Archaeologists have examined a pair of copper cymbals from Bronze Age Oman, shedding light on a shared musical tradition that connected cultures and supported trade across the Arabian Gulf. Whether…
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Study finds 20% of women in Spain with menstrual pain have never been to a gynecologist
Themes related to menstrual discomforts identified during the qualitative analysis. Credit: Frontiers in Public Health (2025). DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1517302 A new study indicates that 70.9% of women in Spain experience menstrual…
Providing farmworkers with health insurance is worth it for their employers − new research
Agricultural employers who provide farmworkers with health insurance earn higher profits, even after accounting for the cost of that coverage. In addition, farmworkers who get health insurance through their employers…
People who are easily distracted by smartphones are more physiologically reactive, less attuned to their bodies: Study
Credit: Image created using ChatGPT-4.5. Haruki et al., 2025. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Over the past few decades, some studies have raised important questions about the psychological implications of…
Public housing smoking ban can reduce heart attacks and strokes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A paper, “Evaluation of Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policy and Health Outcomes Among Adults Over the Age of 50 in Low-Income, Public Housing in New York…
Music Choice Can Harm Productivity
Summary: A new study shows that background music in workplaces can harm employee mood, energy, and job performance when it doesn’t match individual needs. This “music misfit” effect leads to…
Advances in the treatment of type 1 diabetes
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Recent decades have seen a lot of progress in diabetes treatment. In a new study, Per-Ola Carlsson, Professor of Medical Cell Biology, has obtained promising results.…
Housing instability complicates end-of-life care for aging unhoused populations
Research estimates that one-third or more of the unhoused population in the U.S. is age 50 or older. Unhoused people of all ages face high rates of chronic and serious…
Animal tranquilizers found in illegal opioids may suppress the lifesaving medication naloxone − and cause more overdose deaths
The animal tranquilizers xylazine and medetomidine are in approximately one-third of the illegal opioids available in the U.S., including fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone. Animal tranquilizers enhance the user’s euphoric high…
