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Medical Xpress / Peptides are spreading on social media. Here's how platforms can better protect public health

Scroll through social media these days and you'll likely come across someone injecting themselves with a clear liquid, raving about how it's changed their body for the better, improved their recovery or maybe their skin.

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Get kids on a sleep schedule that will set up for success at school

With summer break over and school back in session, some children and teens may be struggling to adjust their sleep schedules. A pediatric sleep expert at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital explains why ...

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Stem cell model of diabetic kidney disease identifies inflammation as a therapeutic target

Stem cell researchers have identified inflammatory pathways that may play a key role in driving kidney damage in diabetic kidney disease (DKD), pointing to potential new approaches for protecting the kidneys. Using stem cell-derived ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Education reform student and professor find that social media also affects students in developing countries

Sometimes the best collaborations start with disagreements in class discussions.

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Home advantage or pastures new? High-Arctic shorebirds rarely return to the same breeding area

Shorebirds are capable of some of the longest migrations on Earth, yet most return year after year to the same area to breed. Coming back has distinct advantages, including knowing the best spots to feed or roost, having ...

Sep 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Stable answers help medical AI flag diagnoses clinicians can trust

AI agents could reliably support diagnoses and clinical decision-making in the future—provided sensitive health data are protected and clinicians can assess the reliability of individual AI-generated results. Researchers ...

Sep 15, 2026
Phys.org / A 5,000-year-old royal mystery: Digital clues point to Meretneith as Egypt's female king

More than 5,000 years ago, a royal woman named Meretneith (also written as Merneith) lived in ancient Egypt. She was possibly the daughter of Djer, the third king of the First Dynasty, a period when the first kings ruled ...

Sep 15, 2026
Phys.org / From 10 to 22 years: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's mission has just been extended

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope hasn't yet reached its Sun–Earth L2 orbit, and it already has some good news. NASA has announced that the mission has enough fuel to potentially double its mission length. Though initially ...

Sep 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Recommendations updated for management of anemia in chronic kidney disease

In a clinical guideline published online Sept. 15 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, updated recommendations are presented for managing anemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Sep 15, 2026
Phys.org / New analysis reconstructs the dawn of dinosaurs and other reptiles

About 252 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period, a large proportion of species on Earth rapidly became extinct. After this mass extinction, many groups of organisms began to recover, while reptiles known as ...

Sep 11, 2026
Dialog / Seeing metastasis before it happens: Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles for premetastatic niche imaging

Cancer is most dangerous not when it starts but when it spreads. Metastasis—the process by which cancer cells travel to and colonize distant organs—is responsible for the vast majority of cancer deaths. The problem is that ...

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / Climate change made deadly Nepal glacier and rock collapse more likely, according to analysis

Human-caused global warming thinned glaciers and thawed mountain permafrost, likely helping to destabilize the Himalayan slope that collapsed last month and unleashed catastrophic flooding across Nepal, according to a report ...

Sep 17, 2026