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Medical Xpress / Years of war in Ukraine leave adolescents facing a growing mental health emergency

Adolescents who have lived through the escalating phases of the Russo-Ukrainian war are experiencing alarming levels of psychological distress, according to a new large-scale time-trend study from the Research Center for ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Key protein behind necroptotic cell death could drive new treatment strategies

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a form of inflammatory programmed cell death called necroptosis. Their findings, reported in Nature, ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Medical research
Medical Xpress / 'Are you married?' Why doctors ask invasive questions during treatment

It's a rare occasion when my worlds of biomedical informatics and serialized lesbian melodrama fandom collide.

Dec 11, 2025 in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Octopus-inspired 3D micro-LEDs pave the way for selective pancreatic cancer therapy

Conventional pancreatic cancer treatments face a critical hurdle due to the dense tumor microenvironment (TME). This biological barrier surrounds the tumor, severely limiting the infiltration of chemotherapy agents and immune ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / ADHD prescriptions on the rise in Ontario, study finds

Annual prescriptions for drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased 157% in Ontario from 2015 to 2023, according to a new study from researchers at ICES, North York General, and The Hospital ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Medications
Phys.org / Oxygen scavenger doubles biosensor accuracy for medical and agricultural uses

Biosensors are helping people with chronic conditions worldwide live better lives. However, their measurement accuracy has often been relatively low, limiting the range of possible applications. Researchers at the Technical ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Tea linked to stronger bones in older women, while coffee may pose risks

A new study from Flinders University offers insight into how two of the world's most popular beverages, coffee and tea, may influence bone health in older women.

Dec 11, 2025 in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Phys.org / Detecting antibiotic resistance more reliably: AI tool reduces false positives

Researchers at University Medicine Oldenburg have developed an AI tool that delivers fewer false-positive results than conventional screening methods when testing bacteria for resistance to reserve antibiotics. The research ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Termite pellet microbes provide timeline for home infestation detection

Termite pellets can linger long after the insects that dropped them have disappeared. By testing for microbes in the excrement, researchers can distinguish old droppings from fresh, and whether a colony is actively chewing ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Genetic modifier of Friedreich's ataxia points toward treatment for devastating disorder

Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a rare but devastating genetic disorder. Those with the condition are often diagnosed between 5 and 15 years of age and live only into their 30s or 40s. There is no widely approved treatment that ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Blend of unusual weather conditions brings trillions of gallons in persistent rain to the Northwest

Warm water and air and unusual weather conditions tracing back as far as tropical cyclone flooding in Indonesia helped supercharge stubborn atmospheric rivers that have drenched Washington state with almost 5 trillion gallons ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Pulmonary fibrosis traced to key signaling pathway

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic disease in which healthy lung tissue is gradually replaced by scar tissue. While the early events that initiate this change are poorly understood, recent research suggests ...