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Medical Xpress / How older adults rise from a chair can influence their quality of life, large study reports

How easily older adults can stand up from a chair may be a telling indicator of their overall quality of life. If they report difficulty rising to their feet after prolonged sitting, they are more likely to experience mental ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Scientists uncover how the intestine balances cell growth and maintenance

A new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine found that the protein caspase-5 (CASP5), long thought to be a foot soldier in the body's defense against bacterial infection, does not actually help clear invaders the ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Targeted therapy to manage kidney complications may enable continuation of lifesaving immunotherapy

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed treatment for many types of cancer. In some patients, however, ICIs are associated with immune-related complications that can affect the kidneys. These complications sometimes ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New glioblastoma clue could lead to therapies that weaken tumors and boost immune memory

A team of researchers from Brown University Health and Brown University has uncovered an important clue in the fight against glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer in adults.

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Tech Xplore / Sharper bias tests could help stop ChatGPT from amplifying hidden stereotypes

Language models like ChatGPT are not neutral. Without our realizing it, they can absorb all kinds of bias—for example, around gender and ethnicity—which then become increasingly embedded in the model. According to AI researcher ...

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Medical Xpress / 'Frankenproteins' offer hope in fighting cancer

Lab-created "frankenproteins" developed by a team of scientists at the University of Toronto Mississauga offer hope for safer and more effective cancer treatments in the future. The protein-based drugs being developed by ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Ames's contributions to Artemis II

NASA successfully sent four astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, setting the stage for future lunar landing missions. As the agency continues to push the bounds of space exploration, NASA's ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Researchers find children are good at making parents more eco-friendly

Getting people to change their behavior is a challenging task. From the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment to the Piano Stair Experiment, scientists have been trying to understand what motivates people to alter their actions ...

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Phys.org / Edible orchids are being overharvested in the Mediterranean—how to protect these astonishing blooms

Each spring, the meadows and hillsides of the Mediterranean draw tourists to admire flowering orchids. But in some regions, these astonishing blooms are steadily declining—or at risk of disappearing altogether.

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Medical Xpress / PET biomarker outperforms established risk score in predicting survival for large B-cell lymphoma patients

Metabolic tumor volume—a biomarker derived from PET imaging—can more accurately predict progression-free survival for large B-cell lymphoma patients than the widely used International Prognostic Index. By identifying patients ...

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Medical Xpress / Is it better for your health to work standing up or sitting down?

For years, we've been told that "sitting is the new smoking." It's a catchy phrase that seems to sum up a very real problem, but it's also a huge oversimplification. If sitting were always the worst option, we could solve ...

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Medical Xpress / Climate change is already claiming lives in Europe—and the risks are increasing

Europe is facing a sharp rise in heat-related deaths, deteriorating working conditions, growing food insecurity, and increased risks of climate-sensitive infectious diseases, according to a new report on climate change and ...

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