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Medical Xpress / Lupus-linked immune misdirection could leave patients vulnerable to staph infections
Microbiology researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have discovered why patients with the autoimmune disease lupus are susceptible to serious bacterial infections. Their new study published in Cell Press ...
Medical Xpress / Brain training app makes adults with ADHD feel sharper but tests show no real change
Once believed to be a condition that children outgrow, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now recognized as a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that often persists into adulthood. For many adults, it can ...
Tech Xplore / A real-time warning system for fake videoconferences
Videoconferencing facilitates communication between different locations while still allowing people to look each other in the eye. However, increasingly, we have to question whether the other person's eyes are real. This ...
Medical Xpress / New imaging technique reveals how scar tissue disrupts the heartbeat
When a heart attack damages the heart, the injured muscle is replaced by scar tissue. That scar can interfere with the electrical signals that coordinate each heartbeat, increasing the risk of dangerous rhythm disorders known ...
Medical Xpress / Clinical trial finds AI system improves oxygen delivery in hospital patients
A University of Colorado Anschutz-led clinical trial has found an automated oxygen delivery system helped hospitalized patients spend significantly more time in their target oxygen range compared with standard care, while ...
Tech Xplore / Oil field model helps assess recovery potential of Venezuela's extra-heavy oil
Researchers from Skoltech—a VEB.RF group institution—and Khalifa University of Science and Technology, together with their Venezuelan colleagues in the oil industry, have built a verified numerical model that will refine ...
Medical Xpress / Adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder help illuminate a dire need for effective housing
Canadian adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) experience compounding barriers to housing because of a systemic misunderstanding of the disability, resulting in a dire need for change. This is among the findings ...
Phys.org / Wildfires: Why disposable BBQs are being banned from some parks and beaches
There's something almost comic about the modern British summer ritual: As soon as the mercury climbs, we head to the nearest park, sit cross-legged on scorched grass and hunch over a flimsy foil tray to sear sausages over ...
Medical Xpress / African-led study delivers one of the largest microbiome feedback initiatives
Researchers have developed and evaluated a feedback initiative, returning gut microbiome results from a landmark microbiome study to 778 women in South Africa and Kenya. The results came from the AWI-Gen 2 study published ...
Medical Xpress / Michigan reports first 2 US deaths in outbreak of cyclospora
Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan in the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite, state health officials announced Monday.
Phys.org / 'What's in it for me?' People more likely to help the environment when it benefits them
People might be more inclined to keep their community clean if they believe it benefits them personally, according to new research from the University of Georgia published in Environment and Behavior. The study found that ...
Phys.org / Good things take time—but new research suggests mindfulness can make the wait easier
Ask someone if they'd rather take $5 today or $10 next week and they'll know which option is better.
