Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and the University of Tokyo have found a mathematical connection between spatial navigation and language processing, creating a model called “Disentangled Successor Information” (DSI).
More than 50 million people worldwide live with epilepsy, with approximately half of them being children. For about one-third of these patients, medications do not control their seizures, leaving surgery as the only viable option for seizure relief. Seizures in 60% of these drug-resistant cases start in one part of the brain, making surgical removal of the affected tissue the most effective treatment.
In a sweeping effort to downsize the federal workforce, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has offered buyouts of up to $25,000 to many of its 80,000 employees.
A large genome-wide association study meta-analysis analyzed data on 42 female reproductive health diagnoses from the Estonian Biobank and FinnGen.
New research from Washington State University in collaboration with five other institutions suggests that automated insulin delivery (AID) systems are safe and effective for use by older adults with type 1 diabetes. The findings counter common assumptions that older adults would struggle to use the more advanced technology employed in the medical devices.
On March 11, 2020, as COVID continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a pandemic.
In a Duke Health-led survey, patients who were shown messages written either by artificial intelligence (AI) or human clinicians indicated a preference for responses drafted by AI over a human. That preference was diminished, though not erased, when told AI was involved.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University utilized CRISPR to cut a single gene from cancer cells of head and neck tumors—and successfully eliminated 50% of the tumors in model animals. This study was led by Dr. Razan Masarwy, MD, Ph.D. from the lab of Prof. Dan Peer. The findings are published in the journal Advanced Science.
A new study from Simon Fraser University researchers has found a close link between high levels of social media use and psychiatric disorders that involve delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphic disorder.
Dental office closures early in the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with a 62% increase in the share of emergency department visits from toothaches, abscesses, and other painful dental issues among children covered by Medicaid, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry.