Expertise isn’t easy to pass down. Take riding a bike: A seasoned cyclist might talk a beginner through the basics of how to sit and when to push off. But other skills, like how hard to pedal to keep balanced, are more intuitive and harder to…
Category: 8. Health
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Eye tracking and brain signals reveal how some skills become second nature
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Machine-learning immune-system analysis study may hold clues to personalized medicine
How people with compromised immune systems respond to vaccines is an important area of immunological research. A study led by York University has found that not only could machine-learning models accurately pinpoint differences in healthy…
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Alcohol abstinence enables regeneration even in advanced liver cirrhosis
Consistent and permanent abstinence from alcohol can lead to the regression of existing liver-related complications, even in cases of advanced alcohol-related cirrhosis. This is shown by an international multicentre study led by MedUni Vienna,…
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AI-based liquid biopsy may detect liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and chronic disease signals
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based liquid biopsy test using genome-wide cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentation patterns and repeat landscapes can detect early liver fibrosis and…
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Functional photoacoustic microscopy reaches super-resolution by tracking red blood cells
The brain relies on real-time delivery of oxygen and nutrients through its microvasculature, which threads through neural tissue like electrical wires. While modern imaging technologies allow researchers to follow the activity of individual…
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Cost and confusion drive COPD medication misuse, studies suggest
Medication nonadherence among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a result of affordability and lack of knowledge about medications, among other factors, and leads to increased exacerbations and faster lung function…
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Ongoing problems with kids' heart transplant waitlists found in two studies
More babies and children survive the wait for a heart transplant than in the past, but improvements are due to better medical care, not changes to waitlist rules, a new study finds. The method used across the United States to waitlist children…
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We need to talk about risk in multiple sclerosis
We need to talk about risk in multiple sclerosis
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Prenatal and postnatal risk factors associated with Kawasaki disease up to 3 years of age
Kawasaki, T. Acute febrile mucocutaneous syndrome with lymphoid involvement with specific desquamation of the fingers and toes in children. Arerugi 16, 178–222 (1967).
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Mapping nocturnal arousal across sleep and pain disorders
Scarpetta, S. et al. Criticality of neuronal avalanches in human sleep and their relationship with sleep macro- and micro-architecture. iScience 26, 107840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107840 (2023).
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