Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists are urging caution before artificial intelligence (AI) models such as ChatGPT are used in health care for ethnic minority populations. Writing in the Journal of…
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Researchers link early-life exposure to wildfire smoke with early use of upper respiratory medication
Spatial distribution of total number of wildfire smoke-days (2010–2016) at each MSA for the (a) 0%, b 25%, and (c) 50% thresholds. Thresholds are defined as the population-weighted percentage of…
Florida county reports its 7th case of locally contracted malaria
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A southwest Florida county has document a seventh case of malaria, state authorities said. The Florida Department of Health reported a new locally acquired case of…
Explore psilocybin and other psychedelics for women’s cancer distress, urge doctors
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s time to stop prevaricating and explore the use of psilocybin—the active ingredient in magic mushrooms—and other psychedelics to ease the often overwhelming distress faced by…
New opioid use raises death risk 11-fold in those with dementia
Older adults who begin using opioid painkillers after a dementia diagnosis have a significantly greater risk of death—about 11-fold within the first two weeks, according to new research. The risk…
New genes implicated in deadly heart defect
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain By identifying genes in patients and testing their effects in fruit flies, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys have found new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left…
Most research on PFAS harms is unpublicized
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Though per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make headlines daily, a new paper reveals that most studies finding links between PFAS exposure and human health harms are…
Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests, finds review study
(A) Illustration of the three cup sniffing experiment with the first author’s Great Pyrenees (photo credit: Todd Dickey). (B) One of the second author’s COVID-19 scent dogs sniffing a test…
Understanding ketamine treatment for depression
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Depression has been on the rise in recent years. According to a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, nearly one in 10 adults and…
Summer skin care tips for those with darker skin
Dermatologist Dr. Caroline Opene is often asked if certain types of sun blocks are better for people with darker skin. Not necessarily, says the director of the University of California,…
