Walking speed can provide insights into health, extending beyond mere mobility, so much so that it is considered to be the "sixth vital sign." Past studies have suggested that a slow walking speed is correlated with the development ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Australia has one of the highest skin cancer rates globally, with nearly 19,000 Australians diagnosed with invasive melanoma—the most lethal type of skin cancer—each year.
Dec 28, 2024
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High-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good" cholesterol, may play a vital role in conserving healthy brain matter in middle-aged adults, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, published in the Journal ...
Jan 3, 2025
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Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data.
Dec 29, 2024
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Doctors around the world may soon have access to a new tool that could better predict whether individual cancer patients will benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors—a type of immunotherapy—using only routine blood ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Using an AI tool, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have analyzed brain images from 70-year-olds and estimated their brains' biological age. They found that factors detrimental to vascular health, such as inflammation ...
Dec 20, 2024
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An international research team, including researchers at Karolinska Institutet, has mapped the genes expressed in the brain cells of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The atlas, which is presented in the journal Neuron, ...
Dec 20, 2024
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A study published in Science reveals new mechanisms through which the brain controls natural actions. The results challenge some of the classical views about how the motor system works and open up possible new applications ...
Jan 9, 2025
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Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that UC San Francisco researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other illnesses.
Dec 18, 2024
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What does a baby know about right and wrong? A foundational finding in moral psychology suggested that even infants have a moral sense, preferring "helpers" over "hinderers" before uttering their first word. Now, nearly 20 ...
Dec 25, 2024
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