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Medical Xpress / Children with HIV are living longer but face a rising obesity risk

Advances in HIV treatment have transformed what was once a fatal diagnosis into a manageable chronic condition. Today, children living with HIV are surviving—and increasingly thriving—into adolescence and adulthood.

17 hours ago
Tech Xplore / How tarot readers are using AI, and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots

If you've ever turned to artificial intelligence to try to figure out how to handle a tricky situation with a friend or colleague, you're far from alone. For many, AI has become a modern oracle—a source of guidance, emotional ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Pediatric surgery program cuts opioid use by 56%

A 21-element recovery program for children undergoing gastrointestinal surgery reduced opioid use during hospitalization by 56%, according to a large clinical trial led by Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie ...

17 hours ago
Phys.org / A real 'intergenerational equity' budget would address our unceasing environmental decline

Last night, Labor unveiled a budget designed to tackle intergenerational equity in Australia through bold tax reform. It comes at a time when politics is consumed with the international shocks created by US President Donald ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Comparing AI anatomy segmentation models when ground truth is missing

As large medical imaging datasets become widely available, researchers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to extract useful information from scans that were never manually annotated. Automated "anatomy segmentation" ...

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Realistic 'mock' samples created to speed cervical cancer test development

A team of Rice University bioengineers has developed a new way to create highly realistic "mock" patient samples that could help accelerate the development of faster, more accessible cervical cancer screening tests for low-resource ...

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Don't let AI give your eulogy

There was something a bit off about a speech at one of my recent colleague's retirements. It was beautifully written, very generously worded and the pacing was impeccable. And yet, I hate to say it, it was utterly lifeless.

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Men and women hear the world differently as hormones shift across life stages

Throughout medical history, men have generally been the target of studies, with results generalized to women. However, there are differences between the sexes in many aspects of human perception. Hormones influence the behavior ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / How the world's missing beetles could save the rainforest

Describing new species can take decades. But scientists are working to identify new ways to speed up our understanding of this hidden biodiversity. By looking at the genetic data of thousands of beetle species, our researchers ...

20 hours ago
Tech Xplore / GPS data reveal why pedestrians in Phnom Penh rarely walk the shortest route

Cities across the Global South are urbanizing at pace, but their built environments for walking rarely resemble ideal, tidy, and well-regulated networks. Vehicles are parked on pedestrian sidewalks, and a seemingly direct ...

17 hours ago
Phys.org / For veterinarians in training, AI helps instructors improve feedback

When third-year veterinary students at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University step into the operating room to undertake their inaugural surgery, the energy in the room is palpable: there's excitement, ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / Many Americans pessimistic about AI's impact—and want more regulation

As debate intensifies over data center construction and how to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), a new nationally representative survey finds that Americans are broadly pessimistic about the impact of AI and want more ...

18 hours ago