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Medical Xpress / TikTok: A vehicle for misinformation but also community-building for people with borderline personality disorder

Marie-Eve (not her real name) doesn't know what to think anymore. After years of trying to make sense of her intense emotional crises, she went on TikTok and typed "#borderline" in the search bar. After watching a few videos, ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Novel blood marker may help predict cognitive impairment after a cardiac arrest

Routine early measurement of the neurofilament light chain could help improve prediction of cognitive impairment after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, according to a study presented today at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / UK meningitis outbreak cases rise to 34: Official

The number of meningitis cases reported in a deadly outbreak linked to a nightclub in southeast England rose from 29 to 34, including 23 confirmed cases, UK health officials announced Saturday.

13 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Testosterone improves fat distribution for older women

As we age, the amount and distribution of fat in our bodies changes. Most fat is subcutaneous—meaning it is stored just under the skin. Subcutaneous fat generally does not have detrimental health impacts. In fact, we need ...

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Expert opinion on AI, automation, and the future of work

What would happen if AI becomes capable of performing essentially all economically valuable work? In a wide-ranging Q&A, Yale economist Pascual Restrepo dives into how economists view the future of labor markets.

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Survey finds 2% of UK adults report drink spiking in past year

Since 2021, forensic science academics at Anglia Ruskin University have partnered with the UK's leading alcohol charity Drinkaware to track the prevalence of drink spiking through national surveys, undertaken by YouGov. The ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How exercise can lower your cancer risk

Exercise. It can be hard for a lot of us to get started. Regardless of how you feel about physical activity, it comes with various benefits. One benefit of exercise that is not often recognized is its assistance in lowering ...

20 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Electric cars can make power grids more reliable (and earn owners money)—so why aren't we doing that?

Electric vehicles (EVs) can effectively serve as mobile batteries that provide energy to the power grid when not being driven, improving the reliability of the grid, serving as a source of backup power and potentially reducing ...

21 hours ago
Phys.org / Seattle tried to guarantee higher pay for delivery drivers. Here's why it didn't work as intended

If you've ever ordered food through DoorDash, Uber Eats or Instacart, you may have realized the person who delivers it isn't a salaried employee. They're gig workers—independent contractors who pick up delivery tasks through ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Coping with chronic disease when food is scarce takes its toll on mental health, researchers find

Twenty-five years into her diabetes and youth research, epidemiology professor Angela Liese and her team continue to increase our understanding of this uniquely vulnerable population. The team's recent findings reveal that ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Pittsburgh's air pollution estimated to claim 3,000+ lives per year, and EPA rollbacks aren't helping

In October 1948, a thick haze rolled into Donora, Pennsylvania, a steel town in the Monongahela Valley, south of Pittsburgh. For five days, toxic fumes from a zinc smelter—a plant that turns zinc ore into pure zinc metal—poured ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Researchers launch OZ-ABCD tool to curb medication harm in aged care

Researchers at Monash University, together with a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals and medication safety experts, have developed the first national consensus list of medicines with a high risk of harm in ...

21 hours ago