Category: 5. Health
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Better Care For Women 65+
Kristen Helton at the Herself Health Crystal clinic in Minneapolis opening Herself Health provides comprehensive solutions to improve the health and quality of life of women 65 and over Kristen Helton, CEO of Herself Health— a network of clinics designed for women 65 and older—is tackling the… Continue Reading
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Tech And Travel Woes Keep UK Patients From Key Hospital Appointments
Buses, vans and cares are pictured on a road in Glasgow, Scotland. getty Travel difficulties, communication issues and stress are stopping patients across the U.K. from attending their hospital appointments. Eight million people missed a scheduled appointment over the last year at a cost of… Continue Reading
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Clinical study confirms tissue stiffening in breast cancer can drive metastasis
A study published in Clinical Cancer Research confirmed that tissue stiffening in the most common types of breast cancer, HER2-negative, can directly cause disease progression and metastasis, leading to detrimental outcomes for patients. The work was a collaboration between researchers at the… Continue Reading
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How climate change will impact outdoor activities in the US
It can be hard to connect a certain amount of average global warming with one’s everyday experience, so researchers at MIT have devised a different approach to quantifying the direct impact of climate change. Instead of focusing on global averages, they came up with the concept of “outdoor… Continue Reading
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A fully automated AI-based system for assessing IVF embryo quality
A new artificial intelligence-based system can accurately assess the chromosomal status of in vitro-fertilized (IVF) embryos using only time-lapse video images of the embryos and maternal age, according to a study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The new system, called “BELA,” and… Continue Reading
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Bilingualism may maintain protection against Alzheimer’s
Bilingualism has long been known to have cognitive benefits for older adults. Research shows it helping delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease by up to five years compared to monolingual adults. This is one of several lifestyle factors that may contribute to brain resilience as we age. In a new… Continue Reading
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Expanding access to weight-loss drugs could save thousands of lives a year
Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a new study led by researchers at Yale School of Public Health and the University of Florida. The findings highlight the critical need to remove… Continue Reading
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Starving cancer cells of fat may improve cancer treatment
Cutting off cancer cells’ access to fat may help a specific type of cancer treatment work more effectively, reports a study by Van Andel Institute scientists. The findings, published in Cell Chemical Biology, lay the groundwork for developing tailored dietary strategies to help anti-cancer… Continue Reading
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Structural biology analysis of a Pseudomonas bacterial virus reveals a genome ejection motor
The viruses that infect bacteria are the most abundant biological entities on the planet. For example, a recent simple study of 92 showerheads and 36 toothbrushes from American bathrooms found more than 600 types of bacterial viruses, commonly called bacteriophages or phages. A teaspoon of… Continue Reading
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Limits of BCI For People With Disability
BCI will enable new contributors to participate in our economy, setting up larger questions about … [+] the value of productivity and the cost-benefit of this technology Created using GPT-4o with DALL-E Tabi Haly is a victim of her own success: She got so good at living and working with a… Continue Reading