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Family safety can be affected when someone close has substance use issues. The study looked at partners and parents of adults with alcohol or other substance use issues. It asked whether these relatives were more likely to report physical harm, sexual harm, or emotional abuse in the past five years. It also checked how that exposure related to their well-being. The work used a one-time survey analysis of answers from 17,640 Norwegian adults. Everyone was 23 or older. The data came from the 2023 Norwegian Counties Public Health Survey. The team adjusted for age and socioeconomic status. They also separated findings by gender. A latent regression model tested how family exposure related to well-being. Partners and parents of people with substance use issues reported higher odds of violence

Researchers surveyed college students in March 2023 using an online questionnaire. After removing straight line answers they kept 394 valid responses. Of those 372 knew whether they had been infected and 298 confirmed a past infection. The survey asked about infection history, recovery time and any lingering physical issues. Having had COVID did not by itself raise anxiety levels. However the number of physical symptoms during recovery was linked to higher anxiety. The length of recovery did not show a significant link. Students reporting many symptoms tended to feel more worried. Those with few symptoms reported lower anxiety. Two specific symptoms stood out. Memory decline and chest pain were each associated with greater anxiety. Memory problems included forgetfulness and difficulty co

Researchers looked at Chinese drug makers listed on the A‑share market from 2003 to 2024. They built a climate risk perception score by reading the words in each company’s yearly report. The score shows how much managers think climate change could hurt their business. The analysis found that when this perception goes up, the firms’ supply chains become more resilient. The result holds even when different measures or model settings are used. Three main drivers explain the link. First, companies invest more in green innovation. Second, they build tighter bonds with key suppliers. Third, they spread their sales across more customers so no single buyer dominates. The effect is strongest for state‑owned enterprises, for smaller firms, and for those whose leaders are more risk‑averse. The stu

Researchers looked at over three hundred college students. They wanted to see how daily habits link to grades. The team found two clear groups. One group kept steady routines. The other group had chaotic schedules. The difference in grades was huge. Breakfast came up big time. Students who ate breakfast every day did way better. Those who skipped it sometimes had seven times the risk of low grades. Students who never ate breakfast? Their risk jumped thirty times higher. That is a massive gap. Gaming hours told a similar story. Playing less than two hours a day seemed fine. But four to six hours daily raised the risk fivefold. More than six hours? The risk shot up thirteen times. These patterns held up across genders and school years. The researchers used a smart clustering method. They

A two‑year vigorous workout plan was tested in people with type 2 diabetes whose kidneys were losing function quickly. Real‑world data on long‑term activity for this group are scarce. The trial included 103 adults from 21 clinics. They were split into two groups. One group did weekly, supervised vigorous sessions led by specialist trainers. The other group followed standard advice to move more. After two years, the vigorous group’s VO₂ peak rose from about 19. 3 to 22. 0 ml per minute per kilogram. The control group’s value stayed around 19. 9 to 19. 7. Sitting time and moderate‑to‑vigorous activity stayed the same, whether measured by questionnaires or wearable devices. Attendance dropped as the study progressed. The improvement shows the plan can boost heart fitness, which is linked to lo

Researchers examined 120 patients with a severe bleed inside the brain. All cases came from the neurology department of a hospital in Hubei, covering the period from January 2025 to January 2026. The goal was to find out whether adding a pressure check after clot removal changes patient outcomes. After surgery, the patients were divided into two arms. One arm received the standard clot evacuation plus an external ventricular drain that continuously measures intracranial pressure. The other arm received only the clot evacuation. To ensure the groups were similar, the investigators applied propensity score matching at a one‑to‑one ratio, which left 57 individuals in each arm. Once matched, the two arms showed no significant difference in the amount of blood lost during the operation or in

Scientists studied the genetics behind celiac disease in southern Brazil. They looked at 171 people with the condition and 195 healthy controls. The team sequenced HLA genes at high resolution and checked 16 other genetic markers linked to celiac in earlier studies. Controls had no diagnosis, no affected family members, and tested negative for anti-TTG antibodies. Most patients carried two key HLA combinations. The first, called DQ2. 5, showed up in 51. 7% of cases. The second, DQ2. 2, appeared in 40. 2%. These are the same genetic signatures often tied to celiac disease worldwide. One ancestral group of HLA genes, known as the 8. 1 haplotype, raised the odds of getting celiac by 6. 5 times. Other HLA types like DQA1*01:02:01 and DRB1*13:01:01 were more common in healthy people, suggesting the