Waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR) is an inexpensive alternative to body mass index (BMI) for predicting fat mass (FM) in pediatric patients, according to a study published online March 5 in…
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Early Career Work Schedules Tied to Midlife Health Risks
Summary: Nonstandard work schedules early in life correlate with poorer health outcomes at middle age. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979, the research examines over 30 years…
AI Personalities Evolve in Game Theory Experiment
Summary: Researchers innovated a method to evolve diverse personality traits in dialogue AI using a language model and the prisoner’s dilemma game. By simulating scenarios where AI agents choose between…
Birth rate in United States remained unchanged from 2021 to 2022, report shows
The birth rate in the United States was essentially unchanged from 2021 to 2022, according to the April 4 National Vital Statistics Reports. Michelle J.K. Osterman, from the National Center…
Screening with a PSA test has a small impact on prostate cancer deaths but leads to overdiagnosis, finds study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The largest study to date investigating a single invitation to a PSA blood test to screen for prostate cancer has found it had a small impact…
How Interconnectedness Affects Elderly Resilience
Summary: A new study illuminated the consequences of a tighter interconnection between different domains of functional capacity in the elderly, pointing towards a reduced resilience in the system. This study…
First cardiac bioimplants for treatment of myocardial infarction using umbilical cord stem cells
PeriCord at the lab. Credit: IGTP The results of a pioneering study support the safety of the bioimplants called PeriCord, made from stem cells of the umbilical cord and pericardium…
Platform tracks SARS-CoV-2 mutational impact on disease severity, identifies effective therapeutic inhibitors
A droplet microfluidics-based system for high-throughput screening of syncytium formation. a, Co-culture of spike-expressing sender cells (mCherry+) and ACE2-expressing receiver cells (BFP+) resulted in syncytium formation (GFP+) due to cell–cell…
3 marketing myths the supplement industry wants you to swallow
Americans seem to have quite a positive view of dietary supplements. According to a 2023 survey, 74% of U.S. adults take vitamins, prebiotics and the like. The business of supplements…
