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Medical Xpress / Why there's always room for dessert—an anatomist explains

You push back from the table after Christmas lunch, full from an excellent feast. You really couldn't manage another bite—except, perhaps, a little bit of pudding. Somehow, no matter how much you've eaten, there always ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Scientists and data explain why Kenya's lakes are rising as thousands face an uncertain future

When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5 acres (0.6 hectares) of fertile land where he grew vegetables ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Testing AI logic in biomedical research

Manchester researchers have developed a systematic methodology to test whether AI can think logically in biomedical research, helping to ensure safer, more reliable applications in health care innovation.

Dec 23, 2025 in Health informatics
Phys.org / CO2 soon to be buried under North Sea oil platform

In the North Sea where Denmark once drilled for oil, imported European carbon dioxide will soon be buried under the seabed in a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project nearing completion.

Dec 22, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Iron deficiency without anemia common with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis

Iron deficiency without anemia is a common feature of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD), according to a study published in Nutrients.

Phys.org / Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it

Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas has become a moment when good intentions ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Is it too late to get your COVID or flu shot? A doctor explains

Health experts typically advise getting your COVID-19 and flu vaccine by the end of October. However, if you've missed that window, you can still get them well into the respiratory virus season and see a benefit.

Dec 22, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / Novo Nordisk says US approves first GLP-1 pill for weight loss

Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk announced Monday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its popular GLP-1 anti-obesity drug Wegovy to be administered in pill form for weight loss.

Dec 23, 2025 in Medications
Phys.org / Violence against women and girls: 4 key takeaways from a strategy that aims to change society

As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Five new planets and the battle for their atmospheres

One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss out whether or not they could potentially support life. But, in order to do that, scientists have ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Medicaid health plans step up outreach efforts ahead of GOP changes

Carmen Basu, bundled in a red jacket and woolly scarf, stood outside the headquarters of her local health plan one morning after picking up free groceries. She had brought her husband, teenage son, and 79-year-old mother-in-law ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / FDA panelists question antidepressants in pregnancy, but doctors call them a lifeline

Before giving birth to her second child, Heidi DiLorenzo was anxious. She worried about her blood pressure and the preeclampsia that prompted her to be hospitalized twice during the pregnancy. She worried that some terrible, ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry