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Medical Xpress / Both full and limited endoscopic sinus surgery significantly improve quality of life in chronic rhinosinusitis patients

Both full and limited endoscopic sinus surgery significantly improve quality of life in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, according to a study published in Allergy. In both groups, patients' symptoms ...

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Phys.org / At colleges, the AI boom means everyone wants to dabble in computer science

With no background in coding, Faith Maeba, a psychology major, was reluctant when her mother first suggested she enroll in classes on artificial intelligence.

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Tech Xplore / Researchers develop an AI framework for long-term bridge damage monitoring

Bridges are an important part of road systems. Monitoring them is essential for ensuring structural safety, as bridges develop cracks, concrete spalling and water leakage over time due to traffic loads, weather and environmental ...

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Medical Xpress / Fluoxetine treatment after traumatic injury linked to fewer PTSD symptoms, lower pain

A preliminary, unblinded study has shown that people who took the antidepressant Prozac after suffering a traumatic injury reported fewer PTSD symptoms and lower levels of pain in the year after their injury.

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Medical Xpress / New tool enables early intervention for diabetes related foot ulcers

A collaborative project between the University of Melbourne and RMIT has developed a thermal-imaging artificial intelligence (AI) tool called THERMUL to prevent diabetes-related foot ulcer hospitalizations and amputations ...

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Medical Xpress / Rural communities face serious obstacles in promoting physical activity

People in rural communities have long experienced disproportionate levels of chronic disease, driven in part by systemic barriers to physical activity. A new study from North Carolina State University highlights ways some ...

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Medical Xpress / Study identifies link between caregiver-child relationship, ADHD symptoms

Research from Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Mental Health Innovation provides new evidence that the way caregivers interact with children when they're very young can protect against the negative effects ...

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Medical Xpress / AI scribes promise less paperwork but may introduce errors into patient records

Visits to a new doctor, physical therapist or specialist often begin with: "Do you mind if I use AI?" According to Off the Record, a new report by Digital Rights Watch, more than 40% of Australian doctors are now using AI ...

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Phys.org / How digital interferences shape parent-child time

New research is giving children a voice in understanding how technological interruptions affect parent-child relationships. A paper, "Distracted, Interrupted, or Disrupted: A Pathway Model of Technoference," led by Associate ...

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Tech Xplore / Students engineer reusable tool to monitor abandoned oil and gas wells

For many mechanical engineering seniors, the Senior Capstone Design experience is the first opportunity to solve a problem without a textbook answer. For six Texas A&M University students, that challenge came from Los Alamos ...

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Medical Xpress / Nurse-led initiative reduces unplanned extubations

A nurse-led initiative at a New Jersey hospital reversed an upward trend of unplanned extubation rates in its medical intensive care unit (MICU) and maintained the improvement for five years, according to an article published ...

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Tech Xplore / When rogue AI launches a cyberattack, who is legally responsible?

Cyberattacks carried out by two OpenAI artificial intelligence models acting autonomously raise a novel legal question: Who is responsible when AI goes rogue?

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