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Medical Xpress / Findings suggest that certain medications for type 2 diabetes reduce risk of dementia
A large McGill University study has found that two classes of medications commonly prescribed for type 2 diabetes, both incretin-based, are associated with a reduced risk of dementia.
Phys.org / Tiny RNA molecules in sperm can have big impact on health of babies
Mounting evidence from research on nematodes to mice indicate that a father's environment, such as what he eats or if he is exposed to stress or toxicants, can lead to metabolic and behavioral disorders in his offspring.
Medical Xpress / Vaccines are helping older people more than we knew
The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering ...
Medical Xpress / Potential tumor-suppressing gene identified in pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pancreatic cancer and begins in the cells lining the pancreatic duct. Accounting for more than 90% of all pancreatic cancers, PDAC is extremely difficult ...
Medical Xpress / DASH diet again recognized as best heart-healthy diet
For the second year in a row, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH Diet, developed in part by scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, has been recognized as the best heart-healthy diet in the ...
Phys.org / Deformable lens enables real-time correction of image aberrations in single-pixel microscopy
Researchers from the Optics Group at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón have managed to correct in real time problems related to image aberrations in single-pixel microscopy using a recent technology: programmable deformable ...
Tech Xplore / Does adding 'please' and 'thank you' to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?
Cut the words "please" and "thank you" from your next ChatGPT query and, if you believe some of the talk online, you might think you are helping save the planet.
Phys.org / Why 'inefficient' AI spending may power future growth
New research finds companies investing heavily in new technologies despite low returns are often the ones driving tomorrow's economic progress.
Tech Xplore / Wikipedia at 25: Can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?
Around the turn of the century, the internet underwent a transformation dubbed "web 2.0." The world wide web of the 1990s had largely been read-only: static pages, hand-built homepages, portal sites with content from a few ...
Medical Xpress / Finding new cell markers to track the most aggressive breast cancer in blood
Of all the types of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and lacks specific therapies. TNBC is also more likely to metastasize, or travel through the bloodstream to spread to other organs, ...
Phys.org / A tiny mouse hints at why some mammal mothers may benefit from choosing more than one father
Many animals do something that still surprises researchers: females often mate with more than one male. This behavior—polyandry—has long raised a blunt question. Why divide offspring among multiple fathers, and does it ...
Phys.org / New study quantifies sargassum's multimillion-dollar impact to U.S. coastal economies
A study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Rhode Island (URI) provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the economic damage caused by recurring sargassum ...