By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 15:23 EST, 24 December 2024 | Updated: 17:08 EST, 24 December 2024 43 View comments ‘A tough pill to swallow’ is more than just a metaphor. Four in ten adults struggle to swallow pills, which can prevent them from getting much-needed medication. Many patients have trouble swallowing larger pills, but even smaller capsules...
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Chatbots Fail Standard Cognitive Test
— Large language models show susceptibility to cognitive impairment by Judy George, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage TodayDecember 18, 2024 article President-elect Donald Trump may have once scored a perfect 30/30opens in a new tab or window on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), but artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots didn’t perform nearly as well. On the well-known cognitive screen, most chatbots — also...
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AI-designed ‘nanocages’ mimic viral behavior for enhanced gene therapy
by Pohang University of Science and Technology Cryo-EM analysis of designed de novo protein nanocages. Credit: POSTECH Researchers have developed an innovative therapeutic platform by mimicking the intricate structures of viruses using artificial intelligence (AI). Their pioneering research was published in Nature on December 18. Viruses are uniquely designed to encapsulate genetic material within spherical protein shells, enabling them to replicate and...
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What Is the Best Temperature for Sleep?
Written by Lindsay Boyers, CHNC | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Updated on October 24, 2023print_outlinedemail_outlined Key takeaways: Doctors React to Sleep Routines: What Room Temperature Is the Best for Sleep? 0 seconds of 58 secondsVolume 90% 00:58 Featuring Stacia Woodcock, PharmD, Preeti Parikh, MD Reviewed by Alexandra Schwarz, MD | October 18, 2023 Temperature — both body and room temperature...
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Cooling sunscreen reflects both UV rays and solar heat
By Ben Coxworth December 23, 2024 The experimental sunscreen reportedly keeps users’ skin up to a total of 6.1 ºC (11 ºF) cooler than existing commercial sunscreens (pictured) Depositphotos View 2 Images Although sunscreen does help protect our skin from the sun’s harmful UV rays, it isn’t designed to keep that skin cool. An experimental new...
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Novel biomarker catches aging cells in the act
by Justin Jackson , Medical Xpress RNAscope of p16ink4a (green), Il23r (red), and Cd3e (cyan) from young (top, 2 mo.) and old (bottom, 24 mo.) kidney tissue from mice on p16-InkAttac background. DAPI nuclear stain is depicted in dark blue. Old kidney exhibits dense and perivascular Cd3e + Il23r+ immune nodes. Credit: Nature Aging (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43587-024-00752-7 Mayo Clinic...
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New smartphone app successfully treats tinnitus in clinical trial
Tinnitus is a condition that affects approximately 15 percent of the population, with around 1 percent experiencing severe symptoms Joseph Shavit Published Dec 24, 2024 12:07 PM PST Tinnitus is a condition that affects approximately 15 percent of the population, with around 1 percent experiencing severe symptoms. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0)Share this story Tinnitus affects...
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A public health emergency is waiting at the bottom of the antibiotic resistance cliff
by Heidi Toth, Northern Arizona University Time course of emergence and prevalence of ST131-H30R and a hypothetical pan-resistant Escherichia coli strain. Credit: Communications Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00693-7 The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria could lead to a catastrophic rise in infection-related deaths, according to new research led by Northern Arizona University. The question likely isn’t whether it will happen,...
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Monitoring long-term cardiac activity with contactless radio frequency signals
by Chen Yehong, University of Science and Technology of China Overview of the proposed system. a Our system takes the RF signals reflected from the chest as input and outputs the real-time inter-beat interval (RT-IBI), which is then utilized to identify heart disease. b Schematic exploded-view of the RF device used in this paper. c Our...
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Skin Stress Biomarker May Predict Nerve Damage in Early T2D
Edited by Manasi Talwadekar December 09, 2024 076 Added to Email Alert TOPLINE: Increased cutaneous carbonyl stress is linked to slower nerve conduction in patients with metabolically well-controlled, recent-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) and can predict the development of neuropathic deficits over 5 years. METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: IN PRACTICE: “Prospective analyses revealed some predictive value of...