Nurse practitioners are just as good as primary care doctors at avoiding potentially harmful prescriptions for older patients—but both need to do better, a large, new study suggests. Nurse practitioners…
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Could gut fungi be linked to severe COVID? What to make of new research findings
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Many tiny organisms including bacteria, fungi and viruses normally live on our bodies, and even inside us. These are called the microbiome. The large number of…
Subscription plan promises boosted replies at X, formerly Twitter
The addition of a $16 per month susbscription tier at X, formerly known as Twitter, comes on the one year anniversary of Elon Musk buying the social media platform for…
1 year later, X struggles with misinformation, advertising and usage decline
Workers install lighting on an “X” sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 28, 2023. One year ago, Elon Musk began transforming the…
New analysis in Science explores artificial intelligence and interspecific law
Credit: Google DeepMind from Pexels Artificial intelligence already wears multiple hats in the workplace, whether its writing ad copy, handling customer support requests, or filtering job applications. As the technology…
Webb’s First Detection of Heavy Element from Star Merger
A team of scientists has used multiple space and ground-based telescopes, including NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, and NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, to observe…
New discoveries at Tell Muhammad |
Archaeologists have made new discoveries at Tell Muhammad, Iraq, following a two-month period of intensive archaeological research. Under the direction of the University of Catania and its Department of Humanistic…
Innocent Faces of Fentanyl: Opioid Use Linked to Distinct Birth Anomalies
Summary: Researchers have identified a potential new syndrome in babies born to mothers who used fentanyl during pregnancy. The infants displayed distinctive facial features, small heads, short stature, and various…
An updated look at prostate cancer disparities
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have found that Black men respond as well as white men to systemic therapies for advanced prostate cancer when access to quality health…
Curbing Overthinking in Teens Alters Brain Connectivity
Summary: Researchers revealed that Rumination-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RF-CBT) can significantly reduce overthinking in teens. This treatment method, originally designed for adults with recurrent depression, has been adapted for younger…
