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Phys.org / Millions of liters of medical imaging contrast media contribute to environmental pollution, study reveals
A new study published in JAMA Network Open highlights the significant environmental footprint of medical imaging contrast agents, finding that Medicare patients alone received 13.5 billion milliliters of contrast media between ...
Medical Xpress / 'ULM-Lite' technology uses ultrasound to visualize microvessels in the brain
A research team from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) has improved blood vessel observation technology using ultrasound. The team developed "ULM-Lite," which significantly boosts the efficiency ...
Medical Xpress / Mental health professionals urged to do their own evaluations of AI-based tools
Millions of people already chat about their mental health with large language models (LLMs), the conversational form of artificial intelligence. Some providers have integrated LLM-based mental health care tools into routine ...
Medical Xpress / Hormonal fluctuations affect women's immunity, but a lack of rigor in studies still prevents a consensus
Hormonal fluctuations throughout a woman's life are among the factors that most influence the immune system. Like a seesaw, variations in estrogen and progesterone affect cellular levels and alter the immune and inflammatory ...
Tech Xplore / Can AI read humans' minds? A pedestrian behavior model is shockingly good at it
In a striking leap toward safer self-driving cars, researchers at Texas A&M University College of Engineering and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) system ...
Medical Xpress / Cardiology expert explains how faster and cost-effective testing can help save lives
In November, The Lancet published an international expert consensus review, "Contemporary, non-invasive imaging diagnosis of chronic coronary artery disease," that shows using CT coronary angiography (CTCA) when patients ...
Phys.org / Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?
In early 2025, in an effort to facilitate its deportation goals, the Trump administration entered into hundreds of agreements with local police departments to essentially deputize them to act as federal immigration agents.
Medical Xpress / Lowest suicide rate is in December, but some in media still promote holiday-suicide myth
During the year-end holiday season, the suicide rate declines, U.S. health statistics show. The month of December typically has the year's lowest average daily suicide rate. Yet each year at this time, some news publications ...
Tech Xplore / Aging bridges are crumbling. Here's how new technologies can help detect danger earlier
New signs of deterioration recently discovered on the Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge in Montréal have spurred the Québec government to reinforce beams and install shoring just to keep the structure open.
Medical Xpress / How maternal distress affects neurological development in children
The first few years of a child's life are at a stage of great brain plasticity and neurodevelopment, and form the foundation for their future cognitive, social, and emotional skills. This period, extending from fetal stage ...
Medical Xpress / Results show long-lasting benefits of CAR T cell therapy for hard-to-treat lymphoma
New three-year follow-up results from the TRANSCEND FL trial show that patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma can achieve durable, multi-year remission with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, ...
Tech Xplore / Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion offer by Netflix
Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, CNN and a famed movie studio along with the ...
