When it comes to living a life disease-free, filled with energy and happiness and an impressive amount of time – everyone is intrigued. In fact, internet searches on the matter is astronomical with everyone wanting to know what is the secret. A certain hot beverage has been proven to add extra years to one’s life and even reduce the risk […]
Continue reading »
On the shores of Lake Ontario, a Canadian start-up raised one of the earliest alarms about the risk posed by the mystery virus that emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. How did it do it? Artificial intelligence. BlueDot has developed an algorithm that can sift through hundreds of thousands of news stories a day along with air traffic information […]
Continue reading »
The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that experts are “very encouraged” after only three new cases of Ebola have been reported in the past week in eastern Congo, a sign that the world’s second deadliest Ebola epidemic in history could finally be waning after 18 months. The epidemic that already has killed at least 2,249 people has […]
Continue reading »
Researchers at CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal have discovered a new mechanism involved in the expression of Down syndrome, one of the main causes of intellectual disability and congenital heart defects in children. The study’s findings were published today in Current Biology. Down syndrome (SD), also called trisomy 21 syndrome, is a genetic condition that affects approximately one in […]
Continue reading »
FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2020 — Drugs that many men with prostate cancer might already be taking — cholesterol-lowering statins — may help extend their survival if they have a “high-risk” form of the disease, new research suggests. High-risk patients include men with high blood levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) and a “Gleason score” of 8 or more. Gleason scores […]
Continue reading »
Artificial intelligence can help cancer patients start their radiation therapy sooner—and thereby decrease the odds of the cancer spreading—by instantly translating complex clinical data into an optimal plan of attack. Patients typically must wait several days to a week to begin therapy while doctors manually develop treatment plans. But new research from UT Southwestern shows how enhanced deep-learning models streamlined […]
Continue reading »
A new eye scan could help identify autism in children years earlier than currently possible. The non-invasive eye scan utilises a hand-held device to find a pattern of subtle electrical signals in the retina that are different in children on the autism spectrum, which are directly linked to differences in their brain development. The scan was tested on about 180 […]
Continue reading »
Although it may seem like managing and despairing for the future of your ‘challenging’ offspring brings no benefit and only exuberant amounts of worry, we have some new information that might just make it all worthwhile. A new study, published in Developmental Psychology, has discovered that outspoken children – in other words, defiant – will go on to enjoy a successful and ‘rich’ […]
Continue reading »
This Valentine’s Day, psychologists from Edge Hill University explore the science behind the ‘beer goggles’ effect and suggests there is some truth to this when considering the attractiveness of potential suitors. Dr. Rebecca Monk and Professor Derek Heim carried out a computer-based study in bars and pubs local to the University’s Ormskirk campus, by asking participants to respond to stimuli […]
Continue reading »
Immune therapy research by a team of Tuskegee University faculty scientists and doctoral students—in partnership with the National Institutes of Health—shows great promise in the ability to reprogram immune cells, kill cancer cells and halt tumor growth in several types of cancer. These research findings are described in detail in the article, “Mannose receptor (CD206) activation in tumor-associated macrophages enhances […]
Continue reading »