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Medical Xpress / Sleeping without pillows may lower harmful high internal eye pressure in people with glaucoma
Sleeping without pillows may help lower high internal eye pressure, the build-up of which causes optic nerve damage and glaucoma—the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide—in people with the condition, suggests ...
Medical Xpress / Why is my migraine worse in summer?
For people with migraine, summer can be a double-edged sword. You may be able to relax more, sleep in, enjoy the sunshine, and spend time with family and friends.
Phys.org / Finnish birdwatchers' app data fuel world's most accurate model for predicting bird occurrence
New cutting-edge research, led by Academy Professor Otso Ovaskainen of the University of Jyväskylä and David Dunson at Duke University, combines citizen bird observations with artificial intelligence and the computing power ...
Phys.org / Did You Feel It? Expanding use of an earthquake crowdsourcing tool
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) crowdsourcing platform Did You Feel It? (DYFI) rapidly transforms people's earthquake shaking intensity experiences into detailed maps of damage extent. While the tool's reach is global, ...
Medical Xpress / Nearly half of American adults will be obese by 2035, study warns
Nearly half of American adults—some 126 million people—will be obese within 10 years, a new study projects.
Tech Xplore / Some blind fans to experience Super Bowl with tactile device that tracks ball
Some blind and low-vision fans will have unprecedented access to the Super Bowl thanks to a tactile device that tracks the ball, vibrates on key plays and provides real-time audio.
Medical Xpress / Where are those darn keys? Tricks for remembering where you put things
With a scarf dangling from your coat pocket and those gloves left behind at the coffee shop, there are simply more things to lose in winter. That's not counting your misplaced keys at home or those exasperated moments looking ...
Medical Xpress / UK drug policy shows limited impact on novel psychoactive substances
Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are chemically engineered substances designed to mimic the effects of traditional controlled drugs such as opioids, stimulants, and cannabinoids. These compounds pose significant health ...
Tech Xplore / Synthetic 'muscle' with microfluidic blood vessels shows promise for soft robotics
Researchers are continuing to make progress on developing a new synthetic material that behaves like biological muscle, an advancement that could provide a path to soft robotics, prosthetic devices and advanced human-machine ...
Medical Xpress / Fecal transplant can improve response to immunotherapy in advanced kidney cancer
An Italian study published in Nature Medicine provides compelling evidence that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy in patients with advanced metastatic renal cell carcinoma ...
Phys.org / Study shows the hominid population of Sima de los Huesos had a varied diet
Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have led a study, recently published in the Journal of Human Evolution, on the diet of individuals at the Sima de los Huesos site (Sierra ...
Phys.org / Marine volcanic plateaus tied to at least 4 Triassic extinction events
Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth's evolutionary history, numerous mass extinctions have occurred, with five major mass extinctions being particularly representative. These extinctions ...
