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Medical Xpress / Rising rates of cosmetic surgery among patients in underrepresented groups
Use of cosmetic surgery by patients of underrepresented racial/ethnic minority patient groups has increased substantially in recent years—well beyond their relative increase in the US population, reports a study in the ...
Medical Xpress / Quantitative imaging framework detects emerging form of dementia, limbic-predominant age-related
A novel quantitative PET- and MRI-based imaging approach can objectively identify a recently recognized type of dementia—limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, or LATE—that is often mistaken as Alzheimer's ...
Phys.org / Fries with that? Ordering from AI linked to selecting more indulgent foods
As a growing number of fast-food chains adopt artificial intelligence (AI) technology for drive-thru ordering, customers are more likely to order indulgent food options when interacting with voice AI rather than a human employee, ...
Medical Xpress / Houston, we have a problem: Study points to clotting glitch in space
A cut presumably draws blood anywhere in the universe, whether in an Earthly suburb or on some future interstellar voyage yet undreamed outside science fiction. In space, however, clotting's the challenge. A recent study ...
Tech Xplore / New system designed to protect drones from cyber threats
Adelaide University researchers have initiated the development of a world-first cybersecurity system designed to protect drones from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. The new study led by the Industrial AI Research ...
Phys.org / Why community voices could make or break world's forest restoration plans
A new study has revealed a critical gap between global promises to restore forests and what is happening on the ground for the communities who depend on, manage and care for them. The research, led by researchers from The ...
Medical Xpress / Study identifies erythropoietin as a potential active ingredient in Primrose syndrome
A research team from Mannheim, Göttingen, Varna, and Princeton has discovered in animal studies with mice that the growth factor recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) can significantly improve cognitive and social problems ...
Medical Xpress / Poverty vs. wealth: New study shows biggest buyers and sellers of illicit kidneys
An international team of researchers from George Mason University, Harvard University, and the University of Tokyo have used artificial intelligence to map the global underground market for illegal kidney transplants, finding ...
Phys.org / Southern California's celebrity eagles Jackie and Shadow welcome new egg after ravens destroy first clutch
An egg-citing plot twist has emerged in what's already been an eventful nesting season for Big Bear's celebrity bald eagle couple. Jackie laid an egg on Tuesday afternoon, offering new hope for babies this year after a previous ...
Medical Xpress / Practice manager partners could be key to future sustainability of GP practices
Smaller GP practices that appoint a manager partner are significantly less likely to close or merge, the first study of its kind has found. The University of Manchester and Calgary researchers publish their study today in ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers find important clue to healthy heartbeats
A tiny region in a little-known muscle protein may hold the key to a healthy, steady heartbeat, as well as possible clues to future treatment of devastating heart ailments. Washington State University researchers have found ...
Medical Xpress / Tackling tuberculosis systematically: How the environment shapes TB risk
Despite major advances in diagnostics and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's deadliest infectious disease. In a new study published in The Lancet Global Health, researchers from Ludwig Maximilian University ...
