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Medical Xpress / Tailoring communication with Aboriginal people to improve diabetes self-management

Globally, the number of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is escalating. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are four times as likely to die from T2D or experience serious T2D-related disease as non-Indigenous ...

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Medical Xpress / Single-cell atlases of the human body may not fairly represent global populations as AI use grows

The single-cell "atlases" that are increasingly used to map the human body and as training data for artificial intelligence models may not represent the world's populations fairly, according to a study led by researchers ...

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Phys.org / Giving bees a probiotic diet could help protect them from extreme temperatures

Honeybees do not like cold weather. When temperatures dip, they can become sluggish and unable to fly. But no matter the conditions in the outside world, they try to keep their hives close to a comfortable 34°C–36°C (93°F–97°F). ...

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Phys.org / New machine-learning tool improves accuracy of genomics research

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have identified a widespread source of error in a popular method for studying the genome and created a machine-learning tool to correct it. The free tool could improve ...

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Phys.org / Africa's wildfire season is actually getting shorter, scientists think they know why

Africa is home to around 70% of the world's burned area—the total area of land scorched by wildfires each year—making it the planet's biggest wildfire hotspot. Yet despite this, satellite observations have revealed an unexpected ...

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Phys.org / Deep-space CubeSat could stretch solar storm warnings from 15 minutes to 3 hours

Space weather warnings could be received hours before Earth is hit rather than minutes with the help of a miniature UK-built instrument soon to be stationed in deep space. MAGIC (MAGnetometer from Imperial College) is part ...

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Phys.org / Archaeological dig reveals full extent of Roman villa with intricate mosaic and bath house

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and intricate polychrome mosaic within the remains of a Roman villa beneath Devon farmland. Made up of thousands of red, white and dark blue-gray cubes, the 12 m2 (129 square feet) mosaic ...

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Medical Xpress / Most adults born very premature go on to thrive, but one in five face lasting economic and social struggles

A landmark 34-year study, co-led by the University of Warwick, tracks very preterm babies from birth to middle adulthood and identifies early cognitive development as the strongest predictor of who flourishes and struggles ...

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Medical Xpress / More than half of US adults now eligible for statins under new guidelines, study finds

More than half of U.S. adults ages 30 to 79—about 87.5 million people—are now recommended for statins to prevent cardiovascular disease under newly updated clinical guidelines, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh ...

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Phys.org / Beyond proximity: New policy model to transform access to parks

Accessible urban green spaces could save the NHS up to £2.1 billion each year, but current policy fails to ensure parks are truly accessible, research shows. A new policy brief published by the university's Institute for ...

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Medical Xpress / How many LLMs does it take to reason through a clinical decision?

Making clinical decision-making is often a team effort. Patients seeking cancer treatment, for instance, may have a surgeon, oncologist, pathologist and radiologist involved in their care. These multidisciplinary care teams, ...

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Medical Xpress / Building a blueprint to manipulate the immune system

Why do some vaccines protect for a lifetime, while threats like tumors and viruses present such an ongoing challenge? The answer lies in the immune system's memory and how invading pathogens hack the system.

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