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Medical Xpress / Two people, same weight, vastly different futures: New tool exposes obesity danger before disease strikes

The study, published in Nature Medicine, shows that future risk of 18 obesity-related diseases can be predicted using 20 commonly collected health measures, such as blood test results and demographic information. The tool ...

Apr 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / After assault, OCD risk rises fastest in first year, pointing to a critical care window

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition characterized by recurring intrusive thoughts (i.e., obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (i.e., compulsions) aimed at reducing anxiety. This disorder is estimated ...

Apr 25, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study shows sharp rise in rate of dangerous water bead ingestions among young children

A new study reveals that ingestions of water beads by young children have surged in recent years. Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's ...

Apr 30, 2026
Phys.org / Wildfires leave lasting risks: Improving predictions of hazardous debris flows in burned areas

In August of 2020, the Grizzly Creek fire burned more than 30,000 acres around Interstate 70 in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon. The following summer, several rainstorms swept across the area and sent devastating debris flows, ...

Apr 30, 2026
Phys.org / Molecular quantum nanosensors reveal temperature and radical signals inside living cells

Researchers at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan, and The University of Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with Kyushu University, Japan, have developed a new class of biocompatible molecular ...

Apr 29, 2026
Phys.org / What happened after the fast-food pay raise in California? New data explains

Fast-food workers in California may be earning more money, but their employers are cutting their hours to make up for the cost of higher pay. That's from a new study published in Applied Economic Letters in early March. Northeastern ...

Apr 27, 2026
Tech Xplore / Solar photoreforming turns plastic waste into clean fuel at low temperatures

Scientists are advancing a promising solution to two of the world's biggest challenges—plastic pollution and clean energy—by transforming waste plastics into valuable fuels using sunlight.

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Novel theranostic approach for radioimmunotherapy achieves curative responses in colorectal cancer tumors

A new pretargeted radioimmunotherapy (PRIT) technique has been shown to be safe and effective in eradicating tumors from a preclinical colorectal cancer model. The multi-step theranostic approach delivers alpha-emitting radiation ...

Apr 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug may restore movement after stroke

Every stroke begins with a sudden interruption of blood flow in the brain. But what happens afterward—why neurons continue to lose function and die over the following days—has remained one of the most important unanswered ...

Apr 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / How melatonin could improve fertility-preserving ovarian transplants after cancer treatment

Administering melatonin via an absorbable sponge improved the effectiveness of autologous ovarian tissue transplantation. This procedure is used to preserve the fertility of children and adolescents who have undergone cancer ...

Apr 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Multiple myeloma linked to higher risk for hematologic second cancers

Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) have a distinct pattern of second primary malignancy (SPM), with a markedly increased risk of hematologic SPMs, according to a review published online April 6 in Frontiers in Oncology.

Apr 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cervical cancer: Study reveals a growing gap between high- and low-income countries

While high-income countries like Canada could eliminate cervical cancer by 2048 through human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and screening, the gap with lower-income countries is widening. A study published in The Lancet ...

Apr 30, 2026