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Medical Xpress / New heart finding linked with major health conditions in older age

The way the body responds to standing up can impact health in older age, surprising new research has found. The team discovered that about one-third of people experience a significant drop in cardiovascular output, or the ...

Mar 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study finds 45% of adults 65 and older improved over 12 years

Aging in later life is often portrayed as a steady slide toward physical and cognitive decline. But a new study by scientists at Yale University suggests an alternate narrative—that older individuals can and do improve ...

Mar 5, 2026
Tech Xplore / Self-cleaning fuel cells? Researchers reveal steam-powered fix for 'sulfur poisoning'

Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that directly convert chemical energy from a fuel into electrical energy. Unlike batteries, which only store electricity, fuel cells can continuously generate electricity as long as ...

Mar 3, 2026
Tech Xplore / Nearly half of UK adults happy to use ChatGPT as a counselor, study finds

More than 4 in 10 adults in the U.K. are happy to use ChatGPT for their mental health support, new research suggests. The study, led by Bournemouth University, surveyed nearly 31,000 adults in 35 countries about their use ...

Mar 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He didn't set a quit date. ...

Mar 5, 2026
Phys.org / Smart fluorescent molecules provide cheaper path to sharper microscopy images

Multiphoton microscopy is used in biomedical research to study cells and tissues. Today, so-called two-photon microscopy is used to study processes within cells, but the technique has limitations in terms of image resolution. ...

Mar 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / More restrictive abortion laws, higher depression risk

Restrictive abortion policies are associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms among women, according to a new 25-year study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The equivalent of approximately ...

Mar 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / First global 'early warning system' for dengue launches

A new online dashboard will give researchers, governments, and the public a real-time picture of the global dengue situation for the first time. The Global Dengue Observatory, developed by researchers at the London School ...

Mar 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Choosing to buy organic food depends more on trust than taste—what our new study in the UK and Japan shows

Organic food is often presented as a healthier, greener, or more ethical choice. But when people decide whether to pay extra for organic milk, eggs, or vegetables, something else is going on.

Mar 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Stark divide: Americans more confident in career scientists at US health agencies than leaders

Public confidence that career scientists at federal health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are providing ...

Mar 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Study maps US diabetes–cancer hotspots

A new University of Kentucky study has mapped areas across the U.S. where high rates of diabetes and deaths from diabetes-related cancers overlap. The UK Markey Cancer Center and Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center research ...

Mar 5, 2026
Phys.org / Paleontologists investigate how life entered and adapted to the deep sea

The deep sea is a dark, cold place. It's just a few degrees above freezing, subject to immense pressure, and beyond the reach of the sunlight needed for photosynthesis. The life that does survive in such a hostile place must ...

Mar 2, 2026