Category: 8. Health

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  • A multimodal data framework for motorcyclist injury severity on rural undivided roads

  • NHTSA & Traffic Safety, F. 2022 Data | Motocycles. (NHTSA, 2024).

  • IIHS-HLDI. Fatality Facts 2023: Motorcycles and ATVs. IIHS-HLDI crash testing and highway safety (2025).

  • TxDOT C.R.I.S. Query: Crash Records Information System. TxDOT Crash Query…

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  • Q&A: What is glaucoma and what are the main symptoms to look out for?

    Q&A: What is glaucoma and what are the main symptoms to look out for?

    Researchers have predicted that cases of glaucoma, a common eye condition that can lead to blindness if not treated, are expected to increase around the world in the coming years.

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  • Developing a human hepatocyte model with enhanced drug-metabolizing enzyme activity

    Developing a human hepatocyte model with enhanced drug-metabolizing enzyme activity

    A research team led by Associate Professor Shinpei Yamaguchi and the late Professor Masako Tada of the Faculty of Science, together with Professor Yojiro Anzai and Lecturer Yohei Iizaka of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Toho…

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  • World-first safety guide for public use of AI health chatbots

    World-first safety guide for public use of AI health chatbots

    As members of the public increasingly turn to AI with health concerns, University of Birmingham researchers are leading a global program to build the first definitive guide for safely navigating health information on AI-powered chatbots.

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  • Smartphone photos may be misleading doctors and putting patients at risk: New research

    Smartphone photos may be misleading doctors and putting patients at risk: New research

    It’s an increasingly common scenario. You fill in an online form to request an appointment with a doctor, and back comes a link asking you to upload a photo of your ailment. You pick up your phone, a couple of clicks and it’s sent. While you wait…

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  • ‘One year of failure.’ The Lancet slams RFK Jr.’s first year as health chief : NPR

    ‘One year of failure.’ The Lancet slams RFK Jr.’s first year as health chief : NPR

    FILE – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before…

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  • SNL’s Will Forte On How Huntington’s Disease Has Become A Family Issue

    SNL’s Will Forte On How Huntington’s Disease Has Become A Family Issue

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  • One-question screen may flag hoarding in Alzheimer's and other dementias

    One-question screen may flag hoarding in Alzheimer's and other dementias

    Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have developed a simple, one-question screening tool that could help doctors quickly identify hoarding behaviors in patients with memory loss and other brain disorders. Early detection, they…

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  • In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT

    In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT

    An AI assist?

    The author of the MMWR report, county health official Katherine Houser, noted that the beer-tent workers were hesitant to give details because they didn’t want to get any of their community members in…

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