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Medical Xpress / New to running or just rusty? Doc offers tips on avoiding all-too-common injuries

It's not unusual to see a few brave souls wrapped in gloves and balaclavas jogging along the Charles or through Cambridge Common in the snow. But for most of us, running outdoors is a fair-weather sport.

6 hours ago
Phys.org / Dogs and humans are more alike than we thought, study finds

The same biological signals that help predict lifespan in humans also appear in dogs, according to new research from the Dog Aging Project—a finding that could help scientists better understand aging in both species.

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Phys.org / What powered the Earth's earliest life?

Early biological systems likely relied on RNA molecules to copy themselves and drive simple chemical reactions. Any system that could generate guanosine-triphosphate (GTP)—which is necessary for RNA synthesis—from prebiotic ...

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Phys.org / David Kipping has new take on the existence of advanced life in the universe and the numbers are not encouraging

Between the mid-1970s and early 1980s, two physicists, Michael Hart and Frank Tipler, published a controversial series of papers arguing that extraterrestrial intelligence didn't exist. As they argued, the likelihood that ...

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Phys.org / Standard tests do not always detect all gluten residues in barley beer

Some barley beers labeled "gluten-free" contain small amounts of gluten residues that may trigger celiac disease but are not detected by the standard antibody-based tests currently in use, according to a study by the Leibniz ...

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Medical Xpress / Inflation Reduction Act's out-of-pocket cap lowered insulin costs, improved usage for some patients

The Inflation Reduction Act's attempt to improve insulin costs for Medicare beneficiaries—by capping out-of-pocket costs at $35—was associated with lower out-of-pocket costs and increased insulin use, but only for a small ...

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Medical Xpress / Non-hormone medication addresses menopausal symptoms in women

The first real-world study of the FDA-approved nonhormone treatment fezolinetant found the menopausal medication improved hot flashes, depression and anxiety in women, according to industry-sponsored research presented at ...

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Medical Xpress / More than half of those who stop GLP-1s restart within a year, study finds

People prescribed GLP-1 medications are more likely to start and stop than most people assume, according to a study presented at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago.

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Phys.org / TRACERS spacecraft maps solar energy's route into Earth using cusp electrons

Physicists led by the University of Iowa have documented in the finest detail to date how energy from the sun interacts with Earth's magnetic field, which could yield greater insight into solar effects on Earth that drive ...

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Phys.org / Unique chromium beam experiment unlocks cosmic ray origins and galactic chemistry

When a star dies, it generates an explosion of elemental nuclei and hurls them into space. Those elements, called cosmic rays, travel at nearly the speed of light, and eventually some of them encounter manmade detectors. ...

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Medical Xpress / Sugar-free diets may disrupt the gut microbiome, animal study indicates

Eliminating sugar from your diet may be more detrimental than previously thought, according to an animal study presented at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago.

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Phys.org / Ocean monitoring is in trouble: It's up to Europe and Asia to avoid losing sight of the world's deep‑sea ecosystems

The world relies on a modest number of countries to keep watch over the ocean. That arrangement is starting to fail. Europe and Asia must now decide whether to let the system unravel, or to take it up together.

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