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Medical Xpress / The key to increasing patients' advance care medical planning may be automatic patient outreach

A strategy for advance care planning (ACP) that included automated outreach from staff who contacted patients to offer assistance significantly boosted the number of patients who completed documentation outlining their wishes ...

21 hours ago in Medical economics
Medical Xpress / Acupuncture may help improve perceived breast cancer-related cognitive difficulties over usual care

Real and sham acupuncture were more effective at improving breast cancer survivors' perceived cognitive impairment compared with usual care, while real acupuncture was superior to sham acupuncture in improving objective cognitive ...

22 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Holiday party invites: A gift or a burden? Why that simple 'join us' can boost gratitude—or trigger stress

"Tis the season to extend social invitations to colleagues—a gesture that may seem simple, but research by an Indiana University Kelley School of Business Indianapolis professor and her colleagues shows these invitations ...

22 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / California Coastal Commission approves land deal to extend last nuclear plant through 2030

On Dec. 11, California environmental regulators struck a landmark deal with Pacific Gas & Electric to extend the life of the state's last remaining nuclear power plant in exchange for thousands of acres of new land conservation ...

22 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / I'm heading overseas. Do I really need travel vaccines?

Australia is in its busiest month for short-term overseas travel. And there are so many things to consider when planning your trip. Unfortunately, it's easy to overlook the importance of pre-travel vaccinations.

21 hours ago in Vaccination
Medical Xpress / New study sheds light on e-bike injuries—a long-overdue examination of a surging public-health issue

With electric bicycles (e-bikes) becoming a fixture of mobility, recreation, and commuting, a new study published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine (WEM) offers a much-needed exploration of the injury risks associated ...

22 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Mobile health tool may improve quality of life for adolescent and young adult breast cancer survivors

A mobile health (mHealth) intervention for adolescent and young adult breast cancer survivors that offered tailored support by monitoring electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) significantly improved quality of life ...

22 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Neutrino observatories show promise for detecting light dark matter

Dark matter is an elusive type of matter that does not emit, reflect or absorb light, yet is estimated to account for most of the universe's mass. Over the past decades, many physicists worldwide have been trying to detect ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / German adults outperform international peers in complex problem-solving tasks, study finds

Adults in Germany are better than the international average at coping with problems in new and complex situations. However, this adaptive problem-solving skill depends more heavily on sociodemographic characteristics than ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Einstein's theory comes wrapped up with a bow: Astronomers spot star 'wobbling' around black hole

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in the night sky. Their study, presented in Science Advances, reports on the very first observations ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Ancient undersea wall dating to 5,800 BC discovered off French coast

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

Dec 12, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / SpaceX launches 1st of 5 missions on tap in next 8 days on Florida's Space Coast

SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are combining for a busy week of rocket launches on the Space Coast.

21 hours ago in Astronomy & Space