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Medical Xpress / Lowest suicide rate is in December, but some in media still promote holiday-suicide myth

During the year-end holiday season, the suicide rate declines, U.S. health statistics show. The month of December typically has the year's lowest average daily suicide rate. Yet each year at this time, some news publications ...

Medical Xpress / AI is improving colon cancer diagnosis accuracy, study finds

A recent study reveals that integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into colon cancer diagnosis over the past five years has significantly improved the speed and accuracy of the detection of the deadly disease.

Dec 8, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Two deaths linked to rabies-infected kidney transplant

A rare case of rabies linked to an organ transplant has resulted in two deaths, federal health officials announced.

Medical Xpress / 'ULM-Lite' technology uses ultrasound to visualize microvessels in the brain

A research team from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) has improved blood vessel observation technology using ultrasound. The team developed "ULM-Lite," which significantly boosts the efficiency ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Radiology & Imaging
Phys.org / Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain—and the consequences could be global

If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island—a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica—the first thing you'll notice is the wildlife. Elephant seals sprawl across dark beaches. King penguins ...

Dec 6, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Study maps how psilocybin reshapes brain circuits linked to depression

An international collaboration led by Cornell researchers used a combination of psilocybin and the rabies virus to map how—and where—the psychedelic compound rewires the connections in the brain.

Dec 6, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Public welfare policy benefits public safety

A new article that evaluated the impact of changes to the scope or generosity of social safety net programs concludes that public welfare policy has measurable benefits for public safety.

Dec 8, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Prognostic tool could help clinicians identify high-risk cancer patients

Aggressive T-cell lymphoma is a rare and devastating form of blood cancer with a very low five-year survival rate. Patients often relapse after receiving initial therapy, making it especially challenging for clinicians to ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Immunology
Tech Xplore / New fiber-weaving method boosts dry battery electrode strength and performance

A joint research team has successfully developed a new dry-process manufacturing technology for secondary battery electrodes that overcomes the limitations of conventional electrode fabrication processes. The work is published ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Comprehensive map reveals neuronal dendrites in the mouse brain in greater detail

Understanding the shape or morphology of neurons and mapping the tree-like branches via which they receive signals from other cells (i.e., dendrites) is a long-standing objective of neuroscience research. Ultimately, this ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Gene editing creates compact goldenberry plants suitable for large-scale farming

Goldenberries taste like a cross between pineapple and mango, pack the nutritional punch of a superfood, and are increasingly popular in U.S. grocery stores. But the plants that produce these bright yellow-orange fruits grow ...

Dec 6, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Archaeological study challenges paleo diet, revealing humans have long eaten 'processed plant foods'

Humans evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be the ultimate flexible eaters—chasing carbohydrates and fats from plant and animal sources alike. A new study in the Journal of Archaeological Research by researchers ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Other Sciences