While manufacturers say they are marketing oral nicotine pouches as a safer alternative for people who already smoke, nonsmokers and young people are being drawn to them, a large-scale study found.
Children referred to child protective services are more likely to be victims of violence.
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Kids most likely to wind up in the ER due to violence often have common early childhood experiences. Can schools use this information to prevent future injuries?
Mushrooms with psilocybin can be fresh or dried and have long, slender stems with caps that have dark gills.
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Researchers found a sharp rise in calls to US poison centers about magic mushrooms coincided with their decriminalization in several US cities and states.
Fluctuating hormones affect the frequency of seizures at multiple times in women’s lives. So we need to tailor their therapies accordingly.
Part algae, part red blood cell, these microrobots can travel to hard-to-reach tumors deep in the lungs.
From Zhang et al., Sci. Adv. 10, eadn6157 (2024)
Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers more about how human names evolved.
Sea cucumbers convert organic material that accumulates on the seafloor into biomass.
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Sea cucumbers have been overharvested for centuries. At the same time, coral reefs have declined as well. Research suggests that saving the former may help restore the latter.
Targeted marketing may play a role in increasing alcohol consumption among women.
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Prior encounters with police didn’t negatively affect student views of campus police, but perceptions varied among students from different ethnic and racial groups and LGBTQ+ students.
Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity; Social and Healty Equity Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York