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Medical Xpress / Rapid test could help pinpoint IBD diagnosis, study suggests

A test that rapidly detects signs of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in stool samples could improve future diagnosis and monitoring of the condition, a study suggests.

6 hours ago in Inflammatory disorders
Phys.org / Why do educated people fall for conspiracy theories? It could be narcissism

If there are two things the internet loves talking about, they're conspiracy theories, and who may or may not be a narcissist.

3 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Why it seems like everyone has the flu this year

The U.S. is facing its worst flu season in 25 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which estimates that as of Jan. 3 there have been at least 15 million illnesses, 180,000 hospitalizations, ...

Phys.org / What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters?

Floods, droughts and heat waves continue to dominate headlines around the world and in Australia.

4 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Complex life on planets orbiting the galaxy's most common stars may be unlikely

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to find it around many of the most common stars in the galaxy.

21 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / What causes extreme morning sickness? What we know, don't know and suspect about hyperemesis gravidarum

Most women experience some nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.

Medical Xpress / More surgical patients are on opioid use disorder medications, and hospitals must modernize pain care

As more Americans receive treatment for opioid-use disorder, that progress is increasingly showing up in the operating room, creating an urgent need to modernize how pain is managed during and after major surgery, according ...

2 hours ago in Surgery
Tech Xplore / Yes, those big touchscreens in cars are dangerous and buttons are coming back

In recent years, the way drivers interact with cars has fundamentally changed. Physical buttons have gradually disappeared from dashboards as more functions have been transferred to touchscreens.

4 hours ago in Automotive
Medical Xpress / Five healthy habits for maintaining independence in your 60s and 70s

Focusing on strength, balance, nutrition, and cognitive health can help ensure a vibrant, independent life as you age, according to Stanford Medicine clinicians.

2 hours ago in Health
Tech Xplore / Why California is keeping this unusual solar plant running when both Trump and Biden wanted it closed

The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it's incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year. The Trump administration wants to see this unusual power plant closed, and in a rare ...

4 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Analysis confirms benefit of nivolumab combo in teens with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma

Teens with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma survive longer without their disease getting worse when they receive the immunotherapy nivolumab (Opdivo) instead of the immunotherapy brentuximab vedotin (brand name Adcetris) along ...

2 hours ago in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Q&A: AI is speeding into health care—who should regulate it?

AI is moving quickly into health care, bringing potential benefits but also possible pitfalls such as bias that drives unequal care and burnout of physicians and other health care workers. It remains undecided how it should ...

2 hours ago in Medical economics