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Medical Xpress / Cognitive speed training linked to lower dementia incidence up to 20 years later
Adults age 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training—in this case, speed of processing training, which helps people quickly find visual information on a computer screen and handle increasingly ...
Medical Xpress / World-first safety guide for public use of AI health chatbots
As members of the public increasingly turn to AI with health concerns, University of Birmingham researchers are leading a global program to build the first definitive guide for safely navigating health information on AI-powered ...
Medical Xpress / Shoulder scans in most people above 40 show rotator cuff abnormalities, pain or not
Shoulder pain is the third most common musculoskeletal complaint seen by doctors, affecting approximately 18–31% of the global population each month. Up to 85% of these cases are due to problems with the rotator cuff (RC)—the ...
Phys.org / Ancient diets reveal surprising survival strategies in prehistoric Poland
An international team of archaeologists and scientists has reconstructed the diets of prehistoric communities from north-central Poland, shedding new light on how people adapted to changing environments and shifting social ...
Medical Xpress / Rare genetic variant protects against malaria-causing parasite by making red blood cells bigger
Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria. A recent study has demonstrated that a genetic variant named rs112233623-T reduces the activity ...
Medical Xpress / Virtual buffet points to variety as an overeating risk factor
At Super Bowl parties, weddings, Independence Day cookouts and Thanksgiving dinners, people celebrate with large spreads of food. When faced with many options, extra food variety increases people's selection of foods, especially ...
Medical Xpress / More than eco-anxiety: Study exposes emotional fallout of climate crisis for youth
A few years ago, researcher Maya Gislason's young child came home from school with her crayon drawing of Earth in 2020 and 2050. "The first was blue and green; the second was a planet on fire," she says. "Her question to ...
Phys.org / Researchers challenge misleading language around plastic waste solutions
Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. The paper, authored by the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub at The University of Manchester, explores ...
Phys.org / Using high-energy sparks to degrade pollutants without generating waste
A study published in the Chemical Engineering Journal proposes a new approach to environmental remediation of pharmaceutical pollutants in water flows. This approach is based on a phenomenon known as "sparks," which refers ...
Tech Xplore / Interphase strategy tames Zn and Sn migration, boosting CZTSSe cells past 15% efficiency
Safe, efficient, and economical light-absorbing (photovoltaic) technology is key to developing the next generation of solar cells. Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) photovoltaics—using the easily accessible elements copper, zinc, ...
Medical Xpress / Smartphone photos may be misleading doctors and putting patients at risk: New research
It's an increasingly common scenario. You fill in an online form to request an appointment with a doctor, and back comes a link asking you to upload a photo of your ailment. You pick up your phone, a couple of clicks and ...
Medical Xpress / First-ever in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair shows safe results
A Phase I clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that combining stem cell therapy with standard fetal surgery before birth is a safe and promising approach to treat myelomeningocele, a severe form of spina bifida. ...
