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Tech Xplore / 'Chameleon' chip adapts to changing data speeds, cutting prediction errors by up to 40-fold

AI semiconductors are becoming more programmable. KAIST researchers have developed a device whose response characteristics can be programmed to process data that changes at different speeds. The technology reduced prediction ...

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Medical Xpress / New pulse oximeter adapts to skin color

For decades, pulse oximeters have been among medicine's most familiar instruments. Clip one onto a finger, and within seconds it reports how much oxygen is in your blood, a vital indicator of health.

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Medical Xpress / Close digital support helps women with breast cancer

Approximately 68,000 women in Germany are living with breast cancer that has metastasized—meaning that the tumor has spread to other organs. At this stage, the cancer is no longer curable. With the help of modern therapies, ...

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Medical Xpress / Study identifies care steps that start head and neck cancer patients on lifesaving treatment sooner

For patients with advanced head and neck cancer, surgery is often the first step in treatment. Many also need radiation therapy to destroy remaining cancer cells and reduce the risk that their cancer will return. Starting ...

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Medical Xpress / Greater intentions to take hypertension medication, fewer intentions to change lifestyle

Having high blood pressure is associated with greater intentions to follow doctors' recommendations to take medication but lower intentions to make recommended lifestyle changes than among people without high blood pressure, ...

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Medical Xpress / Study identifies promising therapy to prevent relapses in rare neurological disease

An international study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has identified interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor blockers as a promising option for preventing relapses in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease ...

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Medical Xpress / Study: Variable outcomes of stem cell injections for knee osteoarthritis

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) affects more than 1 in 10 people older than 40, impairing patients' mobility and quality of life. With limited treatment options, stem cell injections have been promoted as a treatment, but clinical ...

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Phys.org / US firm takes on backyard mosquitoes—with 600,000 mosquitoes

Todd Montgomery pops the lid off a small tube and taps out hundreds of mosquitoes into the backyard of a suburban home outside Washington.

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Medical Xpress / Medicaid work rule leaves homeless people in the cold

In the spring, the federal government finalized regulations requiring millions of people who receive Medicaid benefits to prove they're working, volunteering or going to school to keep their coverage.

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Phys.org / Microbreaks key to boosting energy and motivation at work, study finds

Employees who incorporate microbreaks alongside work-related strategies into their workday are more motivated and energized, University of Queensland research has found.

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Phys.org / New study shows urban growers rely on accessible educational resources to adopt pollinator-friendly farming practices

A recent study by MSU entomologists Jen Roedel, Karma Thomas and Zsofia Szendrei found that urban growers' use of pollinator management practices is driven more by access to educational resources, labor and other farming ...

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Medical Xpress / Expert shares practical tips for treating hair loss

Hair loss is often caused by a combination of heredity and aging, says Dr. Dawn Davis, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist. Treatments that may slow that type of hair loss and help regrow hair, including over-the-counter therapies ...

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