A cellular protein whose normal function appears to suppress bone formation may be a potential new target for treating osteoporosis, suggests a collaborative study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. In the study, published July 29 in Nature Communications, investigators discovered that mice lacking the cellular protein SLITRK5, found on the surface of […]
Now that summer is essentially over, it feels like the holidays are just around the corner. We’ve already been making our shopping list for all our winter must-haves. Everything from cookbooks to advent calendars have been added to our list and checked twice (or maybe three or four times). Now, we’re on to stocking suffers, and […]
Artificial intelligence tools in healthcare, as with any other software, are not immune to bias – especially if they have been trained on data sets that do not accurately reflect the population they ostensibly serve. And tackling bias in AI and machine learning goes beyond recognizing its existence, said Chris Hemphill, VP of applied […]
Baier: COVID origins report raises more questions than answers Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest on the inconclusive findings of the report on ‘Special Report.’ The World Health Organization said it is monitoring another new COVID-19 variant with mutations that the agency fears could make it resistant to vaccines. The Mu variant, also […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The BinaxNOW rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection assay from Abbott does “not seem particularly useful” in symptomatic children and young adults aged 7 to 20 years due to “suboptimal” sensitivity and specificity, researchers say. In symptomatic children younger than age 7, the test’s specificity is also “suboptimal” but its high sensitivity […]
Post-traumatic osteoarthritis—caused by degraded cartilage that cushions the ends of bones in joints—occurs after a joint injury. With the knowledge that PTOA will lead to earlier onset and faster progression of osteoarthritis following an injury, researchers including Craig Duvall, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, set out to develop a drug for the prevention of PTOA […]
Staying healthy on planet Earth is hard enough, but imagine keeping that same energy in space. That’s the reality for Shane Kimbrough, NASA astronaut and retired army colonel. Currently, he’s on the International Space Station (ISS) and is set to return to Earth around late October or early November. For Men’s Health, Kimbrough gave us […]
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Virrage Images/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Sept. 1, 2021 11:56 am EDT There are few things that scream “summer” like a backyard swimming pool filled with crystal blue water, and thanks to a combination of shelter-in-place orders, public pool closures, as well as transmission and social distancing concerns linked to the coronavirus pandemic, an estimated 96,000 new swimming […]
Syda Productions/Shutterstock By Ashley Moor/Aug. 31, 2021 9:54 pm EDT Especially for new moms, pregnancy and motherhood can be overwhelming. It’s likely that you’re nearly overcome with questions and anxiety that leads you to spend hours researching every aspect of motherhood — from breastfeeding to postpartum depression. Rather than sifting through thousands of articles on the […]
