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Medical Xpress / Smog exposure tied to nearly fourfold higher Lewy body dementia risk

Long-term exposure to smog might increase the risk of Lewy body dementia, the brain disease that CNN founder Ted Turner battled for several years before his recent death, a new study says.

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Hereditary amyloidosis not linked to increased risk of aortic valve disease

The association between amyloidosis and aortic valve stenosis has attracted considerable international attention. However, when researchers at Umeå University investigated the hereditary form of amyloidosis known as Skellefteå ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / ESTRO: Select breast cancer patients may be able to omit surgery following ablative radiation

A select group of patients with early-stage breast cancer were able to omit surgery with no tumor progression after three years, according to results of a Phase 2 trial of ablative radiation therapy and endocrine therapy ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods tied to nearly fourfold asthma risk in children

Children who get more than 30% of their daily energy from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), such as soda drinks, packaged snacks, and sweetened breakfast cereals, have a nearly fourfold risk of developing asthma in their early ...

May 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI system developed to help prevent airport collisions

Near misses like the one at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport inspired a group from the AirLab in Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute (RI) to create World2Rules, an AI system that learns interpretable ...

May 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / Meta's new tools allow parents to better supervise their kids' social media accounts. Will they work?

Tech giant Meta recently announced a set of new features to give parents greater oversight of how their children use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Horizon.

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Expert explains the science, safety, and legal landscape around mifepristone used in abortions, miscarriage care

The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved access to mifepristone—the medication used in the majority of abortions in the United States and in some miscarriage care—for now. The action maintains current rules that allow certified ...

May 18, 2026
Phys.org / Student well-being drops after move to high school, research reveals

The move from primary to secondary school is a major transition for many children, marked by new environments, new peers and increasing expectations. But while the jump signals growing up and greater independence, it also ...

May 18, 2026
Phys.org / Fluorescent RNA sensor gets 10 times more sensitive for water safety

Water is largely tasteless to humans. But to the microbial world, it is anything but. Bacteria that live in contaminated environments have spent millions of years evolving exquisitely sensitive molecular detectors—proteins ...

May 17, 2026
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Prehistoric dentistry; sleep and aging; our photogenic sun

This week in science news: Are you a mosquito magnet? Here's why. Researchers using topological mathematics have uncovered a hidden rule in abstract art that corresponds to people's perceptions. And scientists developed a ...

May 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why has PCOS been given a new name?

For more than two decades, I have studied a condition that shapes the lives of about 10–13% of women. This condition causes complex, wide-ranging symptoms such as irregular periods, excessive hair growth, weight gain, acne ...

May 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain implants allow us to move and talk. But they could also be hacked

The human brain is remarkably complex, with trillions of connections that control how you move, think and feel.

May 18, 2026