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Medical Xpress / A kidney drug may help restore fertility in premature ovarian insufficiency

A common kidney medication could be the key to treating a type of infertility that affects up to 3% of women under 40, according to a study published in Science.

6 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Scientists harness nature's chirality bias to design series of complex mechanically interlocked molecules

In nature, molecules often show a strong preference for partnering with other molecules that share the same chirality or handedness. A behavior that is quite evident in the phenomenon known as homochirality-driven entanglement, ...

7 hours ago in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / What would bring nurses back? How hospitals can reverse nursing workforce losses

Most registered nurses who recently left hospital employment are motivated to return to health care work—and safe nurse staffing levels are the top factor that would bring them back, according to new research from the University ...

1 hour ago in Health
Medical Xpress / How diet may worsen endometriosis: What the AGE-RAGE pathway suggests

Researchers have been studying how the chemistry of cooking food includes similarities to the molecular process of endometriosis lesions. When these lesions form, the presence of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) appears ...

Medical Xpress / Obesity and aging: Study links inflammation to cognitive decline

Obesity and older age are strongly associated with low-grade inflammation in the body, a condition that appears closely linked to cognitive decline and dementia. A recent Baycrest study has found that participants with elevated ...

1 hour ago in Inflammatory disorders
Phys.org / A long-lost Soviet spacecraft: AI could finally solve the mystery of Luna 9's landing site

Using an advanced machine-learning algorithm, researchers in the UK and Japan have identified several promising candidate locations for the long-lost landing site of the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft. Publishing their results ...

8 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / How lung tumors use the brain to avoid immune attacks

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine, along with other collaborators, report that lung adenocarcinoma can engage nerve pathways that link the lung to the brainstem ...

7 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Ultrasound detects abdominal fat linked to metabolic diseases

The distribution of body fat, and particularly fat accumulated around the abdomen, is a determining factor in the risk of developing metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. However, not all abdominal fat has the same impact ...

1 hour ago in Biomedical technology
Phys.org / People act more helpfully in poor environments than rich ones, research reveals

People are more likely to act helpfully in situations where there are poorer choices to give to others, according to a new study that tested willingness to help others in different contexts.

4 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Does a vegetarian upbringing stunt growth? A study of nearly 1.2 million infants suggests not

While the global shift toward plant-based living continues to accelerate, a critical question has lingered for parents and pediatricians: Can a vegan or vegetarian diet support the rapid growth required in the first two years ...

4 hours ago in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Third exoplanet detected in the planetary system HD 176986

Using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, astronomers have observed a nearby K-type star designated HD 176986, known to host two super-Earth exoplanets. The observations resulted in the discovery of another planet in the system ...

8 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / How the spring thaw influences arsenic levels in lakes

From 1948 to 1953, a gold mine called Giant Mine released about 5 tons of arsenic trioxide per day into the environment around Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Emissions declined from the 1950s until the mine closed ...

4 hours ago in Earth