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A Little Wine & Certain Foods Could Help Keep Blood Pressure Healthy

Title: A Little Wine & Certain Foods Could Help Keep Blood Pressure Healthy
Category: Health News
Created: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM




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AHA News: He Got Help F.A.S.T. For His Stroke. His Mother Wasn't as Lucky.

Title: AHA News: He Got Help F.A.S.T. For His Stroke. His Mother Wasn't as Lucky.
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM




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Regular Exercise Can Help Shield You From Severe COVID

Title: Regular Exercise Can Help Shield You From Severe COVID
Category: Health News
Created: 8/23/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/23/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Change to Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Helped Women

Title: Change to Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Helped Women
Category: Health News
Created: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Cheap, Same-Day Test Could Help Spot Miscarriage Risk

Title: Cheap, Same-Day Test Could Help Spot Miscarriage Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/19/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Could One Type of Cheese Help Strengthen Your Bones?

Title: Could One Type of Cheese Help Strengthen Your Bones?
Category: Health News
Created: 8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM




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How Can I Help My Toddler With Sleep Problems?

Title: How Can I Help My Toddler With Sleep Problems?
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 6/17/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Disability Payments Can Help Keep Veterans With Diabetes Out of the Hospital

Title: Disability Payments Can Help Keep Veterans With Diabetes Out of the Hospital
Category: Health News
Created: 7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Fasting Diet Could Help Folks With Type 2 Diabetes

Title: Fasting Diet Could Help Folks With Type 2 Diabetes
Category: Health News
Created: 7/26/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/26/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Exercise, Puzzles, Games: How Do They Help Aging Brains?

Title: Exercise, Puzzles, Games: How Do They Help Aging Brains?
Category: Health News
Created: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/21/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Lifestyle May Be Key to Helping You Avoid Dementia

Title: Lifestyle May Be Key to Helping You Avoid Dementia
Category: Health News
Created: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/5/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Pets Have Helped People With HIV Through Two Pandemics

Title: Pets Have Helped People With HIV Through Two Pandemics
Category: Health News
Created: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM




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9 Vitamins That May Help With Vaginal Dryness

Title: 9 Vitamins That May Help With Vaginal Dryness
Category: Health and Living
Created: 8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Helping Older Loved Ones in a Heat Wave

Title: Helping Older Loved Ones in a Heat Wave
Category: Health News
Created: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/25/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Steps to Long Life: Short Walk Each Day Helps Folks Over 85

Title: Steps to Long Life: Short Walk Each Day Helps Folks Over 85
Category: Health News
Created: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM




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Automated Volumetric Software in Dementia: Help or Hindrance to the Neuroradiologist? [RESEARCH]

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:

Brain atrophy occurs in the late stage of dementia, yet structural MRI is widely used in the work-up. Atrophy patterns can suggest a diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD) or frontotemporal dementia (FTD) but are difficult to assess visually. We hypothesized that the availability of a quantitative volumetric brain MRI report would increase neuroradiologists’ accuracy in diagnosing AD, FTD, or healthy controls compared with visual assessment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Twenty-two patients with AD, 17 with FTD, and 21 cognitively healthy patients were identified from the electronic health systems record and a behavioral neurology clinic. Four neuroradiologists evaluated T1-weighted anatomic MRI studies with and without a volumetric report. Outcome measures were the proportion of correct diagnoses of neurodegenerative disease versus normal aging ("rough accuracy") and AD versus FTD ("exact accuracy"). Generalized linear mixed models were fit to assess whether the use of a volumetric report was associated with higher accuracy, accounting for random effects of within-rater and within-subject variability. Post hoc within-group analysis was performed with multiple comparisons correction. Residualized volumes were tested for an association with the diagnosis using ANOVA.

RESULTS:

There was no statistically significant effect of the report on overall correct diagnoses. The proportion of "exact" correct diagnoses was higher with the report versus without the report for AD (0.52 versus 0.38) and FTD (0.49 versus 0.32) and lower for cognitively healthy (0.75 versus 0.89). The proportion of "rough" correct diagnoses of neurodegenerative disease was higher with the report than without the report within the AD group (0.59 versus 0.41), and it was similar within the FTD group (0.66 versus 0.63). Post hoc within-group analysis suggested that the report increased the accuracy in AD (OR = 2.77) and decreased the accuracy in cognitively healthy (OR = 0.25). Residualized hippocampal volumes were smaller in AD (mean difference –1.8; multiple comparisons correction, –2.8 to –0.8; P < .001) and FTD (mean difference –1.2; multiple comparisons correction, –2.2 to –0.1; P = .02) compared with cognitively healthy.

CONCLUSIONS:

The availability of a brain volumetric report did not improve neuroradiologists’ accuracy over visual assessment in diagnosing AD or FTD in this limited sample. Post hoc analysis suggested that the report may have biased readers incorrectly toward a diagnosis of neurodegeneration in cognitively healthy adults.




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As Rohingya refugees continue to flee from persecution, here’s how you can help

A Rohingya refugee girl poses with a chicken at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters

More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled their homes since August to escape systematic violence at the hands of government soldiers in Myanmar. The U.N. has called the actions taken by Myanmar forces against the group “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.”

A report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday documents widespread rape, killings and burnings of Rohingya across the Rakhine State in Myanmar. The report includes extensive interviews of Rohingya refugees who tell stories of live burnings, sexual violence and mass shootings at the hands of soldiers.

To escape persecution, Rohingya refugees are fleeing in droves to neighboring Bangladesh, a country described by some as a reluctant host for the thousands of refugees behind its borders. Conditions within Bangladesh show refugee camps beyond capacity, as organizations struggle to keep up with humanitarian aid.

Find out more: Rohingya Muslims have been denied citizenship in Myanmar since 1982, though they’ve lived in the area since the 12th century. They are not considered one of the country’s official ethnic groups. As such, their lack of official identity bars them from government services and travel.

Officials from Myanmar, a majority Buddhist state, claim Rohingya are actually immigrants from Bangladesh to justify their exclusion of the group. This most recent burst of violence comes from Myanmar’s crackdown following clashes with the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). After the government declared ARSA a terrorist organization, the retaliation escalated into hundreds of Rohingya villages.

Where to give: BRAC, a top-ranked NGO based out of Bangladesh, is scaling up humanitarian efforts for clean water, health, sanitation and child care for refugees from Myanmar. You can learn more about their efforts here.

An emergency appeal was made by the Disasters Emergency Committee for immediate crisis relief funds. DEC distributes funds to 13 member aid organizations.
UNHCR, UNICEF and Save the Children have donation pages dedicated to the crisis, as does the International Rescue Committee. CNN’s Public Good page provides a user-friendly resource to find NGOs that match your giving goals.

To give to starvation relief, try Action Against Hunger or the World Food Programme.

Be sure to research organizations receiving your financial contributions, not only to find the best organization aligned with your goals, but also to avoid potential scams. For the latest information on aid organizations and charities, visit GuideStar or Charity Navigator to ensure your donations are going in the right direction.

The post As Rohingya refugees continue to flee from persecution, here’s how you can help appeared first on PBS NewsHour.




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Legal big gun to help Blues

The man who helped Justin Hodges escape a charge before last year’s grand final will try to save Wade Graham.




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'We had to come and help, to do what we can'- Valencia flood volunteers fear and hope

As parts of Spain are on alert for new flood warnings, Dominic Hinde meets the volunteers still involved in the aftermath and recovery following the initial disaster




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Could Mars become habitable with the help of glitter-like iron rods?

If we want to terraform the Red Planet to make it better able to host microbial life, tiny rods of iron and aluminium may be the answer




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Banana-shaped galaxies are helping unpeel the mysteries of dark matter

Astronomers have been spotting strange banana-shaped galaxies and the evidence seems to indicate that filaments of dark matter make them take this shape




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Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets

Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing of water inside it, which could have helped asteroids like this carry the building blocks of life to early Earth




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Robo-tuna reveals how foldable fins help the speedy fish manoeuvre

A robot mimics the clever fin-folding mechanism used by tuna fish, which increased the bot's turning velocity by almost 33 per cent




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AI could help shrinking pool of coders keep outdated programs working

Computer code dating back to the 1960s is still vital to banks, airlines and governments, but programmers familiar with the language are in short supply. Now AI models are being trained to fill the skills gap




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AI helps driverless cars predict how unseen pedestrians may move

A specialised algorithm could help autonomous vehicles track hidden objects, such as a pedestrian, a bicycle or another vehicle concealed behind a parked car




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AI can use tourist photos to help track Antarctica’s penguins

Scientists used AI to transform tourist photos into a 3D digital map of Antarctic penguin colonies – even as researchers debate whether to harness or discourage tourism in this remote region




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One in 20 new Wikipedia pages seem to be written with the help of AI

Just under 5 per cent of the Wikipedia pages in English that have been published since ChatGPT's release seem to include AI-written content




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AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a possible shortcut for training robots faster and more accurately




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Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb

AI and Google Street View have created 'digital twins' of living trees in North American cities – part of a huge simulation that could help make urban tree planting and trimming decisions




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Rockstar finally patches GTA Trilogy with fixes after a little help from Netflix



If you wanted to return to GTA Trilogy, now might be the best time as the game has finally got an update after three years which makes it closer to the much better mobile version




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Only 23 per cent of Canadians have a healthy relationship with work; AI can help, says HP

Artificial intelligence can be the key to unlocking better relationships with work, HP revealed in its new Work Relationship Index (WRI) report. “AI represents a significant opportunity to transform our work dynamics and unlock a more positive and productive environment for all,” stated Dave Shull, president of HP Workforce Solutions at HP Inc.. “To foster […]

The post Only 23 per cent of Canadians have a healthy relationship with work; AI can help, says HP first appeared on ITBusiness.ca.




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Will an experimental mRNA vaccine help fight the mpox outbreak?

After an mRNA vaccine for mpox achieved promising results in monkeys, researchers say it could have several advantages over existing vaccines – but cold storage requirements mean it will be hard to roll out in some hard-hit countries




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Evidence mounts that saline nasal drops and sprays help treat colds

Saline drops and sprays have already been linked to reduced cold symptoms in adults and now a study suggests they also work in children




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Map of the immune system changing with age may help optimise vaccines

Our immune cells change a lot as the decades progress, which could explain why we become more susceptible to certain conditions




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This surprisingly creative trick helps children eat more fruit and veg

Weaving tales of magical fruit and vegetables into your children's stories may encourage them to eat healthy snacks




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Fresh insights into how we doze off may help tackle sleep conditions

New research into the moments between wakefulness and sleep could bring hope for insomniacs and even make us more creative problem-solvers




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Do certain foods suppress inflammation and help you live longer?

Recent research shows that anti-inflammatory diets are not as faddish as they might sound, with the power to reduce the risk of heart attacks and some cancers




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We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth

Samples from the asteroid Ryugu contain key ingredients in the biological cookbook.




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A New Spacecraft Could Help Determine if There’s Life on a Moon of Jupiter

The Europa Clipper, set for launch in October, will explore a distant ocean world.




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20 of the Most Adorable Animals To Help Make Anyone's Day

From a monkey that weighs only a few ounces to a 100-pound rodent, get to know some of these adorable creatures.




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Mesopotamia Artifacts Help Explain How Language Evolved from Pictures to Words

By comparing early markings used for business purposes to 'proto' cuneiform, we can say language transitioned from symbols to writing.




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Dalhousie researchers design low-cost device that can help fight water scarcity

A dome-shaped device floating in Halifax’s Northwest Arm could easily be confused with a buoy, but it is actually a contraption meant to turn ocean water into fresh water. Two Dalhousie University researchers hope it can help with water scarcity in the real world.



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Help Us Fight Antisemitism — and Defend Israel

Someone has to speak out against the pro-Hamas factions.




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How Superman Helped Launch the Hubble Space Telescope

Long before it orbited Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope starred in a famous Superman comic




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Rainwater Could Help Satisfy AI’s Water Demands

A few dozen ChatGPT queries cost a bottle’s worth of water. Tech firms should consider simpler solutions, such as harvesting rainwater, to meet AI’s needs




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Robotic Ankle Helps with Postural Control in Amputees

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a robotic prosthetic ankle that can provide stability for lower limb amputees. The ankle uses electromyographic sensors placed on the sites of muscles in the residual limb that then convey the intentions of the wearer with regard to movement. So far, the system has been shown to […]




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How Field Reimbursement Services Help Overcome Coverage Barriers and Improve Patient Outcomes

Today’s guest post comes from Kimberley Chiang, Vice President of Biopharma Commercial Solutions at CoverMyMeds

Kimberley highlghts the crucial roles of field reimbursement managers in removing access and reimbursement barriers. She then identifies the keys to successful implementation of field reimbursement services.

To learn more, register for CoverMyMeds' November 13, 2024, webinar: Specialty Therapies & Field Reimbursement Services: Driving Better Outcomes for Brands and Patients.

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Online yoga classes prove helpful for back pain in new study

Participant reported relief from chronic low back pain and reduced need for pain-relief medications.




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Origami Helps Implant Sensors in Bio-Printed Tissue



In the United States alone, more than 100,000 people currently need a lifesaving organ transplant. Instead of waiting for donors, one way to solve this crisis in the future is to assemble replacement organs with bio-printing—3D printing that uses inks containing living cells. Scientists in Israel have found that origami techniques could help fold sensors into bio-printed materials to help determine whether they are behaving safely and properly.

Although bio-printing something as complex as a human organ is still a distant possibility, there are a host of near-term applications for the technique. For example, in drug research, scientists can bio-print living, three-dimensional tissues with which to examine the effects of various compounds.

Ideally, researchers would like to embed sensors within bio-printed items to keep track of how well they are behaving. However, the three-dimensional nature of bio-printed objects makes it difficult to lodge sensors within them in a way that can monitor every part of the structures.

“It will, hopefully in the future, allow us to monitor and assess 3D biostructures before we would like to transplant them.” —Ben Maoz, Tel Aviv University

Now scientists have developed a 3D platform inspired by origami that can help embed sensors in bio-printed objects in precise locations. “It will, hopefully in the future, allow us to monitor and assess 3D biostructures before we would like to transplant them,” says Ben Maoz, a professor of biomedical engineering at Tel Aviv University in Israel.

The new platform is a silicone rubber device that can fold around a bio-printed structure. The prototype holds a commercial array of 3D electrodes to capture electrical signals. It also possesses other electrodes that can measure electrical resistance, which can reveal how permeable cells are to various medications. A custom 3D software model can tailor the design of the origami and all the electrodes so that the sensors can be placed in specific locations in the bio-printed object.

The scientists tested their device on bio-printed clumps of brain cells. The research team also grew a layer of cells onto the origami that mimicked the blood-brain barrier, a cell layer that protects the brain from undesirable substances that the body’s blood might be carrying. By folding this combination of origami and cells onto the bio-printed structures, Maoz and his colleagues were able to monitor neural activity within the brain cells and see how their synthetic blood-brain barrier might interfere with medications intended to treat brain diseases.

Maoz says the new device can incorporate many types of sensors beyond electrodes, such as temperature or acidity sensors. It can also incorporate flowing liquid to supply oxygen and nutrients to cells, the researchers note.

Currently, this device “will mainly be used for research and not for clinical use,” Maoz says. Still, it could “significantly contribute to drug development—assessing drugs that are relevant to the brain.”

The researchers say they can use their origami device with any type of 3D tissue. For example, Maoz says they can use it on bio-printed structures made from patient cells “to help with personalized medicine and drug development.”

The origami platform could also help embed devices that can modify bio-printed objects. For instance, many artificially grown tissues function better if they are placed under the kinds of physical stresses they might normally experience within the body, and the origami platform could integrate gadgets that can exert such mechanical forces on bio-printed structures. “This can assist in accelerating tissue maturation, which might be relevant to clinical applications,” Maoz says.

The scientists detailed their findings in the 26 June issue of Advanced Science.




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Relaxed Federal Regulations Amid Pandemic Can Help Jails Better Treat Opioid Use Disorder

Few correctional facilities in the United States have treatment programs for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), despite clear evidence that certain medications reduce the risk of overdose and death. Even in facilities where treatment is available, the COVID-19 pandemic has complicated efforts to provide such care.