Have you ever felt an unexpected sense of calm while walking barefoot on grass? Or noticed your stress begin to fade as you stood ankle deep in the ocean? If so, you may have unknowingly “grounded” yourself to the Earth.
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ANKARA, TURKIYE – MARCH 25: In this photo illustration, Meta logo is being displayed on a mobile … More
Meta recently announced it will be using artificial intelligence to detect teen accounts on Instagram, identify whether they are lying about their age and then switch their accounts from standard to teen accounts. AI will use engagement data as well as signals…
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Once considered rare, early-onset cancer is now an alarming reality. More young adults are getting … More
Cancer is typically thought of as a disease of aging. That is changing, unfortunately. Early-onset cancer is surging in people under age 50. Cancer is now a disease young people increasingly need to worry about.
And it’s not just one or two rare malignancies. A new U.S. government study found that the…
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New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body’s immune response in advanced ovarian cancer. The findings offer new insights into immune suppression in ovarian cancer and open promising avenues for future immunotherapy approaches.
Over 70% of patients with ovarian cancer are diagnosed at an advanced stage, often presenting with large volumes of ascites. This ascites fluid not only supports…
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Packaging for AbbVie’s drug, Humira (adalimumab). The Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation in … More
In a unique legal challenge, the Dutch…
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What is the perception of patients regarding their doctors using marijuana? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how patient perceptions regarding their doctors using marijuana outside of work, especially since marijuana continues to be categorized as a Schedule 1 substance per the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. This study has the potential to help…
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Millions of kilometres of rivers around the world are carrying antibiotic pollution at levels high enough to promote drug resistance and harm aquatic life, a McGill University-led study warns.
Published in PNAS Nexus, the study is the first to estimate the scale of global river contamination from human antibiotics use. Researchers calculated that about 8,500 tonnes of antibiotics — nearly one-third of what people consume annually — end up in river systems around the world each year even…
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By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA’s environment, researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that strand separation — the essential process a “resting” double helix undergoes before it can initiate replication or make repairs — may take more mechanical force than the field previously believed.
Most biochemistry labs that study DNA isolate it within a water-based solution that allows scientists to manipulate DNA without interacting with other molecules. They…
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The American Medical Association Friday named as its new CEO Dr. John J. Whyte a former chief … More
The American Medical Association named as…
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Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose — and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases.
What do a millennia-old human from the Black Sea region and modern HIV medicine have in common?
Quite a lot, it turns out, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen.
18-25 percent of the Danish population carries a genetic mutation that can make them resistant or even immune to HIV. This…
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