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Medical Xpress / How modern rheumatoid arthritis treatments can protect bone health
A new review published in Calcified Tissue International highlights major advances in understanding and preventing bone loss in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), showing that modern antirheumatic therapies can significantly ...
Phys.org / A meteorite impact may have once rained gold on Western Australia
We're used to a lot of different natural things falling out of the sky. These can include snow, rain and sometimes even frogs (yes, really). All of these relate to weather phenomena.
Medical Xpress / Ten-week therapy empowers parents to solve severe selective eating in children with autism
Picky eating is a challenge most parents are familiar with, but for parents of autistic children, severe selective eating can lead to nutritional deficiencies and place tremendous stress on the family. However, a new study ...
Medical Xpress / Suicide prevention overlooks products still widely sold and promoted, analysis warns
Governments put up railings and barriers and regulate supplies of certain drugs to prevent people from dying by suicide. But other products associated with fatal self-harm, such as firearms, pesticides and alcohol, remain ...
Phys.org / How biodiversity loss could raise borrowing costs and deepen debt risks worldwide
Financial markets are blind to the economic costs of biodiversity loss, leaving several countries at risk of defaulting on debt, according to new research published in Nature. While environmental degradation is recognized ...
Phys.org / Everyone wants to think they're open‑minded. Here's why most people aren't
Most people think they are open-minded and would like others to perceive them as such. But for the things that matter most—religious beliefs, for example, or the meaning of life—few of us are genuinely willing to consider ...
Tech Xplore / What confusing code does to developers: Brain and eye tracking reveal surprise response
How do software developers respond when they come across code they do not intuitively understand? Neuropsychologists have now explored this question by recording brain activity alongside eye movements. A team of psycholinguists ...
Phys.org / Odds climb for record El Niño as 75% of models predict 2.5C warming
Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Wednesday said global forecasters were increasingly confident that a very strong El Niño warming weather pattern could form later this year.
Phys.org / One storm pushed world's rarest great ape closer to extinction in Sumatra
Climate change-fueled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 remaining members of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island, scientists said Wednesday.
Medical Xpress / Shared recollections of events linked to similar brain activity patterns
People who attended or experienced the same event often remember it in completely different ways. For instance, one person might remember a family dinner as warm and enjoyable, while another might recall that the same dinner ...
Medical Xpress / Fewer than 1 in 4 patients with stroke and 1 in 7 with brain injury receive inpatient rehab, finds study
Fewer than one in four people with stroke and fewer than one in seven people with traumatic brain injury receive inpatient rehabilitation care after being hospitalized, according to a study published in Neurology Open Access. ...
Phys.org / What happens when cartoon villains have an accent? Research reveals impact on kids
When kids watch cartoons, they're absorbing much more than a plot. Thanks to the use of foreign accents in shows, they're also learning a shorthand for moral character, new research from the University of Toronto Mississauga ...