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medicalxpress.com | Adam Taylor |Gaby Clark |Andrew Zinin
Ozempic and Wegovy have been hailed as wonder drugs when it comes to weight loss. But as the drug has become more widely used, a number of unintended side-effects have become apparent—with the weight loss drug affecting the appearance of everything from your butt to your feet. "Ozempic face" is another commonly reported consequences of using these popular weight loss drugs. This is a sunken or hollowed out appearance the face can take on in people taking weight loss drugs.
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phys.org | Rick Sobey |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin
As white sharks return to the Cape, researchers are helping the public chomp on shark hotspot data from last summer and fall. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy's "White Shark Logbook" has been updated with last year's acoustic detection data of tagged apex predators.
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phys.org | Maddie Johnson |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin
With spring rains, warm-season turfgrasses such as bermudagrass and zoysiagrass are at risk of a fungal disease called large patch that can leave a lawn marked with large brown areas of dead and dying grass. Large patch is caused by a fungus and affects warm-season turfgrasses, which go dormant in cooler months.
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techxplore.com | Laura Hurley |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin
Solar power is growing by leaps and bounds in the United States, propelled by climate mitigation policies and carbon-free energy goals—and California is leading the way as the nation's top producer of solar electricity. A study in Energy Strategy Reviews has revealed a dark side to the state's breakneck pace for solar investment, deployment, and adoption, taking a first-time look at patterns of public and private sector corruption in the California solar market.
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3 days ago | 
medicalxpress.com | Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin
Millions of young women around the world face stigma and bias when seeking reproductive health services, often limiting their access to contraception and quality care. A new USC-led study conducted in over 200 clinics across Burkina Faso, Tanzania, and Pakistan shows that a focused intervention combining storytelling, peer support, and provider incentives can reduce this bias and expand contraceptive access for the young women who need it most.
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3 days ago | 
medicalxpress.com | Jordan Karnbach |Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin
Many Americans rely on their Apple Watches or similar devices each day to count their steps, track workouts, and measure how many calories they burn. But are those wearable devices accurate? University of Mississippi professor Minsoo Kang and doctoral student Ju-Pil Choe are working to answer that question. Kang, a professor of sports analytics, and Choe reviewed 56 studies that compared the Apple Watch to trusted reference tools in measuring energy burned, heart rate and step counts.
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phys.org | Matthew Lloyd |Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin
A paper titled "Functional implications of unusual NOS and SONOS covalent linkages found in proteins," by Matthew D. Lloyd, Kyle S. Gregory, and K. Ravi Acharya, from the University of Bath Department of Life Sciences, has been published in Chemical Communications. Proteins are formed in cells by linking amino acid building blocks together in a defined sequence.
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3 days ago | 
phys.org | Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin
A new study offers unprecedented insights into the incel (involuntary celibate) community, uncovering critical facts that challenge prevailing stereotypes and expand our understanding of this controversial subculture.
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3 days ago | 
medicalxpress.com | Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin
Pregnancy and birth rates among Minnesota youth have reached their lowest levels since 1990, continuing a decades-long decline, according to the newly released 2025 Minnesota Adolescent Sexual Health Report from the University of Minnesota Medical School's Center for Healthy Youth Development (CHYD). This annual report aims to help Minnesotans understand the current landscape of young people's sexual and reproductive health and how it is tied more broadly to healthy youth development.
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medicalxpress.com | Stephanie Baum |Andrew Zinin
A large international study has found that two different approaches to managing blood pressure in older adults undergoing non-cardiac surgery, one avoiding low blood pressure (hypotension) and the other high blood pressure (hypertension), lead to similar outcomes in terms of in-hospital delirium and cognitive changes one year after surgery. The findings were published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
