Credit: CC0 Public Domain An editorial paper was published in Oncoscience by researcher Peeter Karihtala from the University of Helsinki and University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, titled, “The mutational signatures…
Category: Health & Medicine
1 in 6 parents say they probably wouldn’t know if teens were betting online
Most parents worry about online betting putting young people at risk of going into debt or developing a gambling addiction. Credit: University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National…
New criteria for sepsis in children based on organ dysfunction
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Clinician-scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were among a diverse, international group of experts tasked by the Society of Critical Care…
Excessive social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated adolescent mental health challenges
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain How does time spent online, and especially social media, affect the brains and behaviors of children and youth? Social media platforms are seemingly designed to capture…
Study shows a computerized decision support system reduces high-risk drug combinations in ICU patients
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A multicenter study led by Amsterdam UMC and conducted in nine Dutch Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has shown that tailoring a computerized decision support system (CDSS)…
Measles is most infectious disease known to science. Adults should consider getting another MMR vaccine
An electron micrograph of the measles virus. Credit: CDC/ Courtesy of Cynthia S. Goldsmith Imagine a disease more infectious than any other known to medical science, that would kill 2.6…
What a new sexual health campaign for young Aussies gets right and wrong
One of the posters from the campaign. Credit: Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care The Australian government recently launched a new campaign, Beforeplay, to promote better sexual health…
Multiple myeloma cured after hepatitis treatment reveals that this cancer can be caused by viruses
The effect of antiviral treatment in hepatitis C virus- and hepatitis B virus-infected multiple myeloma cohorts. (A) Study design and flowchart of hepatitis B virus (HBV)+ (orange) and hepatitis C…
Public release of AI to estimate biological sex from fundus images
Estimation accuracy of the sex estimation AI model developed this time (bar basis: file size of model). Credit: NII The Japanese Ophthalmological Society and the National Institute of Informatics have…
Generative AI helps to explain human memory and imagination
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Recent advances in generative AI help to explain how memories enable us to learn about the world, relive old experiences and construct totally new experiences for…
