Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There is a nationwide shortage of pediatric specialists, delaying care for many patients. In some cases, children wait weeks or even months for appointments. But now,…
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How the brain distinguishes between ambiguous hypotheses
Recurrent neural dynamics can be used to navigate through locally ambiguous landmarks by forming and employing multimodal hypotheses. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-01944-z When navigating a place that we’re…
Statins may reduce risk of death by 39% for patients with life-threatening sepsis, large study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sepsis is when the immune system overshoots its inflammatory reaction to an infection, so strongly that the vital organs begin to shut down. It is life-threatening:…
Ivory Coast announces cholera outbreak after 7 deaths
Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: Wikipedia Ivory Coast announced a cholera outbreak on Thursday, confirming seven deaths from the disease. Daniel Kouadio Ekra, head of the National…
Study shows how obesity can affect care provision
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study has found that older adults living with obesity can feel judged or dismissed by care providers due to their weight, leading to a…
Diabetes drug shows benefits for patients with liver disease
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drug dapagliflozin, widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, also shows improvements for patients with progressive liver disease, finds…
Baby’s microbiome may protect against later childhood viral infection
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A baby’s makeup of gut bacteria—their microbiome—which starts to form as soon as they are born, could help protect against viral infections later in childhood, a…
AI detects dizziness and balance disorders remotely
FAU researchers are also experimenting with a wearable headset equipped with deep learning capabilities to detect nystagmus in real-time. Credit: Florida Atlantic University Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly vital…
Can early exposure to dogs lessen genetic susceptibility to eczema?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research published in Allergy indicates that certain environmental exposures may affect a child’s risk of developing atopic eczema, a condition characterized by dry, itchy, and…
Monoclonal antibody halves hospitalizations of children younger than 6 months old
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A single dose of the long-acting antibody nirsevimab to infants can halve hospitalizations for bronchiolitis. This is the result of a study involving the Università Cattolica…
