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Puberty Hormonal Changes Impacting Transgender Youth

Weight-Loss Behaviors Overlooked in Eating Disorder Diagnoses

Cannabis Use Doubles Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Virtual Ward Bed Lowers Carbon Emissions for NHS

Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Benefit from Combination Therapy

Hospital Pharmacist Guidance Improves COPD Inhaler Use

UCLA Study: Cardiac Markers Link Cancer & Heart Disease

University of Twente Unveils First MDR-Compliant Open-Source Medical Device

Managing Age-Related Risks: Advances in Geroprotection

Novel Study: Anthropomorphizing Fitness Equipment Boosts Activity

Swedish Doctors' Antibiotic Prescribing Influenced by Peers

Chronic Artificial Light Exposure Linked to Depression

Stigma in Hospital Care for Mental Health: Research Findings

Digital Inhalers Aid in Predicting COPD Exacerbations

Arboviral Disease Cases Surge in 48 States

Abortion Providers Relocate Post-Dobbs Ruling

New Computational Model Predicts Lung Motion for Safer Biopsies

AI Innovations in Women's Health: Predicting Cancer & Detecting Endometriosis

Why Microwaving Fish Creates Lingering Smells

Study Finds Electronic Nudge Letters Ineffective for CKD Therapy

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Researchers Uncover Tick Defense Against Deadly Virus

Critically Reviewed Trial on Adolescent Depression Medication

Study by University of Bath: Antimicrobial Resistance Spreading Despite Reduced Antibiotic Use

Diabetes in Pregnancy Linked to Fetal Heart Fat

Hopeful News for Families with History of Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Study Reveals 1.74 Million Ontario Patients with Elderly Physicians

Aquatic Therapy Boosts Mental Health in Chronic Back Pain

Study Reveals High Fatty Liver Rates in Type 2 Diabetes

Molecular Mapping Project Reveals Kidney's Lipid Role

Study Reveals Genetic Link in Atherosclerosis Cells

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Newly Discovered Armored Monstersaurian in Southern Utah

The Manchurian Candidate and The IPCRESS File: Brainwashing Revisited

Rare Earth Metals: Key Assets in Trade War

Willow Leaves Reduce Ammonia Emissions in Cattle Farming

Cloud Fraction Diurnal Variation Impact on Earth's Climate

Global Environmental Crisis: Urgent Need for Real-Time Data

E. Coli: Antibiotic Resistance Testing in Agricultural Environments

Europe Faces Devastating Floods: 335 Lives Lost

Genetic Markers Boost Meat Quality in Nelore Cattle

Disposable Face Masks: Impact on Environment and Health

Study Reveals Strategic Market Withdrawal Boosts International Firm Growth

Danish Primary Schools Rely on Google Tech

WVU Researchers Develop Flood Resilience Toolkit

NASA Astronauts Conduct Simulated Moonwalk in Northern Arizona

NASA Prepares Astronauts for Artemis III Moonwalkers

Study Reveals Impact of Violence on São Paulo Teens

Study Reveals Native Plant Seeding Reduces Invasive Species

Female Researchers Unveil Systemic Sexism in Early Academic Careers

Gender Equality Impact on Girls' Science Choices

Researchers Show Magnetic Fields Regulate Laser Demagnetization

Asteroid 2024 YR4: Moon Impact Threat in 2032

Widespread Applications of Lasers in Various Fields

Impact of LGBTQ-Friendly Policies on US Firm Innovation

Soil Degradation in Southern Brazilian Amazon

Cellulose-Based Textile from Agricultural Waste: Sustainable Fashion

Optimizing Job Applications: Audition for Success

Physicists Sculpt Water Surface for Microscopic Transport

Incas' Colorful Khipus: Ancient Writing System

Study Reveals Rapid Spread of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in Africa

The Perils of Pursuing Ballet Perfection

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A new tool predicts when users will reject a new technology

Paradoxical Relationship: High Hopes, Tech Skepticism

Singapore Engineers Develop Flying Drum Robot

Two-actuator robot combines efficient ground rolling and spinning flight in one design

Study Reveals Language Models Overemphasize Start and End

Lost in the middle: How LLM architecture and training data shape AI's position bias

AI Video Reconstruction of Christopher Pelkey's Impact Statement Leads to Maximum Sentence

AI 'reanimations': Making facsimiles of the dead raises ethical quandaries

Global Fossil Fuel Phase-Out by 2050: G20's Renewable Energy Potential

G20 countries could produce enough renewable energy for the whole world: What needs to happen

Dutch Government Urges Parents to Limit Social Media for Kids

Dutch suggest social media ban for under-15s

Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since COVID: IEA

Why stablecoins are gaining popularity

Global Oil Demand to Dip in 2030: International Energy Agency

US Senate to Vote on Regulating Stablecoins

Rising Popularity of AI Chatbots for Daily News

London Workshop Develops Prototype for Capturing Ship Emissions

UK startup looks to cut shipping's carbon emissions

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

Iberian Peninsula Power Outage Linked to Overvoltage

Spain says 'overvoltage' caused huge April blackout

Middle East: Beauty and Ancient Kingdoms Amid Instability

The Middle East is a major flight hub. How do airlines keep passengers safe during conflict?

Superconducting circuit could one day replace semiconductor components in quantum computing systems

Data Centers in US: Energy Consumption Trends

Exploring Next-Gen AI Chip: Eco-Friendly Innovation

Wafer-scale accelerators could redefine AI

World's First 6G INCL Balancing Simulator for Autonomous Vehicles

Simulator optimizes vehicle resources to enable real-time accident prevention in autonomous cars

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Employees who are treated rudely get their revenge with the silent treatment, research shows

Employees who are treated rudely at work get their revenge by withholding important information from colleagues and managers, new research shows.

Study: Owning luxury goods makes consumers less attractive as potential friends to other people

Consumers who own luxury goods like Louis Vuitton wallets are judged as narcissistic and materialistic as those who buy counterfeit versions of the same brand, research shows.

Genetic regions associated with left-handedness identified

A new study has for the first time identified regions of the genome associated with left-handedness in the general population and linked their effects with brain architecture. The study, led by researchers at the University of Oxford who were funded by the Medical Research Council—part of UK Research and Innovation—and Wellcome, linked these genetic differences with the connections between areas of the brain related to language.

University Challenge appearances are a better predictor of graduate earnings than official government data, research say

Prospective students wanting to know which university will set them up for a well-paid career should watch University Challenge rather than read the government's own data, research says.

Vegetarian and pescetarian diets linked to lower risk of coronary heart disease

Vegetarian (including vegan) and pescetarian diets may be linked to a lower risk of coronary heart disease, or CHD for short, than diets that include meat, suggest the findings of a large UK study published in The BMJ today.

Snack tax may be more effective than a sugary drink tax to tackle obesity

Taxing high sugar snacks such as biscuits, cakes, and sweets might be more effective at reducing obesity levels than increasing the price of sugar sweetened drinks, suggests a study published by The BMJ today.

Protective effect of diabetes drugs against kidney failure

A new meta-analysis published in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology today has found that SGLT2 inhibitors can reduce the risk of dialysis, transplantation, or death due to kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes.

Healthiest lifestyle linked to 75% reduction in diabetes risk, reduced risk of CD, death in those already with diabetes

People with the healthiest lifestyle have a 75% lower risk of type 2 diabetes than those with the least healthy lifestyle, according to a new study in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes). Amongst those individuals with type 2 diabetes, a healthy lifestyle is also associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a lower risk of death from all causes, including CVD and cancer.

Obesity pandemic shifting cancer to younger people

A new study looking at incidence of disease data nationwide from 2000 to 2016 found a shift in obesity-associated cancers (OACs) to younger individuals. Typically, these cancers are diagnosed at higher rates among people older than 65. The most notable findings pertain to increases in these OACs among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic women and men for whom certain cancers increased by 200-400%.

NASA infrared eye analyzes typhoon Lingling

The storm that became Typhoon Lingling strengthened very quickly in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and infrared imagery from NASA revealed the powerful thunderstorms fueling that intensification.

GPM analyzes tropical depression Kajiki's rainfall over Vietnam and Laos

The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite provided a look at rainfall rates in Tropical Depression Kajiki after it made a quick landfall in Vietnam.

UM physical therapy professor authors new guideline on treating runner's knee

University of Montana Assistant Professor Richard Willy is the lead author on a paper that offers new guidelines for treating patellofemoral pain, often known as "runner's knee."

School district secessions in the South have deepened racial segregation between school systems

Since 2000, school district secessions in the South have increasingly sorted white and black students, and white and Hispanic students, into separate school systems, weakening the potential to improve school integration, according to a new study published today in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.

Electronic glove offers 'humanlike' features for prosthetic hand users

People with hand amputations experience difficult daily life challenges, often leading to lifelong use of a prosthetic hands and services.

FAK protein linked to chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer

Although the number of women being diagnosed and dying of ovarian cancer is declining, recurrence, drug resistance and mortality remain high for women with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma, the most common form of epithelial ovarian cancer. A new study in the journal eLife by University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers links changes in the gene for the protein focal adhesion kinase, or FAK, to the cancer's ability to survive chemotherapy.

Novel approach leads to potential sepsis prevention in burn patients

Immediately following severe burns, bacteria reach the wound from different sources, including the patient's skin, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tracts and health care-related human contact. Within the wound, bacteria multiply, establish an infection and move from the infected burn wound into the bloodstream, causing serious complications like sepsis, multiple-organ failure and death.

Prescription drug monitoring program mandates

States that require prescribers to register with and use prescription drug monitoring programs in most clinical circumstances saw notably fewer opioid prescriptions and reduced opioid-related hospital use by Medicaid patients compared to states with weak or no drug monitoring program mandates, according to a new study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The approximate annual reduction of about 12,000 inpatient stays and 39,000 emergency department visits could save an estimated $155 million a year in Medicaid spending.

Receptor protein in brain promotes resilience to stress

Scientists have discovered that a receptor on the surface of brain cells plays a key role in regulating how both animals and people respond to stress. The research suggests that the receptor may represent an important biomarker of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans and may offer a new target for future, more effective treatments for stress and anxiety.

Fashion brands' business practices undermining progress on ending garment worker exploitation

Top fashion companies that are pledging to end worker exploitation in their global supply chains are hampering progress through their own irresponsible sourcing practices, concludes a new report published today on working conditions in the Southern Indian garment industry powerhouse.

Scientists shed new light on demise of two extinct New Zealand songbirds

They may not have been seen for the past 50 and 110 years, but an international study into their extinction has provided answers to how the world lost New Zealand's South Island kokako and huia.

Cannabis may hold promise to treat PTSD but evidence lags behind use

As growing numbers of people are using cannabis to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new UCL study reports that prescriptions are not backed up by adequate evidence.

Finding an effective way to reduce pressure ulcers

Expensive high-tech air mattresses are only marginally better at preventing pressure sores and ulcers than a specialist foam mattress, according to the results of a major study.

NASA finds tropical storm 14W strengthening

Tropical Storm 14W formed as a depression a couple of days ago in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and strengthened into a tropical storm on Sept. 2. Infrared data from NASA's Aqua satellite shows some powerful thunderstorms fueling further intensification.

Facebook face recognition feature to replace tag suggestions

Facebook says it is ending its practice of using face recognition software to identify users' friends in uploaded photos and automatically suggesting they "tag" them.