Day June 23, 2024

Imagine arriving at your hotel after a long flight and being greeted by your own personal sleep butler. They present you with a pillow menu and invite you to a sleep meditation session later that day. You unpack in a…

Study co-authors Kosuke Imai (left) and James Greiner. Credit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer Should artificial intelligence be used to improve decision-making in the court of law? According to a new working paper posted to the arXiv preprint server, not only…

Recent algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI) are often referred to as “black box” models, meaning their inputs and operations are not visible to the user or any other party, making their decisions difficult to interpret. eXplainable AI (XAI) is a…

We’re seeing more big cars on our roads, especially large wagon-style vehicles with a four- or all-wheel drive, known as sport utility vehicles or SUVs. For every passenger car sold in Australia, almost three SUVs are sold. Vehicles such as…

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting many aspects of modern life, and the news industry is no exception. In a year with a record-breaking number of elections worldwide, there has been considerable soul-searching about the potential effect of so-called…

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels The long, warm days of summer unlock countless opportunities for fun and make the school break a great time to re-calibrate family rules around screen use. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital pediatrician and screen time researcher…

People with type 2 diabetes who are treated with GLP-1 agonists have a decreased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal eClinicalMedicine. Drugs known as GLP-1 agonists or GLP-1 analogs have…

Conversations around fertility are often centered around women. Infertility is not just an issue occurring among females; males also experience infertility. A Baylor College of Medicine urologist explains the factors affecting male fertility. “With fertility, you can’t finger point. It’s…

While heat is the number one weather-related cause of death in the United States, many of these deaths are preventable, says an emergency medicine doctor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Dr. Stephanie Lareau says it is vital…

Drinking patterns identified in Europe, based on alcohol per capita consumption and drinking status indicators. CD = current drinkers; HED = heavy episodic drinkers; LA = lifetime abstainers. Credit: Addiction (2024). DOI: 10.1111 A new study of drinking patterns across…

Both scholars and journalists have raised concerns that social media use might push down vaccination rates by spreading misinformation about vaccines. The relationship between social media use and vaccine uptake has never been properly examined, however. In a new paper,…

Functions of senescent cells. Credit: Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126 The quest for rejuvenation treatments often targets senescent cells, despite them having a positive physiological role in health in many recent cases, a leading researcher has warned. In a paper published…

Study design. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001 Research led in part by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) finds that the most common cerebral small-vessel disease feature seen in brain…

The top row of photos show a microscopic view of healthy muscle fibers stained to reveal a variety of irregularities, while the bottom row shows the same but for muscle fibers afflicted by the disease LGMD2B. Notice any differences? Neither…

Antibiotic shortages have become a big challenge for child health. For example, amoxicillin and cephalexin are among the most commonly prescribed antibiotics for children, used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. Both have had shortages of their liquid formulations…

A member of the FLiRT family of COVID variants called KP.3 is the dominant variant in the U.S. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says wastewater detection of COVID-19 is high or very high in…

According to a National Poll on Healthy Aging, 93% of people in the U.S. between 50–80 years old report experiencing at least one form of ageism from other people. Internalized ageism is when a person believes ageist ideas about themselves,…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016 Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have demonstrated that therapeutically restoring “youthful” levels of a specific subunit of the telomerase enzyme can significantly reduce the signs and symptoms of…

Nurse Megan Roberts cares for a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in 2020. A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that people with COVID-19 who used cannabis were…

Credit: Evan Galib from Pexels Khat—the stimulant leaves and twigs of the plant Catha edulis—seemed to have secure legal status in Kenya despite being illegal elsewhere. It had been declared an official cash crop in 2016, and efforts were under…

Prof Dean Ho with a glucose monitor patch on his arm. Credit: Prof Dean Ho It is estimated that over 1 billion people in the world are affected by metabolic syndrome–which includes conditions such as insulin resistance, obesity, high blood…

Abortion care providers in North Carolina report spending more time on administrative tasks, voice frustration with new required consent forms, have feelings of anxiety and burnout, and fear for the future pipeline of providers since the state adopted regulations in…

Credit: Oncotarget (2024). DOI: 10.18632 Conventional tumor markers may serve as adjuncts in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) management. In a new study, researchers Scott Strum, Mark Vincent, Meghan Gipson, Eric McArthur, and Daniel Breadner from the Schulich School of…

Policing is a profession that features shift work and long hours, both of which can lead to insufficient sleep and fatigue. Because of the unique demands of the job, fatigue raises risks related to decision making, impulse control, driving, and…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Genomics (2024). DOI: 10.1016 Researchers at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and collaborating institutions have made a discovery that could significantly advance our understanding of genomic disorders. Their latest study, published in the journal Cell…

New research has found that 4 in 5 Australian psychologists have gaps in their knowledge on dissociation—a common psychobiological response to trauma that can disrupt memory, emotion, and identity—and cannot accurately identify dissociation symptoms. The paper is published in the…

The cumulative risk for advanced gastric cancer varies from 6.5 to 10.3% for carriers of germline CDH1 pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants, according to a study published online June 14 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with…

First-line ibrutinib is associated with better outcomes than chemoimmunotherapy among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to a study published online May 13 in Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia. Nilanjan Ghosh, M.D., Ph.D., from the Levine Cancer Institute in…

The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is independently associated with all-cause mortality among patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online June 12 in ESC Heart Failure. Yang Chen, from the Sun Yat-sen University in…

by Xia & He Publishing Inc. We summarize the clinical experience and evidence for conversion therapy in patients with “potentially resectable” HCC from four perspectives. Credit: Ming Zhao, Ning Lyu, Qi-Feng Chen, Song Chen Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) presents significant challenges…

The forest plot to describe adjusted Hazard ratio for in-hospital all-cause mortality in the multivariate Cox regression model. The names of covariates included in the cox regression model were listed on the left of the figure and adjusted HR, 95%…

ADGRF5 is crucial for maintaining GFB integrity and function, with its deletion causing significant kidney defects and impaired function. Credit: Tokyo Tech Glomerulus, the fundamental filtering unit of the kidney, is an intricate network of capillaries—small blood vessels that regulate…

New datan analysis by University of Bath and Lund University academics reveals that public health in the UK could be undermined by a failing system of drug company self-regulation. The research shows that drug companies are consistently violating their industry…

by Xia & He Publishing Inc. Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology (2024). DOI: 10.14218 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), now reclassified as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and its more severe form, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH),…

by Xia & He Publishing Inc. Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology (2024). DOI: 10.14218 Hepatic lipid homeostasis is critical for both cellular function and overall metabolic health. Disruptions in lipid homeostasis can lead to fatty liver…

Histopathological findings of fur animals infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, Finland, July–October 2023 (n?=?3). Credit: Eurosurveillance (2024). DOI: 10.2807 Between July and October 2023, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) was detected in animals on 27 fur…

In an editorial, researchers Gregory L. Guzik and Ankit Mangla from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center discuss angiosarcomas—mesenchymal tumors that arise from the…