ChatGPT, a popular online artificial intelligence (AI) tool, provides largely appropriate responses to simple cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention questions, according to a research letter published online Feb. 3 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Ashish Sarraju, M.D., from the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues evaluated the appropriateness of AI model responses to simple, fundamental […]
Dendritic cells (DCs) are important players of the immune system with important functions such as the identification of infectious pathogens, production of cytokines (chemical signalers of the immune system), presentation of antigens to activate T-cells, and more. Despite performing such key functions, DCs may lead to inflammatory and autoimmune diseases when hyperactive. Therefore, to prevent […]
Social factors affect an individual’s future health, but there’s currently no practical way to summarize their prognostic impact. Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of California, San Francisco recently took a comprehensive inventory of older adults’ social attributes and distilled it into a short survey that can predict longevity. The work, which […]
Research led by scientists at St George’s, University of London, has discovered 119 areas in the genome that help to determine the size and shape of blood vessels at the back of the eye, and that an increase in “twisting” of the arteries could cause high blood pressure and heart disease. The study is published […]
In a recent study published in Cell Host & Microbe, researchers comparatively assessed the gastrointestinal virome of mothers and infants. Study: Longitudinal comparison of the developing gut virome in infants and their mothers. Image Credit: Peakstock/Shutterstock Studies have reported that microbial structure and functions developed in the initial period of life affect the development of […]
Time is running out for free-to-consumer covid vaccines, at-home test kits, and even some treatments. The White House announced this month that the national public health emergency, first declared in early 2020 in response to the pandemic, is set to expire May 11. When it ends, so will many of the policies designed to combat […]
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers perform ontological and taxonomical analysis of human coronavirus (HCoV) hosts. Study: Taxonomical and ontological analysis of verified natural and laboratory human coronavirus hosts. Image Credit: Stock_Good / Shutterstock.com Zoonosis and coronaviruses Zoonotic coronaviruses have had significant effects on the human species. The severe acute respiratory […]
Levels of toxic mercury in canned tuna are so ‘unpredictable’ pregnant women should avoid it completely, report warns Consumer Reports found that all canned tuna it tested contained mercury Three cans had such high levels researchers said they should not be eaten The watchdog warned last month popular dark chocolate brands contain lead Mercury levels […]
Nearly 88 percent of those who died from cannabis and synthetic cannabis use were men. Approximately 65 percent were non-Hispanic whites. One hundred percent of cannabis-related deaths occurred in urban counties. In rural counties, 28.3 percent of deaths were related to synthetic cannabis use; 39.9 percent were African American. Source: Read Full Article
Although hepatitis E is a common disease, little is known about the life cycle of the virus. Initial findings on how it manages to infect cells are reported by a team from Molecular and Medical Virology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in the journal Hepatology on February 7, 2023. […]
