Credit: Pixabay from Pexels New research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found an increase in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits across Ontario following heavy smoke in early June 2023.…
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New radiotherapy technique aims to protect the heart during lung cancer treatment
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study presented at ESTRO 2025 introduces the RAPID-RT study, which uses an innovative rapid-learning approach to evaluate the impact of treatment modifications in radiotherapy.…
A comprehensive look at what happens in the brain when we’re reading
(a) The functional reading network (n = 163) across all experiments, with contributions of the cerebellum. (b) The functional reading network for individual processing levels, including the main effect of letters (n = 7),…
How does consciousness work? Dueling scientists test two big theories but find no winner
Credit: cdd20 / Unsplash “Theories are like toothbrushes,” it’s sometimes said. “Everybody has their own and nobody wants to use anybody else’s.” It’s a joke, but when it comes to…
Two decades of research lead to treatment for rare, painful skin condition
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients with severe dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, have skin so fragile, the slightest touch can lead to blistering and, eventually, large, open wounds that never…
Two-week radiotherapy proven as safe and effective as eight-week course for prostate cancer: 10-year follow-up
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men worldwide, accounting for more than 1.4 million new cases each year. For many patients, radiotherapy is…
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years
A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File More U.S. children have died this flu season than…
Ambient AI technology can reduce documentation burden for health care providers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Sutter Health, led by Cheryl Stults, Ph.D., found that an innovative ambient artificial intelligence platform showed promising results in easing the burden of clinical…
A man let snakes bite him 202 times. His blood helped create a new antivenom
A new antivenom relies on antibodies from the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself against snakebites by injecting increasing doses of venom into his body.
How to survive in a sunburned country
The ozone layer reduces the amount of UV light that reaches our skin, but doesn’t stop it completely. Credit: NASA Lately, sunscreen has received some controversial bad press from influencers…
