Surgery
Researchers use AI and de-identified health records to identify the safest hip implants
Researchers use AI and de-identified health records to identify the safest hip implants
Oct 8, 2019
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Page 10 - News tagged with science information
Ophthalmology
Shedding light on how the human eye perceives brightness
Japanese scientists are shedding new light on the importance of light-sensing cells in the retina that process visual information. The researchers isolated the functions of melanopsin cells and demonstrated their crucial ...
Aug 19, 2019
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Health
Expert offers tips about online nutrition information
In today's social media world, it's easier than ever to find "facts"—and increasingly difficult to figure out which of them are actually true. Reporting based on findings of nutrition research, in particular, is rife with ...
Aug 8, 2019
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Health
Seven ways restaurants can nudge people to eat more healthily
Here are the seven most effective "nudges" that restaurants and grocery stores can use to help tackle the obesity crisis while remaining in business and preserving our right as consumers to splurge if we want to.
Jul 3, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that
Most of us want our lives to have meaning. But what do we mean by meaning? What is meaning?
Mar 15, 2019
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Health
Why anti-vaccine beliefs and ideas spread so fast on the internet
There's been a recent increase globally in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. This can be seen in recent measles outbreaks in parts of the world where it was thought to have been eradicated.
Feb 13, 2019
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Medical research
Monitoring obesity risk from space
In public health research, like obesity studies, spatial technologies can add very valuable information. Combining remote sensing, geo-information systems and GPS will enable us to identify typical obesogenic environments. ...
Feb 7, 2019
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Health
Hold the fries! How calorie content makes you rethink food choices
Seeing pictures of food with calorie information not only makes food less appetizing but it also appears to change the way your brain responds to the food, according to a Dartmouth-led study published in PLOS ONE. When food ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mass proliferation of information evolving beyond our control, says new psychology research
Vastly increased choice might seem a good thing, but not when it comes to our choice of information according to new psychology research from the University of Warwick.
Dec 6, 2018
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Study looks at ways technology can support nutritional needs of Parkinson's patients
A study is underway at the University of Rhode Island to assess how technology could help people with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers easily access relevant nutrition information.
Nov 6, 2018
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