A study by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with colleagues from Rabin Medical Center in Israel and other collaborators, suggests that even the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models can…
Category: 5. Health
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Just two workouts a week could cut heart death risk by 33% in diabetics
A prospective cohort study examined the associations of different physical activity patterns with all-cause, cardiovascular (CV) and cancer mortality among adults with diabetes. The study found that weekend warrior and regular activity patterns…
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A deadly virus no one talks about — and the HIV drugs that might stop it
Around 10 million people globally live with the life-threatening virus HTLV-1. Yet it remains a poorly understood disease that currently has no preventative treatments and no cure.
But a landmark study co-led by Australian researchers could…
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Concern About AI Girlfriends And Digital Fantasies Of Emerging Adults
Concept of an AI female
Advances in AI technology are quickly changing the dynamics of many industries across the globe. A report on CNN.com this week outlined how the federal government is seeking to scale back AI regulation and expand its…
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How many steps a day do you really need to take?
Walking just 7,000 steps per day can lower a person’s risk of certain health issues, according to a new study.
“While the 10,000-step goal is widely known, it lacks a solid evidence base,” says Borja del Pozo Cruz, a physical…
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Climate change may be pushing fungal allergy season earlier
There’s no rest for allergy sufferers.
Fungal allergy season gets going an average of 22 days earlier than it did 20 years ago, researchers report in the July GeoHealth. Rising temperatures and altered precipitation are linked to…
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Sarepta Blinks In Showdown With FDA
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Sarepta’s showdown with the FDA, Moderna’s use of quantum computers, a new top drug regulator at the FDA, ARCH Venture’s latest biotech company, and more. To get it in your inbox,
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Breakthrough: How radiation helps the immune system kill cancer
By sparking the immune system into action, radiation therapy makes certain tumors that resist immunotherapy susceptible to the treatment, leading to positive outcomes for patients, according to new research by investigators at the Johns Hopkins…
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In India, Air Pollution Can Increase The Risk Of Preterm Birth: Study
TOPSHOT – A woman walks across a railway track amid smog on a winter morning on the outskirts of … More
India is the…
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Cancer cells go up in flames—thanks to this deep-sea sugar
Promoting pyroptosis — an inflammatory form of programmed cell death — has become a promising treatment strategy for cancer. In research published in The FASEB Journal, investigators purified a long-chain sugar molecule, or exopolysaccharide,…
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