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Medical Xpress / Age, hearing status linked to long-term outcomes in Meniere disease
For patients with Meniere disease (MD), age and baseline hearing status are associated with long-term hearing outcomes, according to a study published online May 16 in Acta Oto-Laryngologica.
Phys.org / How coworkers shape careers: Learning and competition pull in opposite directions
New research, published by the Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin), shows that co-workers can have powerful—but opposing—effects on the careers of young workers. While some colleagues foster learning and long-term success, ...
Medical Xpress / Prevalence of right ventricular dysfunction ~40% in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) is prevalent in 41.7% of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to a study published online June 10 in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders.
Medical Xpress / Emergency department testing scheme finding hundreds of unidentified HIV cases in UK
Hundreds of people in England who were unknowingly living with HIV are receiving a diagnosis and starting life-saving antiretroviral treatment, thanks to a pioneering NHS testing initiative rolled out in hospital emergency ...
Phys.org / By saving ecosystems, environmental regulations help prevent biodiversity loss
Long-term conservation policies may help restore freshwater ecosystems and prevent extreme species loss, new research suggests.
Medical Xpress / How heat waves are dangerous to human health
A punishing heat wave overwhelming hospitals in Europe is just the latest reminder of the deadly threat such scorching temperatures can pose to human health.
Phys.org / A thermodynamic approach to gravity could explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy
Gravity, the force that attracts objects toward each other, is currently framed by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. This framework describes gravity as the curvature of spacetime, the invisible four-dimensional ...
Phys.org / Vulnerable butterfly recorded in the Botanical Garden at Uppsala
The Botanical Garden in Uppsala was recently visited by animal ecology researchers, who conducted a BioBlitz to find, identify and record as many insects as possible in the Botanical Garden. One of the finds was an endangered ...
Medical Xpress / Specialized procedure saves a young woman's ability to walk
Through interdepartmental collaboration, a young woman's quality of life and ability to walk were restored following the laparoscopic removal of a rare, benign tumor of neurological origin in the lesser pelvis, known as a ...
Phys.org / Corrected Pantheon+ analysis of supernovae challenges accelerating universe claim
Research led by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, along with Professor Subir Sarkar from the University of Oxford, questions the widely accepted argument that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating ...
Phys.org / Metal hydride molecule trapped with laser light opens path to ultracold hydrogen
Controlling and trapping molecules, units of a substance consisting of two or more chemically bound atoms, with laser light is significantly more challenging than trapping individual atoms. This is because molecules exhibit ...
Phys.org / A single origin story for the Milky Way's most mysterious stars
Lurking at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is a supermassive black hole four million times the mass of the sun, surrounded by a puzzling collection of young, massive stars whose orbits have long defied ...