical trial shows tezepelumab controls asthma in diverse patient population

The drug tezepelumab was shown to significantly reduce exacerbations in people with severe asthma in clinical trials. Now, a new study presented at the 2026 ATS International Conference shows that it is also safe and effective ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Polyendocrine metabolic syndrome doesn't end at menopause and neither should its care, research shows

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which has just been renamed Polyendocrine Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), is the most common hormonal and metabolic disorder affecting women of reproductive age, impacting up to 13% of this population ...

May 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI system developed to help prevent airport collisions

Near misses like the one at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport inspired a group from the AirLab in Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute (RI) to create World2Rules, an AI system that learns interpretable ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Smog exposure tied to nearly fourfold higher Lewy body dementia risk

Long-term exposure to smog might increase the risk of Lewy body dementia, the brain disease that CNN founder Ted Turner battled for several years before his recent death, a new study says.

May 18, 2026
Phys.org / Hairy new fish species discovered in the Great Barrier Reef

Swimming among the corals of the Great Barrier Reef is a fish that could be a doppelganger for the famous Sesame Street character Mr. Snuffleupagus. This bright orange-red, hairy, long-snouted ghost pipefish is a new species ...

May 14, 2026
Science X / With fewer than 50 adults remaining, Rice's whales carry a secret record that could rewrite what survival looks like

Baleen plates serve as whale diaries, preserving years of hormonal data. A new study in the journal PLOS One shows that, with so few Rice's whales left, the hormones locked in those plates offer clues about the species' stress ...

May 15, 2026