Electron micrograph of a negatively stained human papilloma virus (HPV) which occurs in human warts. Credit: public domain Cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer type in women, causes approximately…
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Just 10 minutes of mindfulness daily boosts well-being and fights depression, study finds
Credit: Prasanth Inturi from Pexels In a new study published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, researchers from the Universities of Bath and Southampton have unveiled how just 10…
Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As fears mount globally about mpox, apparently simple questions such as the danger it poses and differences between variants do not have clear and simple answers.…
How to avoid the worst of jet lag and maximize your travel time
A holiday traveler looks out at a airplane at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City, July 3, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File It’s the bane of…
Novel PET/CT technique accurately detects neuroblastoma in children with short scan time and no anesthesia
[18F]MFBG LAFOV PET/ULD CT (top) and [123I]MIBG scintigraphy with SPECT/LD CT images (bottom) of 7-wk-old girl with neuroblastoma. [18F]MFBG image shows intraspinal and bone marrow involvement not seen on [123I]MIBG…
CDC and local experts anticipate new fall COVID vaccines in September
Credit: Maksim Goncharenok from Pexels As COVID-19 settles into a permanent presence in our lives, annual vaccinations are becoming the norm. Earlier this month, an official from the Centers for…
Most Americans comfortable with AI in health care
Harrison Jackson, MD, explains the ambient listening app that he uses in appointments to his patient at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The app uses artificial intelligence to…
Memory can be strengthened by unrelated experiences, study finds
Homosynaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) stimulus minutes before, after, or 24 hr after a weak associative conditioning produces lasting memory. Credit: eLife (2023). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.91421 There is a legend that many…
U.S. births continue to fall, dropping by 17% since 2007
Final government data finds the number of U.S. births falling by 2% last year compared to 2022, continuing a decades-long decline. Overall, annual U.S. birth numbers have fallen by 17%…
New textbook sheds light on aging
Credit: Springer A new textbook provides an overview on the present understanding of aging—from the basic biology of aging to age-related diseases and to the role of lifestyle and the…
