Vaping more effective than gum and lozenges for helping socially disadvantaged people quit smoking, but 58% of quitters continue to vape six months later; long-term safety of vaping remains unclear
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/07/vaping-quitting-smoking-gum-lozenges?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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Child nicotine pouch poisonings surged 763% in 3 years, study finds. Young kids face higher risk of serious harm from pouches than other nicotine products. Experts call for stricter rules, flavor bans, and safer home storage to curb rising ingestion cases.
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/doi/10.1542/peds.2024-070522/202640/Nicotine-Ingestions-Among-Young-Children-2010-2023
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Why Diet and Exercise Still Matter During Treatment with GLP-1 Medications
https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/why-diet-exercise-matters-while-taking-glp-1-medications
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Studying 1.2 million children over a 24-year period, researchers found no evidence that exposure to aluminum in vaccines led to a statistically significant increase in a child’s risk of developing any of a wide variety of conditions that can be diagnosed in childhood, including asthma and autism.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/14/aluminum-in-vaccines-large-danish-study-finds-no-link-to-autism-asthma-allergies/
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Just 5 days old, human newborns already prefer watching kind, helpful interactions over unkind ones. This suggests we may be wired for prosociality from the very start.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61517-3
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A plant-based diet has been proven to help preventing an inflammatory bowel disease
https://vegconomist.com/studies-and-numbers/large-scale-study-links-healthy-plant-based-diet-reduced-risk-ibd/
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A study of more than 2000 participants showed that people who view the world as a savage social jungle are more likely to admire antagonistic leaders while those who see the social world as cooperative might call those leaders clueless
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1090678
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A computer scientist’s new proof - that a small amount of space would be as helpful as a lot of time in all conceivable computations - makes significant progress on a notable problem in CS | Simulating Time with Square-Root Space
https://www.quantamagazine.org/for-algorithms-a-little-memory-outweighs-a-lot-of-time-20250521/
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People who see bedroom harmony as a matter of “natural chemistry” rather than joint effort are less likely to translate bedroom contentment into wider life contentment. The study also finds that frequent sex predicts greater life satisfaction.
https://www.psypost.org/effort-or-fate-sexual-mindsets-predict-whether-bedroom-bliss-spills-over-into-broader-wellbeing/
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Structures deep in Earth's lower mantle (called BLOBS) linked to large-scale volcanic eruptions
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-blobs-deep-inside-earth-may-fuel-deadly-volcanic-eruptions?utm_source=reddit_post
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A study analyzing subcutaneous adipose tissue from high-BMI men and women showed that weight loss not only decreases the amount of fat stored in adipose tissue, but also partially reverses cell aging and represses obesity-associated immune cell infiltration
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09233-2
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Around three quarters of stomach cancer cases worldwide are attributable to Helicobacter pylori infection, which is treatable, meaning many of these cases could be prevented
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03793-6
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Women with ADHD three times more likely to experience premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Researchers also found that women who had ADHD and a clinical diagnosis of depression or anxiety had an even greater risk of PMDD.
https://theconversation.com/women-with-adhd-three-times-more-likely-to-experience-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder-new-research-260222
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Artificial sweeteners, widely used in soft drinks, processed foods and sugar-free products, are turning up in our rivers, waterways and natural ecosystems. Some also pose toxicity risks to aquatic animals. In zebrafish, sucralose causes birth defects and high levels of saccharin are neurotoxic.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/artificial-sweeteners-leave-bitter-aftertaste-for-the-environment
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New study finds tortoises have human-like feelings
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-025-01973-y
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An unknown strain of orthoreovirus has been discovered in a shrew in Florida, after it was hunted and killed by a pet cat belonging to one of the research team. The same cat previously killed a rodent that turned out to be infected with the first documented case of jeilongvirus in the US.
https://www.sciencealert.com/adorable-cat-helps-scientists-discover-new-virus-for-second-time?utm_source=reddit_post
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As people get better at handling stress on a daily basis, they also become more extroverted, agreeable and open to new experiences over a nearly 20-year period. Likewise, the worse they manage daily stressors, the more introverted, unfriendly and closed off from new experiences they become.
https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/feeling-more-extroverted-study-finds-you-may-have-learned-how-to-handle-daily-stress-better
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Future Doctors in Crisis: Inside Rising Anxiety, Depression & Suicidal Thoughts Among US Medical Students While Support Lags Behind
https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1/e301528
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A global study finds people age faster in countries with more inequality, weaker democracies, and more pollution. Education helps slow the process. Stress and unfairness may be ageing us, literally.
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02181-x
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People with ADHD exhibit altered brain activity before making high-stakes choices | Among those with ADHD, women showed more activity in several of these regions than men, pointing to possible sex-related differences in how the brain processes decisions that involve uncertainty.
https://www.psypost.org/people-with-adhd-exhibit-altered-brain-activity-before-making-high-stakes-choices/
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Running injuries do not develop gradually over time but most often occur during a single session. Runners are receiving incorrect guidance from sports watches, researcher warns | Identifying high-risk running sessions in a 5200-person cohort study
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1090184
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Narcissistic individuals are more prone to maladaptive daydreaming. Additionally, individuals prone to maladaptive daydreaming were less prone to use mature psychological defenses and more prone to using neurotic and immature ones.
https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-individuals-are-more-prone-to-maladaptive-daydreaming/
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Exercising for fun, with friends, or in enjoyable settings brings greater mental health benefits than simply moving for chores or obligations. Researchers emphasize that context — who you're with, why you're exercising, and even the weather — can make or break the mood-boosting effects.
https://news.uga.edu/does-exercise-improve-mental-health/
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New study finds that using electricity in water filtration with membrane technology can boost performance and reduce clogging. Combining this with certain membrane patterns improves it further, offering a cleaner, more efficient way to produce water sustainably.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-025-00497-9
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Over the past half century, Republican leaders have had considerable success enlisting courts in their campaign to boost the party’s electoral prospects through the suppression of voting and the manipulation of election rules.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00027162251335138
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A new paper in the Lancet Global Health warns that AI in health is worsening climate harms; fuelled by water use, emissions & extractive tech.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00124-X/fulltext
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New research shows the psychological toll of the 2024 presidential election | As the 2024 U.S. presidential election unfolded, many young Americans found themselves emotionally drained—not just by the outcome, but by the long months of anticipation and constant news coverage.
https://www.psypost.org/new-research-shows-the-psychological-toll-of-the-2024-presidential-election/
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Methylphenidate, an ADHD drug, curbs impulsivity in men only, linked to brain wiring differences. In men, the drug’s effects appeared to be related to the structural integrity of neural fibers in the forceps major region of the corpus callosum.
https://www.psypost.org/methylphenidate-adhd-drug-curbs-impulsivity-in-men-only-linked-to-brain-wiring-differences/
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Higher animal protein intake was significantly associated with a 131% increased likelihood of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease while higher plant protein intake was significantly associated with a 52% reduced odds in overweight and obese children, study finds
https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937-025-01142-4
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Scientists have uncovered the hidden remains of a vast ancient coastal plain beneath East Antarctica—an important discovery that could refine forecasts of future global sea level rise. East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/ancient-river-landscapes-discovered-beneath-east-antarctica/
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