Health
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An oral vaccine that prevents urinary tract infections (UTIs) recurring has shown to provide protection for nearly a decade in a majority of patients, according to a new study. This easy treatment offers a safe, effective method of UTI prevention.
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The magnetometer found inside your cellphone acts like a traditional compass to help you navigate your surroundings. Now, researchers are using it to map human biology, and it could ultimately make managing diabetes a lot cheaper and easier.
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NVIDIA has joined Hippocratic AI to develop AI-powered ‘healthcare agents’ that have already been shown to outperform other large language models and human nurses in specific tasks. But can these agents adequately ease the healthcare worker shortage?
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Checking on bee health is normally an invasive process that risks harming the colony, particularly the queen. Now, researchers have found that a new method, when combined with sound recording, can let beekeepers see just how healthy their honey-makers are.
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Ultra-processed foods like nuggets and pizza have long been in the firing line. But we can't ignore the stats any longer, with new research showing that junk food is served up with a heightened risk of more than 30 different mental and physical issues.
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More than 50 Taylor Swift songs have an optimal tempo for delivering effective chest compressions during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR. Researchers are hoping Swift’s music will teach fans – and others – how to save a life.
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An 11-year-old Whippet called Boo is the first dog enrolled in a study to trial a drug designed to extend the healthy lifespan of senior dogs of almost all sizes. The researchers are looking for pawticipants across the US to enroll in the study.
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Declining fertility can make it harder to have kids in middle age. Now scientists have identified a mechanism that seems to accelerate aging of the ovaries – and found a way, in mice at least, to slow it down to boost fertility later in life.
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A new study has found that experiencing financial strain, of all life's stressors, had the strongest detrimental effect on the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems that, together, are crucial for maintaining good health.
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Budget smartwatch maker Amazfit has unveiled the Helio Ring, a smart wearable that's not designed for casual fitness fanatics but is aimed at monitoring key health metrics that athletes need to maximize performance.
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For the first time, scientists have found that measuring airborne allergen levels, instead of the traditional method of performing a pollen count in real time, can help the 25% of US adults with hay fever better assess risk and manage their symptoms.
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A new form of immunotherapy helps immune cells “armor” themselves against exhaustion by releasing their own medicine to keep them going in the fight against cancer. The new method is faster and cheaper to produce than existing immunotherapies.
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