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Medical Xpress / Can video games help personalize cognitive care for vulnerable groups?

A group of 50 participants from across the United States sat at their computers and logged in to a bespoke video game designed by Northeastern University researchers.

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Obesity drugs show early promise against the hormonal disorder PMOS, giving a suffering family hope

Charlotte Touzalin was still a young teenager when she began struggling with weight gain, abnormal periods and unwanted facial hair—the same puzzling symptoms that plagued her mom for decades and that no doctor could piece ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Chinese ship sets off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time

A Chinese container vessel has set sail for Europe through the Arctic as part of a new weekly service on a route that cuts shipment times in half but that environmental groups warn could speed up the melting of polar ice.

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / What is sudden adult death syndrome?

When Mark Hughes, the former Manchester United and Wales manager, lost his 38-year-old son, an inquest found the cause was sudden adult death syndrome, or SADS.

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Fourteen foodborne parasites still drive 171 million illnesses worldwide, analysis finds

Recent Cyclospora outbreaks have renewed public attention to foodborne parasites, but they also highlight a broader reality: These diseases continue to affect millions of people around the world and remain a significant global ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How functional neurological disorder is both 'all in your head' and beyond it

By the time many people with functional neurological disorder arrive in our clinic, they have heard the five words "It's all in your head" more times than they can count. They are told their brain scan was normal. Their electroencephalogram, ...

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Shrinking water bodies can turn drought into disease hotspots or dead ends

Prolonged dry spells or droughts can sometimes reduce aquatic diseases, many of which affect people. Yet other times, water scarcity can counterintuitively lead to an uptick in diseases that depend on water.

19 hours ago
Phys.org / Why AI training can backfire for older workers

Employers are increasingly investing in training to prepare their employees for artificial intelligence (AI). Training budgets are growing, and "upskilling" has become a common response to rapid technological change.

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Firefighters battle second day of blaze on Greek island

Firefighters battled for a second day Sunday to contain a forest fire on the Greek Aegean island of Skyros, as the local mayor voiced hope it could soon be brought under control.

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / PTSD therapy side effects remain rare among children and adolescents, analysis finds

Psychological interventions are effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. But can they also have unwanted side effects? To answer this question, an international research team ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Trouble focusing when upset may signal anxiety and depression symptoms in youth

How a child focuses when upset is far more revealing about their mental health than how they focus when calm, according to FIU psychologists. In a new study published in Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Early-universe plasma may have stopped dark photons from heating cosmos

A new paper published in Physical Review Letters reveals that a leading dark matter candidate—the hypothetical "dark photon"—would not have heated the early universe as previously thought. The finding opens a vast region ...

Aug 15, 2026