What is the trick to aging successfully? If you’re curious about learning the answer, you might already be on the right track, according to an international team of psychologists including several from UCLA. Their research shows that some forms of curiosity can increase well into old age and…
Category: 5. Health
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A pipette that can activate individual neurons
Researchers at Linköping University have developed a new type of pipette that can deliver ions to individual neurons without affecting the sensitive extracellular milieu. Controlling the concentration of different ions can provide important insights into how individual braincells are affected,…
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Transforming hospital sanitation: Autonomous robots for wiping and UV-C disinfection
Professor Keehoon Kim and Ph.D. candidate Jaewon Byun from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) have developed an “Intelligent Autonomous Wiping and UV-C Disinfection Robot” capable of automating hospital disinfection processes. This…
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Obesity a leading cause of knee osteoarthritis
New research from the University of Sydney reveals that obesity, having a knee injury and occupational risks such as shift work and lifting heavy loads are primary causes of knee osteoarthritis.
nd women twice as likely to develop the condition than men- Consuming a Mediterranean diet and…
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Discovery of antibiotic resistance in newly identified bacterium
Staphylococcus borealis has been found to be resistant to several different types of antibiotics, posing a potentially significant problem for the elderly.
In 2020, a research group at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø discovered a previously unknown bacterium. You may have heard of…
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Groundbreaking device instantly detects dangerous street drugs, offering hope for harm reduction
A portable device that can instantly detect dangerous street drugs at extremely low concentrations has been developed at the University of Bath in the UK.
The device, which is being trialled by drug-checking services in the UK, Norway and New Zealand, can identify substances such as…
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Viruses under the super microscope: How influenza viruses communicate with cells
Influenza viruses are among the most likely triggers of future pandemics. A research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Medical Center — University of Freiburg has developed a method that can be used to study the interaction of viruses with host cells in…
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New algorithms can help GPs predict which of their patients have undiagnosed cancer
Two new advanced predictive algorithms use information about a person’s health conditions and simple blood tests to accurately predict a patient’s chances of having a currently undiagnosed cancer, including hard to diagnose liver and oral cancers. The new models could revolutionise how cancer is…
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The Deterioration Not-For-Profit Health Plans
Non-profit health plans pride themselves on putting patients before profits. Will they still be … More
Walk into any boardroom of a nonprofit, community-based health plan in America, and you will encounter smart, mission-driven leaders trying to balance their…
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