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Medical Xpress / Targeting lost pleasure lifts depression and anxiety more than standard therapy, new study finds
Most people know depression as a disorder of sadness. But for millions of patients, the most debilitating feature is something else entirely: the reduced ability or inability to feel positive emotions.
Phys.org / Coercion isn't care, and new laws that enforce treatment and confinement are dangerous
The Supreme Court of Canada has described the right to refuse unwanted medical treatment as "fundamental to a person's dignity and autonomy, [including] in the context of treatment for mental illness."
Medical Xpress / Apixaban linked to fewer blood clot complications in older adults than other blood thinners
Older adults recovering from serious blood clots often face long periods of hospitalization or rehabilitation due to a higher rate of recurrence. But a new study suggests that the choice of blood thinner may influence how ...
Tech Xplore / Microsoft cuts OpenAI revenue share in a fresh step to loosen their AI alliance
Microsoft said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom.
Phys.org / How climate change affects nutrient dynamics in lakes and reservoirs
Changes in nutrient dynamics caused by rising water temperatures and altered stratification patterns due to climate change are promoting the growth of harmful algal blooms. This is the outcome of a new long-term study led ...
Phys.org / This life‑threatening bacterium's hidden motor just gave medicine an unexpected opening to fight back
Scientists have mapped in unprecedented detail the structure of Vibrio bacteria, which can cause life-threatening infections linked to antibiotic resistance. The King's College London team behind the study, published in Nature ...
Medical Xpress / Good cumulative cardiovascular health during young mid-adulthood associated with delayed cardiovascular disease, death
The American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score is a health tool, ranging from 0 to 100, that quantifies cardiovascular health (CVH) using information from eight lifestyle and risk factors, (body mass index, ...
Phys.org / Microfluidic device tracks cell 'squishiness' faster and more reliably than standard methods
Researchers from Brown University and their collaborators have developed a new way to measure the properties of cells—an important development, they say, because accurate measurements of changes in cell elasticity can be ...
Phys.org / What to know about sex trafficking as Pittsburgh hosts the NFL draft
With the NFL draft taking place in Pittsburgh and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 people expected to attend the events downtown and on the North Shore, conversations about sex trafficking have resurfaced—as they often do ...
Tech Xplore / US Supreme Court hears privacy case involving smartphone location data
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday about law enforcement's use of "geofence warrants"—the collection of smartphone location data about everyone who was near a particular place at a specific time.
Medical Xpress / Antisense oligonucleotide strategy reverses HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found that they can reverse the effects of HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder using antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) in preclinical models. ASOs are short ...
Medical Xpress / Noninvasive proton beam therapy may help treat dangerous heart rhythm disorder
Mayo Clinic researchers report that a highly targeted, noninvasive form of radiation therapy reduced episodes of a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder by nearly 80% in a first-in-human early feasibility study of patients ...