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Medical Xpress / For those living with dementia, new study suggests shingles vaccine could slow the disease

An unusual public health policy in Wales may have produced the strongest evidence yet that a vaccine can reduce the risk of dementia. In a new study led by Stanford Medicine, researchers analyzing the health records of Welsh ...

Medical Xpress / Medical cannabis linked to reduced opioid use in adults with chronic pain

Adults with chronic pain who participated in New York State's (NYS) Medical Cannabis Program were significantly less likely to require prescription opioids, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine and ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Medications
Medical Xpress / Excessive heat harms young children's development, study suggests

Climate change—including high temperatures and heat waves—has been shown to pose serious risks to the environment, food systems, and human health, but new research finds that it may also lead to delays in early childhood ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / Scientists develop a glasses-free 3D system with a little help from AI

Watching 3D movies and TV shows is a fun and exciting experience, where images leap out of the screen. To get this effect, you usually have to wear a special pair of glasses. But that could soon be a thing of the past as ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Medical Xpress / Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years

Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our newly published research in the journal JAMA Network Open.

Dec 8, 2025 in Medical economics
Medical Xpress / Predictive model of chronic wounds identifies risk factors for amputation and death

Chronic wounds affect thousands of patients each year and can lead to serious complications, including amputation and death. The Regenstrief Institute Chronic Wound Registry, a statewide database that collects real-world ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Surgery
Phys.org / Study highlights collegiate athletes' motivational perspectives towards academic, athletic roles

Collegiate athletes are required to excel both academically and athletically throughout their college careers. To maintain their eligibility, they face conflicting demands and pressures, such as maintaining a minimum grade ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Setting the standard for more durable concrete

As infrastructure ages, one question shapes the future of cities: How do we know the materials we build with will last?

Dec 8, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Long-term study of nearby blazar reveals complex emission patterns

Using NASA's Swift and Fermi space telescopes, Indian astronomers have conducted a long-term multiwavelength study of a nearby blazar designated TXS 0518+211. Results of the study, published Nov. 26 on the arXiv pre-print ...

Dec 5, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Depression increases epilepsy risk, makes it harder to treat

People with depression have a more than doubled risk of developing epilepsy, a new study says.

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / 10-thousand-year-old genomes from southern Africa change picture of human evolution

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new study based on analyses of the genomes of 28 people who lived between 10,200 and 150 years ago in ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / How to talk with your doctor about HRT now that the black box warning has been removed

Hot flashes and night sweats are miserable, as anybody going through menopause can tell you.

Dec 8, 2025 in Obstetrics & gynaecology