https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Artificial intelligence can detect and interpret social features between people from images and videos almost as reliably as humans, according to a new study from the University of Turku in Finland published in the journal Imaging Neuroscience. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-ai-social-situations-similar-humans.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:34:04 EDT news676298042 The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn their target audience not to be "sheep" and not to let themselves be told what to believe by "mainstream" voices, the "deep state" or other bogey men. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-bad-arguments-convincing-ten-logic.html Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:50:01 EDT news674991699 AI can help public health agencies in the quest to end HIV. The United States is pursuing an initiative to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. To achieve this goal, public health agencies and organizations must remind the public about how best to avoid transmitting and acquiring the virus. Public health campaigns are costly, their effectiveness is seldom systematically assessed, and no systematic methods have been developed to build health campaigns in real-time. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-ai-persuasive-hiv-health-messages.html Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:41:03 EDT news669382862 New research at ACR Convergence 2023, the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) annual meeting, describes the expansion of a novel program to train primary care physicians (PCPs) in the diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Native American communities that have little or no access to rheumatology care. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-11-rheumatology-native-american-primary-physicians.html Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:37:05 EST news618597422 Movement and some physical responses—including heart rate, breathing rate, and the electrical conductivity of skin (suggesting excitement)—may synchronize between audience members at classical concerts, suggests a study of 132 people published in Scientific Reports. Individuals rated more highly for personality traits such as agreeableness or openness were more likely to synchronize with other audience members. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-classical-symphonies-synchronized-physical-responses.html Thu, 05 Oct 2023 11:00:01 EDT news615716962 A research group led by Dr. Ayako Shiozawa of the Department of Collaborative Regional Infection Control, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, conducted a questionnaire survey involving eating and drinking services at Ota to assess whether information on infection prevention measures disseminated during COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) pandemic reached the target population appropriately. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-japanese-survey-infection-covid-audience.html Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:34:20 EDT news599927657 The coronavirus has become a feature of life in our society. But how does the virus work precisely? Researchers at the University of Maastricht have produced a unique animated video that visualizes the life cycle of the virus for a general audience using real-life microscopic images of infected cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-wider-audience-visualize-life-coronavirus.html Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:32:13 EST news589739529 A cautionary tale has developed a new twist this year, as an alarming opioid has become the latest drug feared to be lurking inside trick-or-treat hauls for Halloween. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-rainbow-fentanyl-halloween-experts-absolutely.html Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:11:03 EDT news586019461 The majority of apps preschool-aged children use are designed to make money off their digital experiences, a new study suggests. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-commonly-monetize-young-children-app.html Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:00:01 EDT news574662073 It's no mystery why online games became an even-more popular pastime during the COVID-19 pandemic: They provide entertainment and social connection, while also keeping our brains stimulated. A new AI-powered game developed by a team of Johns Hopkins undergraduates aims to bring those positive benefits to older adults in retirement communities. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-ai-powered-board-game-social-isolation.html Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:40:01 EDT news570360111 The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update) today in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Tympanostomy tubes, also called ear tubes, are effective in reducing or eliminating middle ear infections and eliminating persistent middle ear fluid and hearing loss that is related to middle ear fluid. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-clinical-guideline-tympanostomy-tube-surgery.html Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:25:18 EST news563639115 New research has suggested that some public audiences around the world are motivated to take part in genetic research if they receive their results back, but this is not the only motivating factor for many. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-genetic-results.html Fri, 04 Feb 2022 09:25:09 EST news563189103 The COVID-19 pandemic tested our institutions and societies, from the global to the local, in unprecedented ways. And the sheer speed of the novel coronavirus's spread meant that scientists, public health officials and medical professionals were left scrambling to understand it in real time, as the death toll rose. It may be one of the most complex and challenging public health crises the world has ever known. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-complexity-scientists-covid-pandemic.html Tue, 09 Nov 2021 07:35:44 EST news555665742 Without an audience, men run slower and women run faster. The lack of spectators during the coronavirus pandemic appears to have had a noticeable effect on the performance of athletes at the 2020 Biathlon World Cup, a new study by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Psychology of Sport and Exercise shows. According to the new analysis, women also performed better in complex tasks, such as shooting, when an audience was present while men did not. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-men-women-react-differently-lack.html Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:07:49 EDT news543578858 Public health campaigns that challenge weight stigma and promote body positivity can boost the health and well-being for people of all body sizes, according to a University of Queensland study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-message-body-positivity.html Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:21:40 EDT news536314898 Researchers have used new techniques to make films more accessible to visually impaired audiences. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-techniques-accessible-visually-impaired-audiences.html Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:18:22 EDT news523268299 Information about COVID-19 offered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House, and state health departments failed to meet recommendations for communicating with the public, according to a Dartmouth study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-federal-state-websites-flunk-covid-.html Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:00:03 EDT news516966857 A pair of psychologists at Goldsmiths, University of London has found that embedding primes in a person's speech and gestures can influence people's decision-making. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Alice Pailhès and Gustav Kuhn describe experiments they conducted with volunteers and primes and what they learned from them. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-psychologists-embedding-primes-person-speech.html Mon, 27 Jul 2020 09:23:50 EDT news515060622 The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Nosebleed (Epistaxis) today in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. A nosebleed is a common medical condition that occurs at some point in at least 60 percent of people in the United States. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-nosebleed-epistaxis-clinical-guideline.html Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:16:48 EST news497632604 New research has shown that hot drink scalds were the commonest cause of children under five presenting to emergency departments, and that only one in four children received adequate first aid before getting to hospital. These two key findings have led to the design of a national campaign called SafeTea launched today, Wednesday 16 October, National Burns Awareness Day. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-hot-common-young-children.html Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:21:54 EDT news490432909 When classical musicians improvise, audiences' brainwaves reveal they are more engaged and rate the performances higher. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-audiences-classical-music.html Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:00:04 EDT news480671754 Time-out as a method of discipline for toddlers and young children is a hot topic among parents and educators. Is it harmful? Does it damage the attachment bond between parent and child? New research says no. It is still one of the most effective discipline strategies. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-03-time-outs-children-unwarranted-bad-rap.html Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:16:55 EDT news472724204 It's the archetypal child's drawing—family, pet, maybe a house and garden, and the child themselves. Yet how do children represent themselves in their drawings, and does this representation alter according to who will look at the picture? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-children.html Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:00:02 EST news467559362 It has long been accepted that regular exercise can assist in helping to prevent or reduce the risk of a multitude of health problems. However, a new study on US audiences published in the Journal of Health Communication, reports that the public respondents to a survey were largely unaware that an insufficient level of exercise can contribute to an increased risk of certain types of cancer, such as colon and breast. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-unaware-cancer.html Thu, 09 Aug 2018 00:20:01 EDT news452969661 Often, people think performing in front of others will make them mess up, but a new study led by a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist found the opposite: being watched makes people do better. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-audience-people.html Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:55:51 EDT news443440542 The average person around the world spent nearly three hours a day in front their television last year, according to a report released Monday. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-americans-world-biggest-tv-addicts.html Mon, 09 Apr 2018 08:31:09 EDT news442481438 If you enjoy listening to music, a live performance is where that enjoyment will peak, according to a new study led by Western researchers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-brain-synchronize-music.html Mon, 09 Apr 2018 07:20:03 EDT news442476611 Public speaking can heighten anyone's anxiety. Cicero, a program named after the famed Roman orator, aims to help people overcome that fear—with the help of a virtual audience. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-03-virtual-audience.html Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:40:01 EDT news440412818 (HealthDay)—A novel video intervention can alter the screening intentions of a target audience, in line with evidence-based recommendations, according to a study published in the January/February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-01-video-intervention-persuasive-screening.html Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:50:01 EST news403805681 Giving a speech or presentation to an audience can be nerve-wracking. To practice, you can either imagine an audience or enlist a few friends or acquaintances. But these practice scenarios are far from the reality of an audience made up of different characters, emotions and interests. Ni Kang observed the behavior of a group of people listening to speeches and developed a virtual audience for speakers to practise on. On Wednesday, 2 November, she will obtain her doctorate on the subject of 'public speaking in virtual reality' at TU Delft. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-rehearsing-speech-virtual-audience-confidence.html Tue, 01 Nov 2016 06:59:50 EDT news397202383