Experimental brain implants are on the rise. What happens after the trials are over?
In 2024, Elon Musk's Neuralink put its first brain implant into a human amid doubt from scientists and allegations of animal cruelty.
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Is poor sleep contributing to the country's weight issues?
Some 70% of teens trying to adapt to a fall schedule are missing out on sleep. Early bells and tough classes combine with delayed biological clocks during adolescence, keeping their nightly sleep duration during the school ...
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Voice disorder may be an early sign of dementia, study suggests
Those experiencing worsening voice quality—in pitch, clarity, volume, reduced vocal range or other voice disorders—and no hearing loss may be at 58% greater risk of cognitive impairment or dementia than those who are not ...
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Study finds liposuction reduces lipedema pain more than conservative treatment
A study titled "Liposuction versus conservative therapy for patients with lipoedema: A randomized controlled multi-center clinical trial" published in The Lancet, provides the first large-scale, multicenter evidence base ...
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Health warnings could reduce young people's social media use, study finds
Pop-up messages that warn of the harms of social media—such as mental health consequences—have the potential to reduce young people's social media use, a new Stanford Medicine study has found. The online experiment of about ...
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Practice helps the brain separate tasks and improve multitasking ability
Why is it so difficult to perform two tasks at the same time? For decades, scientists have debated whether multitasking is limited by a "central bottleneck" that restricts simultaneous processing or by competition for limited ...
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People affected by cancer need a stronger voice in shaping generative AI for oncology, review finds
Flinders University researchers were part of an international team that conducted a scoping review that identified 2,441 records and found that just 32 studies examined how cancer patients, survivors and caregivers feel about ...
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Tumor biology could guide mantle cell lymphoma treatment from the time of diagnosis
Today, treatment decisions for patients with mantle cell lymphoma are heavily based on age alone, although the disease can range from slow-growing (indolent) to very aggressive. In a new journal article, Ingrid Glimelius ...
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Children's suicide-related emergency visits spiked by 74% in the US between 2016–2022
Emergency visits by children with suicide-related crises increased by 74% between 2016 and 2022, according to a new study by scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
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When to worry about numbness and tingling: Expert explains neuropathy, other causes
Most people experience numbness or the familiar pins-and-needles sensation from time to time. Often, it is harmless and occurs temporarily, because you have been sitting, standing or sleeping in a position that puts pressure ...
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