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Medical Xpress / Tirzepatide may only temporarily suppress brain 'food noise' activity

A rare glimpse into the brain activity of a patient with obesity and loss of control eating on tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro and Zepbound, revealed that the medication suppresses signaling in the brain's "reward center" ...

Nov 17, 2025 in Medications
Phys.org / A microbial blueprint for climate-smart cows

Each year, a single cow can belch about 200 pounds of methane. The powerful greenhouse gas is 27 times more potent at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. For decades, scientists and farmers have tried to ...

Nov 17, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Sociology, meet ecology: How the variability of coffee harvests can teach us about sustainable farming

The rootstock of a coffee plant can live for 20 to 30 years. In that time, a generation, it will have good years and bad years, years where it bears large quantities of fruit and years where it fails to produce as expected.

Nov 17, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Using robotic testing to spot overlooked sensory deficits in stroke survivors

A decade ago, at age 55, Don Lewis suffered a stroke in his sleep. When he woke up, he couldn't move his left arm or leg. Lewis's neighbor realized his truck hadn't moved in two days and called 911 for a welfare check. When ...

Nov 18, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Home visits are helping new moms get health care, support, and diapers in the weeks after they give birth

When Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital began offering new mothers who gave birth there a follow-up visit with a nurse at home, Ebony Durant worried that the idea would be a hard sell for patients.

Nov 18, 2025 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Interface-driven catalyst design combines clean hydrogen production and urea conversion

Prof. Pi-Tai Chou's group at National Taiwan University Department of Chemistry has created a catalyst that turns two challenges into one solution: it produces clean hydrogen with remarkable efficiency while breaking down ...

Nov 17, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / 30-year 'snapshot' of Pacific Northwestern birds shows their surprising resilience

A 30-year "snapshot study" of birds in the Pacific Northwest is showing their surprising resilience in the face of climate change. The project started when School of Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Benjamin Freeman ...

Nov 17, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / A new quantitative rule for designing better batteries

A joint research team from The University of Osaka and Daikin Industries, Ltd. has identified a crucial new indicator for designing the advanced lithium-ion batteries. They discovered that the electrolyte lithium-ion chemical ...

Nov 17, 2025 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / New study finds 2 in 5 Australians experience traumatic events as children

Some 42% of Australians experience a traumatic event before turning 18—and it affects their health decades later.

Nov 18, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / As people live longer and healthier, nurse training needs to respond to avoid ageist attitudes

Life expectancy in New Zealand has increased dramatically over the past five decades. In 1970, men lived on average to 68. Today, it's over 80.

Nov 18, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / How does the hair-loss drug finasteride work? Can it affect my mental health?

For many men, the gradual thinning of hair is about more than just their appearance. Finasteride, a drug widely prescribed for the treatment of male pattern baldness, has been used effectively for many years for this deeply ...

Nov 18, 2025 in Medications
Medical Xpress / Gut bacterium could be key to tackling obesity crisis

The internet, libraries and bookshops are full of plans and advice on how to lose weight, from fad diets to intense exercise routines. But there could be another route to keeping the pounds away, and that's with a gut bacterium ...

Nov 14, 2025 in Overweight & Obesity