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Medical Xpress / A new reason to use the whole watermelon: USDA adds official nutrition profile for watermelon rind
Watermelon's rind is finally getting some respect. The fruit's outer layer now has an official nutrition profile in USDA FoodData Central, giving registered dietitians, researchers, recipe developers and other food professionals ...
Medical Xpress / Four-fifths of NHS trusts still using pen and paper for record keeping
Twenty-five years after the government's first push to digitize the NHS, an investigation by The BMJ reveals that only about a fifth of hospital trusts in England are using fully electronic systems for clinical recordkeeping.
Phys.org / Retailers collect data on their customers, which isn't always accurate
Christo Wilson is a regular customer at Home Depot. You can reliably find him in the home improvement chain's aisles every spring, reupping his stock of perennials, shrubs, mulch and other gardening supplies to keep his extensive ...
Medical Xpress / Widely used early warning score may help guide the urgency of antibiotic treatment for suspected sepsis
A study of nearly 100,000 adults treated for suspected infection suggests that the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2), a score based on routinely collected vital signs that is widely used to identify patients at risk of ...
Medical Xpress / Breast milk protein osteopontin may shield infants from respiratory infections
QIMR Berghofer researchers have found how breast milk supports infant immunity via a protein called osteopontin. The study also identifies a potential way of mimicking this protective effect in baby formula. The findings, ...
Phys.org / AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates
Scientists created an AI system that uses facial recognition and real-time touchscreen testing to automate cognitive studies of capuchin monkeys in the wild. The American Journal of Primatology published a proof-of-concept ...
Tech Xplore / Solar-charged rock bed powers coffee roaster with heat stored for days
Michael Sweeney roasts coffee beans using energy from the sun at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Laboratories. Sweeney has been collaborating with Sandia as part of a program to use solar energy ...
Phys.org / DNA study uncovers deeper losses across Hawaiian honeycreeper family tree
Smithsonian researchers have identified the genetic relationships among all Hawaiian honeycreeper species known to have existed—and subsequently faced major losses—since the arrival of Europeans to the islands.
Medical Xpress / Single-dose drug candidate clears malaria parasites in mice, including dormant forms
Malaria is an ancient disease, dating back to 4,000–3,000 B.C., according to genetic evidence. Two hundred fifty million people are infected each year, and 610,000 cases are fatal. UIC researchers have developed a new antimalarial ...
Medical Xpress / Avoiding three things during middle age is linked to 13 more years without dementia
Having normal blood pressure, no diabetes and not smoking between ages 45 and 65 is associated with nearly 13 additional years of dementia-free life, on average, a new study shows. Led by NYU Langone Health researchers, the ...
Medical Xpress / Expert explainer: Strategies to improve childhood vaccination uptake
Protecting children is a shared responsibility, says health and rehabilitation sciences Ph.D. candidate Meron Mengistu. As a graduate researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, her ...
Medical Xpress / US regulators approve Moderna flu vaccine
Vaccine manufacturer Moderna said Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its new influenza vaccine, nearly six months after the regulator briefly rejected an application for review.
