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Medical Xpress / Parents of children with a genetic diagnosis need better support
Research into parental support needs is informing Cambridge Children's Hospital's commitment to provide a "whole family" approach to care.
Medical Xpress / Twice-a-year HIV prevention shots begin in Africa
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.
Phys.org / How hidden stars shape our search for technosignatures
How can star populations help astronomers re-evaluate the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, also called technosignatures? This is what a study released on the preprint server arXiv, hopes to address as a team ...
Phys.org / Physicist delineates limits on the precision of quantum thermal machines
Quantum thermal machines are devices that leverage quantum mechanical effects to convert energy into useful work or cooling, similarly to traditional heat engines or refrigerators. Thermodynamics theory suggests that increasing ...
Medical Xpress / One in eight adolescents shows signs of hearing damage by age 18
A comprehensive new study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery reveals alarming rates of hearing loss among adolescents, with 6.2% experiencing sensorineural hearing loss and 12.9% showing signs of probable ...
Medical Xpress / WHO backs GLP-1 treatments to tackle obesity epidemic
A range of blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs could help shift the trajectory of the global obesity epidemic, which affects over one billion people worldwide, the World Health Organization said Monday.
Medical Xpress / Future of patient care: Smart implants transforming surgery and beyond
"What's next for smart implants in health care?" details how advanced medical devices, embedded with sensors and data analytics capabilities, are moving beyond passive tissue replacement to become active players in treatment ...
Medical Xpress / Study reveals shift in pharmacy students' perceptions of patients with mental illness
Tammie Lee Demler, PharmD, a board-certified psychiatric pharmacist who works at a Buffalo inpatient psychiatric practice site, is all too familiar with the stigmas and misconceptions facing people with mental illness. And ...
Tech Xplore / The AI bubble isn't new—Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago
When OpenAI's Sam Altman told reporters in San Francisco earlier this year that the AI sector is in a bubble, the American tech market reacted almost instantly.
Medical Xpress / Home hospital care demonstrates success in rural communities
One in five people in the United States live in a rural area. Patients in rural communities often struggle to access care because of travel difficulties, high costs and limited resources, leading to worse medical outcomes. ...
Phys.org / Why researchers are studying lipid levels in chimpanzee blood
If you've had an annual checkup recently, your doctor probably ran a blood test to look at things such as your cholesterol levels. Researchers are also interested in the levels of cholesterol and other lipids in the blood ...
Phys.org / What five years of evidence on hybrid working tells us about the future of employment
The COVID pandemic accelerated remote and hybrid working practices across the world. It also provided evidence that these approaches could work for a wide variety of jobs.
