Archaeologists from the State Historical Museums and Arkeologerna recently completed an investigation of a significant burial site in Linköping, Sweden. The excavation, conducted in advance of planned construction works, revealed…
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Investigational gene therapy gives children with rare immune disorder a new lease on life
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life-threatening immune disorder called severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-I,…
Parents Often Miss Early Clues About How Kids Feel at School
Summary: Parents often misread how their children feel about school during their first year, usually taking a full year to align with their child’s actual experiences. While most parents believed…
Girls With ADHD Face Higher Risk of Anxiety
Summary: A new study reveals that in girls, symptoms of inattentive-type ADHD significantly increase the likelihood of developing anxiety during adolescence. Inattention and anxiety appear to reinforce each other in…
AI tools can make education materials more patient friendly
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence (AI) tools significantly improve the readability of online patient education materials (PEMs), making them more accessible, a new study shows. Led by researchers at…
AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar
If you wanted to check someone’s pulse from across the room, for example to remotely monitor an elderly relative, how could you do it? You might think it’s impossible, because…
Parents with alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children, researchers find
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new systematic review has found that parents and other child caregivers who have alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children in their care…
Hidden fortune discovered in Czech countryside
A 7-kilogram treasure hoard has been discovered by hikers on Zvičina Hill, located in Třebihošť-Mostek, Czechia. The hoard was found concealed in two containers behind a man-made stone wall on…
AI-driven analysis of digital pathology images may improve pediatric sarcoma subtyping
Credit: Anna Tarazevich from Pexels An artificial intelligence (AI)-based model accurately classified pediatric sarcomas using digital pathology images alone, according to results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research…
Negative Expectations Worsen Pain More Than Positive Ones Ease It
Summary: New research shows that negative expectations, known as nocebo effects, exert a stronger and longer-lasting impact on pain perception than positive expectations, or placebo effects. In a two-session study,…
