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Medical Xpress / Any reduction in alcohol consumption helps reduce cancer risk: Support for 'Dry January'
Most people know that smoking causes cancer and that there's no "safe" number of cigarettes that are OK to smoke.
Phys.org / Working in groups can help Republicans and Democrats agree on controversial content moderation online
Over half of Americans believe tech companies should take action to restrict extremely violent content on their platforms, according to Pew data, yet even trained content moderators consistently disagree in their decisions ...
Medical Xpress / Intractable intestinal disease treatment: Xenogeneic-free polymer platform shows promise
Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) derived from a patient's own cells have garnered significant attention as a new alternative for treating intractable intestinal diseases due to their low risk of rejection. However, clinical application ...
Phys.org / Can camera traps improve conservation outcomes?
While Australia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, we also have some of the highest extinction rates.
Medical Xpress / AI translation is replacing interpreters in family medicine—here's why that's troubling
When a doctor can't find an interpreter, many now reach for Google Translate. It seems like a practical fix to a pressing problem. But a new study warns this quick solution may be putting refugee and migrant patients at serious ...
Medical Xpress / Choosing the right blood pressure drug can reduce health care costs
Patients who start their blood pressure treatment with angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) drugs continue with the same medicine to a greater extent than patients who start out with other drugs. Choosing the right drug from ...
Phys.org / How spatial scale shapes plant invasions
Scientists reveal that the scale of analysis determines whether invasive plants succeed by resembling or differing from native species, resolving decades of conflicting ecological evidence.
Tech Xplore / Wearable tech can create more stress for frontline retail staff
With the Christmas trading period peaking, traditional surveillance technologies like CCTV can help reduce job stress caused by customer aggression, but QUT research has found wearable devices may increase stress levels among ...
Phys.org / Diversifying US Midwest farming for stability and resilience
Researchers find that diversifying crops and integrating livestock improves farm efficiencies and ecosystem services in the US Midwest. The work is published in PNAS Nexus.
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 ...
Medical Xpress / Rates of opioid use in pregnancy have more than doubled over past decade, finds study
New research from Oregon Health & Science University has found that the rate of opioid use during pregnancy has risen two-fold over the past decade.
Phys.org / Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?
As the summer holidays begin in Australia, parents may feel concerned their children will "forget how to spell their own names" during the long school break.
