Credit: CC0 Public Domain In 1874, a surgeon in South Australia telegraphed wound care instructions for a patient 2,000 kilometers away. A few years later, in 1879, a letter in…
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How to know when it’s time to start therapy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People go to therapy for many reasons. A challenging life event, trauma, volatile emotions, relationship problems, poor mental health: all can prompt someone to seek it…
Why do our muscles ache after a workout?
Credit: Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels The Paris 2024 Olympics have inspired you to take up running again this year. Your shoes are all laced up, your headphones plugged in, and…
New medications for early Alzheimer’s draw praise, controversy
by Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comparison of the efficacy slopes and absolute changes for donepezil and lecanemab versus placebo. Credit: eneuro (2024). DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0319-23.2024 Independence Health System has introduced…
Neighborhood socioeconomic status linked to premature mortality
Low neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with premature mortality, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in JAMA Network Open. Wayne R. Lawrence, Dr.P.H., from the National Institutes…
Confirmation from the first global meta-analysis
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Dengue vaccine has an efficacy rate of over 50% in reducing disease cases, with lasting effects and a very good safety profile. This is confirmed…
Stressed China youth fuel wellness boom with traditional twist
Credit: kimmi jun from Pexels Popping supplements, drinking herbal teas and signing up for lifestyle classes, China’s youth are turning to the wellness industry as work stress and pandemic memories…
Advanced MRI scans help identify one in three concussion patients with ‘hidden disease’
Whole brain diffusion tensor tractography in an age-matched control subject and two patients with serial images at approximately two days, six weeks, and one year following severe traumatic brain injury.…
Strategic reuse of rapid antigen tests for coagulation status assessment using a machine learning approach
Repurposed COVID-19 RATs provide an ideal platform for observing differences in blood coagulability. Random Forest image classification algorithms can facilitate rapid coagulation status assessment on a paper-based LFA platform. Credit:…
