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Medical Xpress / Q&A: AI use surging for mental health help among young people
The question is no longer whether young people are using AI for mental health care, but the soundness of the advice they receive, health officials say.
Phys.org / Q&A: Gen Z puts high priority on jobs with meaning, purpose, but sees daunting hurdles
Among Gen Z, 79% want a job mainly focused on helping people or making a positive difference in others' lives. But only about half of workers ages 18–29 who want such a position say they have one.
Phys.org / Quantum computer completes verified task beyond practical reach of classical simulations
IBM and researchers from the University of Chicago announced a demonstration in quantum computing that meets the fundamental criteria for "quantum advantage"—the point where quantum computers can be confirmed to have outperformed ...
Medical Xpress / Triple drug combination shows promise against fatal blood cancer
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer that remains difficult to treat. While targeted therapies have improved outcomes for some patients, many relapse when a small population of cancer stem cells survives ...
Medical Xpress / Overweight and obesity in childhood associated with increased risk of childlessness in adulthood
A study of nearly 61,000 women in Denmark finds that women who had a body mass index (BMI) trajectory in the overweight or obesity range during childhood were less likely to have children than women with a normal (average) ...
Medical Xpress / Biochemists discover new strategy to combat pediatric bone cancer
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are zeroing in on less toxic and more targeted strategies to combat Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive and rare pediatric cancer that develops ...
Medical Xpress / Thousands of dying people miss out on vital fast-tracked benefits
Special Rules for End of Life is an important mechanism in the benefits system designed to give people with a terminal illness fast-tracked access to vital financial support. But this qualitative study, the first to interview ...
Medical Xpress / Aberrant protein activity rewires lymphoma cells to survive BTK inhibitors, offering target for treatment resistance
A protein that can dial down oxidative stress in cells helps some cancers resist treatment with a widely used class of drugs called BTK inhibitors, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The ...
Medical Xpress / New 'Medicine 4.0' framework calls for greater access to both ideas and services
Modern medicine has become increasingly focused on preventing disease and extending healthy life, but a new paper claims that the next major leap in health care will require something more fundamental: ensuring that both ...
Medical Xpress / Study highlights benefits of animal-assisted treatment in stroke rehabilitation
A visit from a therapy animal may do more than lift spirits. A new study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings highlights how animal-assisted treatment can support inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Patients who interacted with therapy ...
Phys.org / Iron and cobalt both curb stainless invar expansion, but iron leads
Invar alloys resist expanding or contracting with temperature, a property valuable for precision instruments, but it has been unclear how this "invar effect" plays out separately in each element of complex, multimetal stainless ...
Phys.org / Pacific cloud brightening could weaken El Nino, but models reveal risks for Europe and Asia
A brewing "super" El Nino cycle is poised to unleash heat waves, floods and drought worldwide, with the effects amplified by long-term human-caused climate change.
