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Medical Xpress / Kids don't get sick in the fall because their immune systems are weakened, says specialist
In the weeks following the start of kindergarten and the school year, the number of respiratory infections among children increases significantly. Although many people suspect that this is due to a weakened immune system, ...
Phys.org / Canada's Labrador Shelf preserves climate records once thought erased by ice
The Labrador Shelf is a shallow marine area on the margin of the Labrador Sea in the North Atlantic off the east coast of Canada. During the last ice age, this region was covered by the Laurentide Ice Sheet, one of the largest ...
Medical Xpress / Increasing daily steps is as effective as aerobic exercise in managing asthma
For people with moderate to severe asthma, increasing the number of daily steps may be as effective as structured aerobic training sessions for managing the disease. This finding comes from a study led by researchers at the ...
Phys.org / Infection kills gut cells, while diet reshapes existing ones, fruit fly study finds
The intestines rely on different strategies to rebuild themselves in response to diet changes versus infections, according to a new Cornell study—a finding that can shed light on how gut health adapts to harsh conditions, ...
Phys.org / How AI could make us work even harder
Technological progress has taken more than its fair share of the workload from humans over the years. Washing machines clean our clothes, tractors plow the fields and computers sort out administrative work.
Medical Xpress / Why does music ease pain? Researchers map the evidence
Many studies have demonstrated that music-based interventions—such as listening to music—can help reduce pain from a variety of conditions like cancer or osteoarthritis, but researchers still do not understand how or why ...
Phys.org / Rapid simulation of heat propagation through multiple rods
There is an elegant mathematical equation behind many different natural phenomena. From the fractal pattern of a romanesco cauliflower sitting on a grocery store shelf to the flow of rivers, they all have underlying mathematical ...
Medical Xpress / Your smartwatch may be lying to you about how many calories you burned
If you're depending on your smartwatch to tell you the truth about how many calories you burned during a workout—well, don't.
Tech Xplore / Digital brain twins hinge on what living brains reveal, not computing power alone
Researchers from the University of Warwick report that how faithfully we can build a "digital twin" of a human brain depends not only on computing power but fundamentally on how much of the living brain we can measure, validate ...
Medical Xpress / Hydrogel-grown tumors could speed cancer drug testing, reduce animal use
A review by University of Manchester scientists says sophisticated lab-grown tumors could help fast-track the search for new cancer treatments while reducing reliance on animal testing.
Medical Xpress / FDA clears blood test for Alzheimer disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the PrecivityAD2 test for adults 40 and older presenting with signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment and undergoing evaluation for Alzheimer's disease or other forms of ...
Medical Xpress / AI scribes may fail to capture patients' experiences
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to take notes can change the nature of interactions between patients and clinicians, sometimes missing vital information, according to the results of a new review.
