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Medical Xpress / Online doctors popular but price-sensitive for young people, study finds

Young adults are more likely to consume health care when it is available via health care apps, and even more so if they do not have to pay patient fees. This has been shown in a study carried out at the University of Gothenburg.

3 hours ago in Medical economics
Phys.org / Study reveals reported crop yield gains from breeding may be overstated

A new study suggests that decades of reported gains in crop yields from plant breeding may be significantly overstated, challenging a common method used worldwide to measure genetic progress. The international research team ...

7 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / With Evo 2, AI can model and design the genetic code for all domains of life

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across the entire tree of life, Evo 2 can identify patterns in gene sequences across disparate organisms ...

7 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Open source cancer database created for easier disease study

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and The Johns Hopkins University have created a novel database structure that allows investigators anywhere to more easily study multiple types of cancer data—including ...

3 hours ago in Medical research
Phys.org / Satellite study of 2.2 million thunderstorms shows how to predict their formation

People may be frustrated by the lack of detail when weather forecasters say, "There will be thunderstorms popping up, but we don't know where." Now a key finding in a study by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), ...

7 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / How gut bacteria and diet can reprogram fat to burn more energy

Scientists at City of Hope and the Broad Institute and Keio University have discovered how specific gut bacteria work together with the diet to flip a metabolic switch—transforming energy-storing white fat into calorie-burning ...

7 hours ago in Gastroenterology
Medical Xpress / High-dose folic acid prevents diabetic peripheral neuropathy in mice, study finds

Florida State University researchers have demonstrated that significantly increasing dietary folic acid in mice can prevent peripheral neuropathy, a condition commonly associated with diabetes and other health issues. The ...

7 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / One-hour saliva test spots biomarker linked to several cancers

QUT researchers have developed a simple one-hour saliva test for a protein biomarker that has been linked with oral, colon and pancreatic cancers. The findings are published in the journal Talanta.

4 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Why some tiny tumors vanish and others grow: Discovery could help treat cancer at very earliest stages

Cambridge scientists have shown that when tumors first emerge, interactions with healthy cells in the underlying supportive tissue determine their ability to survive, grow, and progress to advanced stages of disease.

7 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Researchers link Parkinson's-related protein to faster Alzheimer's progression in women

Alzheimer's-related brain changes progressed up to 20 times faster in women who also had abnormal levels of a Parkinson's-related protein, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in JAMA Network Open. The same pattern ...

Tech Xplore / 'ChatGPT for spreadsheets' helps solve difficult engineering challenges faster

Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be costly, and there may ...

8 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / JWST reveals surprising secrets in Jupiter's northern lights

An international team of scientists, led by a Ph.D. researcher from Northumbria University, has made further discoveries about a spectacular feature of Jupiter's northern lights, revealing a never-before-seen temperature ...

9 hours ago in Astronomy & Space