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Most adults don't trust health care to use AI responsibly and without harm, survey finds

A study finds that 65.8% of adults surveyed had low trust in their health care system to use artificial intelligence responsibly and 57.7% had low trust in their health care systems to make sure an AI tool would not harm ...

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Pokémon Sleep app helps reveal relationship between sleep and nutrition

Diet and sleep, which are essential for human survival, are interrelated. However, recently, various services and mobile applications have been introduced for the self-management of health, allowing users to record and gather ...

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Analyzing new OSHA data sets would help prevent injuries

Injury data sets that OSHA now makes public are an underused resource in preventing workplace injuries. Maintaining and facilitating access to these data would help the United States bring down the "unacceptably high risk" ...

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Valentine's Day: Why physical affection can boost your health

In the opening scene of Love, Actually, Hugh Grant's character says how, whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world, he thinks about the arrivals gate at Heathrow airport. The reason is on screen: we see couples ...

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Study reveals birthweight inequities among Hispanic subgroups

A study published in SSM—Population Health sheds light on significant variations in birthweights among Hispanic subgroups in New York City, challenging the common practice of treating the Hispanic population as a homogenous ...

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Q&A: The spread of the bird flu virus

While a pandemic is not inevitable, the spread of the bird flu virus, also known as H5N1, has surpassed worrisome milestones in the United States. In the past year, chicken flocks at poultry farms have been decimated, sending ...

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AI in medicine—a threat to patient autonomy?

The medical use of artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to undermine patients' ability to make personalized decisions. New research by Dr. Christian Günther, scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social ...

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Pesticides causing widespread harm to animals and plants: Study

Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing behavioral changes in animals not meant to be targeted, according to a large-scale study published on ...

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Less-restrictive vaping laws linked to faster smoking decline

University of Queensland researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public health outcomes. Their study ...

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WHO facing 'new realities' as US withdrawal looms

The World Health Organization on Tuesday wrapped up its executive board meeting, held against the backdrop of the United States—by far its largest donor—heading for the exit.