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Medical Xpress / Lived experience is often dismissed—but we should recognize it as a form of expertise
Institutions increasingly invite people to contribute their lived experience. Government agencies appoint patients to advisory panels and call on communities for their views on policy. Health New Zealand employs peer support ...
Medical Xpress / One gene, two diseases: Study reveals opposing dementia and cancer risks
Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have uncovered evidence that a single genetic variant may influence the risk of two of the diseases people fear most—dementia and cancer—but in opposite ...
Phys.org / Are you 'happee' or are you 'happeh?' Study links accents to social classes
Our accents give away more about social class than we think, according to new research led by Lancaster University. The new sociolinguistic study focusing on Mancunian accents, published in the journal, Language Variation ...
Tech Xplore / Reliably detecting and clearly explaining deepfake images
Artificial intelligence can now generate images that are virtually indistinguishable from real ones. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB have developed RealOrRender, ...
Medical Xpress / Why does our mind wander? New study taps into the tricks of staying on task
You're sitting at your desk, writing a short story. You remain focused, but after several hours, you still can't see how to end it. So you go for a run, allowing your thoughts to run with you. Instead of stumbling on a rock, ...
Tech Xplore / Plane battery fire tests back 100 Wh limit for carry-on devices
Lithium-ion batteries in personal electronic devices (PEDs) such as laptops, smartphones, powerbanks and electronic cigarettes can pose a serious safety risk in air travel. Damaged or overheated batteries can combust or explode. ...
Medical Xpress / NHS patients are being socially prescribed yoga—but is yoga ready to help them?
Yoga can be seen as an accessible way to exercise and improve well-being. You don't always need a gym membership, specialist machinery or other people to do it.
Medical Xpress / Next-generation HIF-2α inhibitor shows promise in kidney cancer translational clinical trial
The first-in-patient, single-arm ARC-20 clinical trial, led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Toni K. Choueiri, MD, has evaluated casdatifan, a next-generation HIF-2α inhibitor, as monotherapy for metastatic clear cell renal ...
Phys.org / Perfluorooctanoic acid in the Seto Inland Sea: Variability, transport, and fate
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is one of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of substances within a broader universe of organofluorine compounds. PFOA has potential adverse effects on human health and environmental ...
Medical Xpress / Alzheimer's biomarkers may forecast dementia progression in people 80 and older
Cognitive decline in very old adults has been considered for decades to be an almost inevitable consequence of aging. In clinical practice, this has contributed to many memory problems in patients over age 80 being interpreted ...
Medical Xpress / Stopping skin cancer before it starts could cut its health care costs
A new study has revealed the hundreds of thousands of skin cancer appointments and medical procedures Queenslanders are attending and undergoing each year, prompting experts to call for further investment in prevention campaigns ...
Tech Xplore / Australian musicians hate AI using their songs, but have little legal protection
Music from Kylie Minogue, John Farnham, INXS, Midnight Oil, AC/DC, Tones and I, Gotye, Ben Frost, Nick Cave, Tame Impala, Parkway Drive, The Living End and Vance Joy has been found in a database of 12 million songs used to ...
