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Medical Xpress / The compounding problem of peptides

What if you could heal like Wolverine?

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gut microbiome features predict devastating disease affecting preemies

In a discovery that challenges long-standing assumptions about necrotizing enterocolitis, a sudden and often fatal intestinal illness that affects premature infants, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Is pasta a type of noodle? The surprisingly serious debate over two beloved carbs

Certain taxonomic debates resurface time and again.

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / 'Invisible work' of AI falls disproportionately to middle managers, women

It's a common refrain that AI is changing how we work, but new research conducted by the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab, housed in the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, shows that AI is creating new forms of work ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Hope in the Storm: Studying the Daily Fight to Live

Understanding and preventing suicide often focuses on why people want to die—but a Yale researcher is calling for a shift to a more constructive, humanizing starting point. Christine Cha, PhD, stresses the importance of focusing ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Volatile work hours cut access to employer health insurance, study finds

In the 46 years since Dolly Parton wrote the workers' anthem "9 to 5," American jobs, and access to employment-based health insurance, have changed a lot.

Sep 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gut supplement shows promise against opioid-related damage in rat pups

New UNSW research published in Translational Psychiatry shows a gut supplement can repair opioid-related damage in rat pups, raising hopes for a future treatment for babies exposed to opioids in the womb.

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Speedy electrons for brilliant laser light: Research paves the way for compact, inexpensive free-electron lasers

Extremely short, intense light flashes are in high demand to investigate atoms, molecules and new materials. Free-electron lasers (FELs) produce these flashes. But around the world, beam time available at large-scale user ...

Sep 14, 2026
Medical Xpress / Wearable sensors accurately track knee osteoarthritis mobility

Knee osteoarthritis is a widespread and painful joint condition. It causes chronic pain, cartilage breakdown and trouble moving. Doctors rely on X-rays and patient surveys to track how the disease progresses. These traditional ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / New study sheds light on dementia among Indigenous Bolivians

In two Indigenous communities living preindustrial lifestyles in the Bolivian Amazon, dementia is remarkably uncommon. However, a new longitudinal study reveals why earlier estimates told only part of the story.

Sep 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Clinical guideline on radiation therapy for bladder cancer released

For appropriately selected patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, preserving the bladder can be a curative treatment option rather than removing it, according to a new clinical guideline from the American Society for ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Fertilizer study reveals where the world can boost food production and cut pollution

Global consumption of fertilizer has doubled since 1980, but some regions that have historically overused fertilizer, including China and parts of Europe, have taken steps to reduce use. Those are some of the findings of ...

Sep 15, 2026