Category: 4. Health

On an October afternoon in 2022, Dillon Gabriel lay motionless on the turf, his head slammed into the ground by a late hit. The Oklahoma quarterback had just suffered a concussion—one that sidelined him, shook his confidence and reshaped his sense of purpose.

Now, after leading Oregon to an undefeated season, becoming a Heisman finalist and on the…

Heat and humidity contributed to kidney damage and disease in the San Luis Valley in Colorado between 1984 and 1998, according to our recently published work in the peer-reviewed journal Weather, Climate, and Society.

The San Luis Valley is the largest high valley desert in North America. Many of its residents work in agriculture and are exposed to worsening air quality. That decline is due to increased wildfires, dust and temperatures, in combination with low humidity. This change was…

The last two years have witnessed explosive growth in the implementation of artificial intelligence for big healthcare organizations as well as large pharmaceutical companies. Initially, these investments were approached with pause, purely because the value proposition for AI use cases was still unclear. However, over time, as the technology stack has improved significantly and more emphasis has been placed on developing…

Centene reported first quarter profits of $1.3 billion as membership and premium revenue grew thanks to a big increase in Obamacare…

New research published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia suggests that even light levels of exercise may slow cognitive decline in individuals at risk of Alzheimer’s.

The Phase 3 randomized controlled trial included 296 older adults (ages 65 to 89) who had amnesic mild cognitive impairment, a significant risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s. Participants were randomized to two groups; the first group participated in moderate to high…

University of South Australia researchers have developed an innovative solution to increase the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) to treat symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and other neurodegenerative disorders. The study published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences suggests that patients could achieve more consistent and effective results with lower doses of oral CBD if the solution includes a phospholipid…

A new study published in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity has shown that a combination of step tracking and mindfulness training could improve motivation to exercise.

The randomized controlled trial featured 109 participants who were randomized to two groups. The first group received an activity monitor and were assigned a daily step goal of 8,000 steps per day. The second group were assigned to a 30-day mindfulness intervention in…

Imagine accelerating the discovery of new therapeutics through the development of AI models for mining drug-cell interactions at unprecedented resolution. Tahoe Therapeutics (formerly Vevo) new release may have redefined the race to map the human cellular landscape in cancer.

In an unusual move, Tahoe Therapeutics has released “Tahoe 100M”, a massive open-source dataset encompassing 100 million single-cell data points and 60,000 experiments,…

Exposomics explores…

How can psychedelic drugs influence critical thinking and creativity? This is what a recent study published in PLOS One hopes to address as a pair of researchers from the University of Graz in Austria investigated a link between a commonly known sense of connectedness of psychedelic drug use and creativity in users. This study has the potential to help researchers better understand the benefits of psychedelics while working to erode the negative…