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Medical Xpress / Memory decline starts earlier than you think, new research suggests
Memory loss is usually thought of as something to address as a person ages. Slip-ups like forgetting someone's name or recognizing a familiar face but not remembering where you know them from are often viewed as issues that ...
Medical Xpress / Stockholm syndrome isn't a diagnosis—so why do we still treat it as one?
Fifty-three years ago, convicted criminal Jan-Erik Olsson walked into a bank on Norrmalmstorg, a square in central Stockholm, pulled a submachine gun from under his jacket and fired at the ceiling. Concrete and glass rained ...
Phys.org / Communicating uncertainty in research is hard, so we worked on how best to do it—here's what you can watch out for
Earlier this summer, the four of us spent three days in a room with a dozen others whose jobs sound nothing like ours, or like each other's: a cosmologist, an emergency management scholar, a genetic counselor, a hydrologist, ...
Phys.org / Unexpected source of genetic diversity found in human sperm
Scientists have identified an unexpected source of genetic variation in human sperm that occurs earlier in sperm development than previously thought. Published in Nature, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the ...
Medical Xpress / 'Must I take all my antibiotics?' Why infectious disease experts are rethinking this longstanding rule
You've probably heard it for years, every time you get a prescription for antibiotics: "Make sure to take all the pills."
Tech Xplore / With clean power comes great responsibility—researcher advocating for fairer energy policies
For many of us, 2026 has been the year when the need for clean energy really hit home.
Medical Xpress / A healthier way to develop elite male hockey players in Canada
A McGill University-led study suggests that Canada's elite hockey system would benefit from placing greater emphasis on developing well-rounded individuals. The researchers found that while Canada continues to produce world-class ...
Medical Xpress / Cardiologist referrals improve cholesterol levels in prostate cancer patients, but may not be necessary for all
Men with prostate cancer have a high risk of heart disease, especially when treated with hormone therapy. A large international, first-of-its-kind study led by Hamilton researchers found that routine referrals to an internist ...
Medical Xpress / Internal body awareness does not predict mental health, study finds
The human brain continuously receives information from inside the body that helps detect physical needs and emotional states, such as a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath, hunger, thirst, pain and body temperature. Its ...
Medical Xpress / DR Congo Ebola epidemic passes 6,000 cases
The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded more than 6,000 confirmed cases and nearly 3,000 deaths from the country's worst Ebola epidemic ever, according to the Congolese authorities' latest toll on Monday.
Medical Xpress / Health systems joining efforts to reduce homelessness
From developing housing to deploying mobile medical units, most of the nation's large health systems are investing in efforts to alleviate homelessness—and, in turn, reduce emergency care costs, new Cornell research finds.
Phys.org / Scientists capture first molecular-level images of water reorganization during a reaction crucial for life
Some of nature's most important chemical reactions rely on the coupled movement of negatively and positively charged particles. These processes play central roles in photosynthesis, catalysis and biological energy conversion ...
