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Breakthrough in skeletal muscle regeneration

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In a finding that opens the door to the development of targeted therapies for various muscle disorders, newly published research identifies key mechanisms of skeletal muscle regeneration and growth of muscles following resistance exercise.

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Vu Fellow Lori Dean on PrEP Reversals

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Are AI-chatbots suitable for hospitals?

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Large language models may pass medical exams with flying colors but using them for diagnoses would currently be grossly negligent. Medical chatbots make hasty diagnoses, do not adhere to guidelines, and would put patients' lives at risk. A team has systematically investigated whether this form of artificial intelligence (AI) would be suitable for everyday clinical practice.

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Health equity programs that work, per MetroHealth's CEO

Becker's Hospital Review - Health Equity

Healthcare systems are uniquely positioned to identify nonmedical needs and collaborate with community partners to get those needs met, Airica Steed, EdD, RN, president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, told Becker's.

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Smell of human stress affects dogs' emotions leading them to make more pessimistic choices

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Dogs experience emotional contagion from the smell of human stress, leading them to make more 'pessimistic' choices, new research finds. Researchers tested how human stress odors affect dogs' learning and emotional state.

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Connecting With Patients About Insomnia & Gaining Weight

Black Health Matters

We are all sleep-deprived. The National Sleep Foundation recommends seven to eight hours of sleep. A study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that “more than a third of American adults are not getting enough sleep regularly.” This has major health implications, including the potential for gaining weight.

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Helping Patients Manage Menopause & Unexpected Weight Gain

Black Health Matters

While your patients in midlife may be somewhat prepared for symptoms that include mood swings, night sweats, and thinning hair, menopause can also lead them to gain weight unexpectedly. Because they have reached this transitional life stage, their go-to strategies for reducing weight may no longer be effective. “Along with the loss of menstrual periods, the menopause transition is marked by phenotypic changes including body weight gain associated with increased fat mass and decreased lean

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Scientists use AI to predict a wildfire's next move

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Researchers have developed a new model that combines generative AI and satellite data to accurately forecast wildfire spread.

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Boosting fruit intake during midlife can ward off late-life blues

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In a large Singapore cohort study involving over 13,000 participants spanning close to 20 years, higher consumption of fruits during midlife was found to be associated with lower odds of depressive symptoms at late-life.

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Development of 'living robots' needs regulation and public debate

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Researchers are calling for regulation to guide the responsible and ethical development of bio-hybrid robotics -- a ground-breaking science which fuses artificial components with living tissue and cells.

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An over- or under-synchronized brain may predict psychosis

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Is it possible to assess an individual's risk of psychosis? Identifying predictive markers is a key challenge in psychiatry. A team now shows that overly strong or weak interconnections between certain brain areas could be a predictive marker of the disease.

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Converting captured carbon to fuel: Study assesses what's practical and what's not

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A new analysis sheds light on major shortfalls of a recently proposed approach to capture CO2 from air and directly convert it to fuel using electricity. The authors also provide a new, more sustainable, alternative.

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Deep-ocean floor produces its own oxygen

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An international team of researchers has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen -- 13,000 feet below the surface. Discovery challenges long-held assumptions that only photosynthetic organisms generate Earth's oxygen. Minerals at the abyssal seafloor appear to act like geobatteries to produce oxygen in a process that does not require sunlight.

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Astrophysicists uncover supermassive blackhole/dark matter connection in solving the 'final parsec problem'

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Researchers have found a link between some of the largest and smallest objects in the cosmos: supermassive black holes and dark matter particles. Their new calculations reveal that pairs of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) can merge into a single larger black hole because of previously overlooked behavior of dark matter particles, proposing a solution to the longstanding 'final parsec problem' in astronomy.

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Birds need entertainment during avian flu lockdowns

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Birds need varied activities during avian flu lockdowns, new research shows.

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Team develops safe and long-cyclable lithium metal battery for high temperatures

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In recent years, batteries have become ubiquitous in consumers' daily lives. However, existing commercial battery technologies, which use liquid electrolytes and carbonaceous anodes, have certain drawbacks such as safety concerns, limited lifespan, and inadequate power density particularly at high temperatures.

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Controlling mosquito populations through genetic breeding

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Researchers have found a new way to identify genetic targets useful for control of mosquito populations, potentially offering an alternative to insecticides. Their study focused on the genetic basis of species incompatibility. They crossed Ae. aegypti, a major global arboviral disease vector, and its sibling species, Ae. mascarensis, from the Indian Ocean.

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Male elephants signal 'let's go' with deep rumbles

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Male elephants use infrasonic rumbles to signal group departures, revealing complex vocal coordination and strong social bonds.

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Tropical plant species are as threatened by climate change as widely feared, study confirms

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Biologists who set out to better understand the effects of climate change on plant species in tropical mountain regions found that even small variations in temperature and moisture can have massive impacts, threatening not only plants that live there, but also the ecosystems they support. A study based on labor-intensive fieldwork and analysis in tropical mountain regions shows that a warmer and drier climate will lead to massive losses of plant species.

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