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Medical Xpress / The compounding problem of peptides
What if you could heal like Wolverine?
Tech Xplore / AI can sound empathetic and human—but not at the same time
AI-generated texts are increasingly perceived as human, but people can still recognize human writing as such. However, this distinction becomes much more difficult once AI is explicitly instructed to come across as human. ...
Medical Xpress / Minibeam radiotherapy studied in patients with difficult-to-treat cancers
Mayo Clinic researchers report encouraging results using a new radiation technique called minibeam radiotherapy to treat patients with treatment-resistant cancers in or near the skin. The technique delivers very high doses ...
Medical Xpress / Hot, dry weather can make you cough more—salty air might help
UNC School of Medicine researcher Brian Button, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and biophysics, and collaborators have identified how extremely dry air during heat waves can make the airways more sensitive and more likely ...
Phys.org / When equity appeals inspire giving to classrooms, what they signal matters
Online crowdfunding platforms have enabled teachers in great need of classroom supplies to reach potential donors far beyond their school communities. Yet access to more donors does not automatically eliminate the disparities ...
Medical Xpress / Study reveals young-onset dementia's impact on families
Families caring for a loved one with young-onset dementia are facing years of uncertainty, financial strain and emotional exhaustion—with many struggling to access timely diagnosis and appropriate support—according to a new ...
Phys.org / 'Invisible work' of AI falls disproportionately to middle managers, women
It's a common refrain that AI is changing how we work, but new research conducted by the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab, housed in the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, shows that AI is creating new forms of work ...
Medical Xpress / Caregivers worldwide often sacrifice their own well-being, 20 years of research further confirms
Caregivers of people with cancer, heart problems and other long-term illnesses report needing more psychological support but often stop short of accessing it.
Medical Xpress / Physician-researchers explore ways to expand clinical trial participation
From lifesaving drugs to new treatments, clinical trials are essential to advancing medicine, and their success depends on people participating. Yet participation remains low. Only about 7% of U.S. adults with cancer enroll ...
Medical Xpress / Gut microbiome features predict devastating disease affecting preemies
In a discovery that challenges long-standing assumptions about necrotizing enterocolitis, a sudden and often fatal intestinal illness that affects premature infants, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...
Medical Xpress / Hope in the Storm: Studying the Daily Fight to Live
Understanding and preventing suicide often focuses on why people want to die—but a Yale researcher is calling for a shift to a more constructive, humanizing starting point. Christine Cha, PhD, stresses the importance of focusing ...
Phys.org / Is pasta a type of noodle? The surprisingly serious debate over two beloved carbs
Certain taxonomic debates resurface time and again.