This Blog Is Powered By Life Technology™. Visit Life Technology™ At www.lifetechnology.com Subscribe To This Blog Via Feedburner / Atom 1.0 / RSS 2.0.
News
Life Technology™ Medical News
Myth of Tongue-Swallowing Prevention in CPR
UK Teens Vaping Linked to Smoking Uptake
Link Between Ultra-Processed Food and Lung Cancer
Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehab Reduces Atrial Fibrillation Severity
Diabetes Epidemic: Over 38 Million Americans Affected
Community Involvement in Dementia Care: Beyond Spouses & Children
High-Intensity Training Aids Cancer Battle: ECU Study
Tragic Death: Boy Succumbs to Brain-Eating Amoeba
Surgical Treatment for Neurological Disorders: Deep Brain Stimulation
Herpes Infections and Alzheimer's: Potential Link Explored
Cannabis Use Disorder Linked to Higher Oral Cancer Risk
Study Finds Low Risk of Locoregional Recurrence in Young Breast Cancer Patients
Childhood Immunization Progress in Africa: Global Targets at Risk
Low Blood Sugar Linked to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Prediabetes Twice as Common in Asian Adolescents
Study: Avian Influenza Virus in Dairy Cattle Maintains Bird-Infecting Traits
Breakthrough Discovery by ANU Researchers Enhances Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatments
Planned Parenthood Clinics Maintain Medicaid Funding
Virtual Nature Exposure Boosts Well-Being in Dementia Patients
Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks Ease Pain in Kids with Broken Thigh Bones
Unlocking the Power of Contextual Memory Recall
Local Homicide Rates Linked to Higher Suicide Rates
New Clinical Guideline for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Management
U.S. Health Spending vs. Community Health: New Research Insights
UK Residents Consume Eight Plant Varieties Daily
President Lyndon Johnson Signs Medicare into Law
First Malaria Treatment for Babies and Young Children Approved
Climate Change Worsens Diarrhea Risk for Children
Efficient Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells for Cancer Diagnosis
Study Reveals $192 Billion Health Care Costs Due to Inadequate Physical Activity
Life Technology™ Medical News Subscribe Via Feedburner Subscribe Via Google Subscribe Via RSSLife Technology™ Science News
Kobe University Advances Genetic Study on Plant Reproduction
Study: Women Politicians in Europe Face More Uncivil Tweets and Identity Attacks
Human Presence in US National Parks Affects Animal Behavior
Wild Great Tits Show Early Divorce Signals
Unusually Hot Rock Beneath Appalachians Linked to Ancient Split
Variation in Blood Glycoproteins: Top 10 Dominance
Rising Threat: Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Claim 5 Million Lives
Global Research Dominance: Factors Influencing Study Origins
Global Framework Proposed to Regulate Tire Additives
Southeast U.S. Residents Urged to Stay Hydrated Amid Record Heat
Rice University Engineers E. coli as Multiplexed Sensors
Plastic Waste Breakdown Threatens Global Ecosystems
Smartphone-Controlled Capsule Communicates with Gut Bacteria
Amyloids: Key Driver of Alzheimer's Disease
Is There a Massive Undiscovered Planet in the Solar System?
Harness AI for Quick Essay Writing & Reading Skips
Land Dispossession Struggle in Post-Apartheid South Africa
French Health Experts Warn Against Bee-Killing Pesticide
Reddit Hate Speech Posts Show Similarities to Psychiatric Disorder Communities
Trump Administration to Reverse Key Climate Change Determination
Rising Online Child Abuse: STOP-CSAM's Therapeutic Chat Intervention
Qut Researchers Innovate Remote Sensing for Antarctica's Moss & Lichen
Ancient Hominins: Study Reveals Size Disparity in Ancestors
Study Suggests Tech Boost for Coral Restoration
Lab-Grown Beef: Taste and Consistency Similar to Real Meat
Study by National Physical Laboratory Reveals Noise Impact on Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers
Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Manage $35 Million Plant Cost
Breakthrough Study: Advancing Affordable X-ray Free-Electron Lasers
"York University Study Reveals Evolution of Lava Planets"
Ancient Micrometeorites: Earth's Hidden History
Life Technology™ Science News Subscribe Via Feedburner Subscribe Via Google Subscribe Via RSSLife Technology™ Technology News
Microsoft Authenticator Users Alerted: Password Management Update
Microsoft Authenticator is ending password autofill soon. How to set up a passkey before Aug. 1
Dating App Tea Reports Cybersecurity Breach
Tea app takes messaging system offline after second security issue reported
Most U.S. Adults Use AI for Information Search
How US adults are using AI, according to AP-NORC polling
Spotify Reports 12% Surge in Paying Subscribers
Spain's Competition Watchdog Expands Apple App Store Probe
Spain competition watchdog expands probe into Apple
Spotify sees 12% rise in paid subscribers
Scientists Disrupt Atomic Order for High-Performance Battery Anodes
Targeted atomic disorder boosts battery charging speed and long-term stability
Overcoming Faulty Ranking Mechanisms in AI Leaderboards
Why AI leaderboards are inaccurate and how to fix them
Artificial Intelligence Agents Show Strong Software Development Skills
AI agent autonomously solves complex cybersecurity challenges using text-based tools
Robotic Arm with Assistive Grippers Aids Pizza Making
Robotic arm with soft grippers helps people with disabilities make pizza and more
Technology Adoption Life Cycle: Innovators Embrace, Laggards Follow
'AI veganism': Some people's issues with AI parallel vegans' concerns about diet
Offshore Wind Power Potential Exceeds U.S. Electricity Demand
Great Lakes offshore wind could power the region and beyond
New Study: Flying Small Quadrotors in Air Ducts
Designing drones that can fly in air ducts
Moon Landings Unveil Lunar Dust Mystery
Solving a moon mystery helps game out future landings
Sustainable Energy Piles for Urban Buildings
New Method for Manufacturing Computer Chips
Optimizing geothermal foundations in soft clay for urban buildings
UV-light method cuts computer chip manufacturing steps in half
Life Technology™ Technology News Subscribe Via Feedburner Subscribe Via Google Subscribe Via RSSWednesday, 25 September 2019
Secret-shopper-style study shows online birth control prescription overall safe, efficient
Web-based and digital-app services that offer oral contraception appear to be overall safe and efficient, according to the findings of a secret-shopper-style study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School and UC Davis that analyzed the birth control prescription services of nine U.S. vendors.
New insights into the healing capacity of the heart
A group of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Heart Institute and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reveals today in the journal Genes & Development new insights into the recently discovered healing capacity of the heart involving the Hippo cellular pathway. The group previously reported that inactivating the Hippo pathway in the adult murine heart promoted cardiac muscle regeneration after injury, opening the possibility of developing promising heart failure therapies.
Study assesses asthma treatment options in African American children and adults
A new study of African Americans with poorly controlled asthma, found differences in patients' responses to commonly used treatments. Contrary to what researchers had expected, almost half of young children in the study responded differently than older children and adults, and than white children in prior studies.
Found: three black holes on collision course
Astronomers have spotted three giant black holes within a titanic collision of three galaxies. Several observatories, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other NASA space telescopes, captured the unusual system.
Boeing settles 1st Lion Air cases with MAX families, $1.2 mn per victim: source
Boeing has reached settlements with 11 families of victims from October's Lion Air crash, the first agreements following two deadly crashes that killed 346 people, a plaintiffs attorney said Wednesday.
Rhode Island is latest state to bar flavored vape products
Rhode Island became the latest state to restrict e-cigarettes Wednesday when Gov. Gina Raimondo signed an executive order banning the sale of flavored vaping products.
A mouse or an elephant: what species fights infection more effectively?
What species is better at fighting an infection, a mouse or an elephant? Body size is one of the most noticeable differences among species, but relationships between immune defenses and body size have largely been unstudied.
Minnesota moves to get more electric vehicles on roads
Minnesota will require car manufacturers to sell more electric vehicles in the state starting in the 2023 model year, Gov. Tim Walz said Wednesday, a move meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while defying the Trump administration's efforts to revoke California's clean air and fuel economy standards for cars and trucks.
Does migraine leave your head spinning? Noninvasive treatment shows early promise
There may be some good news for people with vestibular migraine, a type of migraine that causes vertigo and dizziness with or without headache pain. A small, preliminary study suggests that non-invasive nerve stimulation may show promise as a treatment for vestibular migraine attacks, a condition for which there are currently no approved treatments. The study is published in the September 25, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Emergency vaccination for deadly DR Congo measles outbreak: UN
The UN health agency on Wednesday said it would carry out an emergency vaccination campaign in six DR Congo provinces to counter an outbreak of measles that has killed 3,600 since the start of the year.
US appeals court to decide fight over jaguar habitat
It will be up to a federal appeals court to decide whether tens of thousands of acres in New Mexico should be reserved as critical habitat for the endangered jaguar.
Prediction system significantly increases palliative care consults
Palliative Connect, a trigger system developed at Penn Medicine and powered by predictive analytics, was found to be effective at increasing palliative care consultations for seriously ill patients, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After the system was implemented, palliative care consultation increased by 74 percent. The study was published this month in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Fear not a factor in gun ownership: research
Are gun owners more or less afraid than people who do not own guns? A new study from researchers at Florida State University and the University of Arizona hopes to add some empirical data to the conversation after finding that gun owners tend to report less fear than non-gun owners.
AI helps scientists predict depression outcomes
The psychiatry field has long sought answers to explain why antidepressants help only some people.
Scientists solve mystery underlying heart toxicity caused by diabetes drugs
Like catching two fish with one worm, treating two problems with a single drug is efficient, but exceedingly difficult. In particular, for new diabetes medications, in which one drug aims to tackle two major complications of diabetes—the excess of both lipids and glucose in the blood—the therapeutic benefits, while great, frequently are accompanied by dangerous toxic effects to the heart.
NASA visualization shows a black hole's warped world
This new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its surroundings as if seen in a carnival mirror. The visualization simulates the appearance of a black hole where infalling matter has collected into a thin, hot structure called an accretion disk. The black hole's extreme gravity skews light emitted by different regions of the disk, producing the misshapen appearance.
Researchers developing new 'DNA stitch' to treat muscular dystrophy
A new therapeutic being tested by University of Alberta researchers is showing early promise as a more effective treatment that could help nearly half of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Resistance to immune checkpoint blocker drug linked to metabolic imbalance
A metabolic imbalance in some cancer patients following treatment with a checkpoint inhibitor drug, nivolumab, is associated with resistance to the immunotherapy agent and shorter survival, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in collaborative work with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Climate change could cause drought in wheat-growing areas: study
In a new study, researchers found that unless steps are taken to mitigate climate change, up to 60 percent of current wheat-growing areas worldwide could see simultaneous, severe and prolonged droughts by the end of the century. Wheat is the world's largest rain-fed crop in terms of harvested area and supplies about 20 percent of all calories consumed by humans.
Shoe-mounted laser to 'unfreeze' people with Parkinson's scoops €1 million prize
A shoe-mounted laser beam that helps people with Parkinson's disease 'unfreeze' by shining a green line in front of their feet has been awarded the EU's €1 million Horizon Prize for Social Innovation.
California ballot proposal would tighten data privacy rules
A San Francisco developer who pressured California lawmakers into enacting the nation's most sweeping data privacy act is pushing a ballot measure to expand the law.
Race against time to finish Brazil's particle accelerator
Brazilian scientists are racing against time to finish building a particle accelerator the size of the Maracana football stadium before government funds run out or it is superseded by rival technology.
Germany's climate-stressed trees face 'catastrophe' as bugs attack
Germany's forests have long been treasured by its people, so the country has reacted with alarm and dismay as a beetle infestation has turned climate-stressed woodlands into brown ecological graveyards.
Swedish climate activist Thunberg wins 'Alternative Nobel'
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is among four people named Wednesday as the winners of a Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel."
Beijing opens glitzy airport ahead of China's 70th anniversary
A futuristic new airport in Beijing, which is expected to become one of the busiest in the world, was opened by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.
Caribbean gets smart to cope with hurricanes
After monster Hurricane Irma annihilated the farm sector of Barbuda in 2017, growers got smart: among other changes, they moved their crops to higher ground.
Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking
Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced Tuesday ahead of the US 2020 elections, even as it works to discredit false information meant to manipulate public opinion.
Officials: 75,000 vaping cartridges seized in Anoka County
Law enforcement officials say they've seized 75,000 vaping cartridges in Anoka County.
'Blue finance' hopes to put oceans on a sustainable path
The world's oceans are set to become an increasingly vital resource for helping the planet cope with soaring population growth, but officials are only beginning to craft regulatory frameworks that would ensure "blue financing" goes where it's needed most.
Greta Thunberg's 'How dare you?' a major moment for climate movement
Her imperious "How dare you?" to world leaders at the UN cemented Swedish teen Greta Thunberg's role as her generation's leading spokeswoman on climate change, the culmination of a year of dogged relentlessness, say those who know her.
California ramps up efforts to combat invasive swamp rodents
One of the most recent threats to California's environment has webbed feet, white whiskers, shaggy fur and orange buck teeth that could be mistaken for carrots.
Vox Media and owner of 'New York' magazine to merge
Vox Media announced a merger agreement Tuesday with New York Media, home of the prestigious "New York" magazine and a series of other titles.
Tropical fish swim into Europe's waters as common species head north
Cod, sole and plaice might be regulars on European dinner tables but as climate change heats the oceans common species are heading to cooler northern waters—with profound potential consequences for fish stocks and consumers.
First systematic review and meta-analysis suggests AI may be as effective as health professionals at diagnosing disease
Artificial intelligence (AI) appears to detect diseases from medical imaging with similar levels of accuracy as health-care professionals, according to the first systematic review and meta-analysis, synthesising all the available evidence from the scientific literature published in The Lancet Digital Health journal.
Bats use private and social information as they hunt
In the arms race between predators and prey, each evolves more and more sophisticated ways of catching or escaping from the other. Rachel Page, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Ximena Bernal, associate professor at Purdue University, review in Functional Ecology how bats use both private and social information to attack their prey.
Sexual trauma common in postmenopausal women veterans
Thanks to increased media attention, sexual assaults occurring in the military are finally getting the attention they deserve. However, most reports involve reproductive-aged women Veterans from recent service eras. A new study confirms the problem has a long history with assaults linked to numerous mental and physical problems. Study results will be presented during The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Chicago, September 25 to 28, 2019.
Bird droppings defy expectations
For every question about bird poop, uric acid appears to be the answer.
Scientists identify benefits, challenges to using film in public health research
The research community is increasingly recognizing video as more than just a medium to disseminate scientific findings after a study's conclusion. A powerful tool, film can engage study participants and become an integral part of the scientific process, when deployed thoughtfully.
Studies link air pollution to mental health issues in children
Three new studies by scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Cincinnati, highlight the relationship between air pollution and mental health in children.
Private boats in the Mediterranean have extremely high potential to spread alien species
This is the first study in the Mediterranean to combine boat and marina sampling data with crew surveys to better understand the role these boats play in spreading alien species. The researchers from the University of Pavia, Italy found that boats traveling to new marinas were likely to be transporting alien species in the biofouling: living growth on submerged areas of the vessel.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)