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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Dec-2025 02:11 ET (27-Dec-2025 07:11 GMT/UTC)

New study reveals long-term impacts on Stevens-Johnson syndrome survivors

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) survivors encounter rare, life-threatening drug reactions and years of physical, emotional and social consequences long after leaving the hospital, according to a study published today in JAMA Dermatology.

Journal: JAMA Dermatology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Childfree people exist in developing countries

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new analysis suggests that some developing countries have unexpectedly large numbers of childfree people; that is, people who have not had children and do not want to in the future. Zachary Neal and Jennifer Neal of Michigan State University, U.S., present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on November 12, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

Majority of 117 surveyed Georgia women would support abortion at 14 weeks, beyond current legal limit

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Among a cross-sectional group of women of reproductive age in Georgia, 76% supported the legality of abortion access at six weeks and 60% supported it at 14 weeks, according to a new study published November 12, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Stephanie Eick of Emory University, U.S. The current state policy, effective since July 2022, limits abortion to six weeks.

Journal: PLOS One

The vast North American Phosphoria Rock Complex might be rich in silica because it was home to millions of sea sponges almost 300 million years ago, whose fossils were misdiagnosed until now

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The vast North American Phosphoria Rock Complex might be rich in silica because it was home to millions of sea sponges almost 300 million years ago, whose fossils were misdiagnosed until now

Journal: PLOS One

Dutch Afghanistan veterans with battle-related injuries report a similar physical and psychological quality of life as they did five years prior in a ten-year follow-up study

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dutch Afghanistan veterans with battle-related injuries report a similar physical and psychological quality of life as they did five years prior in a ten-year follow-up study

Journal: PLOS One

Loneliness in young adults - especially educated females - often coexists alongside friendship and social connectedness, and might instead be linked with experiencing major life changes, per large US study

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Loneliness in young adults - especially educated females - often coexists alongside friendship and social connectedness, and might instead be linked with experiencing major life changes, per large US study

Journal: PLOS One

Alcohol, cocaine use, and cigarette use are positively correlated with problematic pornography use (PPU), though studies saw no significant correlation between use of other substances and PPU, finds scoping review

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Alcohol, cocaine use, and cigarette use are positively correlated with problematic pornography use (PPU), though studies saw no significant correlation between use of other substances and PPU, finds scoping review.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health

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