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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Older Adults: Stepping Over Obstacles Safely

Everyday obstacles can be a real challenge for older adults. They often bump into things when stepping over them, especially with their back foot. But here's a simple trick that could help: placing the front foot closer to the obstacle after stepping over it. This small change can make a big differe

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Feb 11 2025HEALTH

Knee Trouble Predicted: Bringing The Old Days and Future Forward

Knee osteoarthritis sadly causes global disability issues. Early detection is tough because signs in x-rays can be hard to spot. Everyone struggles to get enough detailed data to help with it. Getting more data isn't easy. People's privacy matters, collecting the data is tough. The

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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

How safe is nuclear imaging? Radiation risks and what we need to know

Let's dive into how nuclear medicine affects our bodies. Yes, it sounds strange, but the truth is, they use special materials to look inside the body. In this new study, scientists took a closer look at how radiation affects children and adults differently. If you didn't k

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Feb 11 2025SCIENCE

Migrating Towards Migraine: The fMRI Headache

Migraines aren't just headaches; they're a complex neurological condition. Researchers have been using fMRI scans to learn more about what's happening in the brain during a migraine. Studies have shown different things. Looming limitations come from the mixed bag of variables and m

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Feb 10 2025SCIENCE

Seeing Clearly: Unveiling Zebrafish Lymphaic Vessels.

Think you can't quite make out the lymphatic vessels in your zebrafish? It's a challenge that biologists know all too well. Normally, spotting subtle or varied shapes in these tiny creatures can be a daunting task that eats up a lot of time. We've all been there. It's frustrating to spend countless

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Using MRI to Find a Hidden Threat in Cancer Patients

Sarcopenia, muscle loss, can change the outcome of patients with late-stage nasopharyngeal cancer. Using MRI scans before therapy to check the muscle index at the third neck vertebrae, it turns out to be useful. How cool is that! These medical findings help us comprehend why muscle loss ma

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Does Electric Shock Therapy Really Boost Muscle Power?

As we grow older, our bodies often don't work as well as they used to. This decline in how well we move around and do things is partly due to our modern way of life. The reasons are many, but one of the key issues is the weakening of our muscles and how our nerves talk to them, which is called neuro

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Feb 09 2025HEALTH

Revolutionizing Glioma Treatment: Predicting IDH Genotypes with Advanced MRI Techniques

Think about this: are brain tumors all equally dangerous? There is a big difference between them. Habitats can help to see the difference. What is habitat? It is different types of tumor type. One part of the tumor might grow and spread faster than somewhere else. There is a fancy name for this: i

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Feb 08 2025HEALTH

What Makes a Good Community?

Communities are essential. As they grow, they play an even bigger role with our elderly friends, family, and other people facing long term problems of daily life. But unfortunately too often older people who need extra care are left in the shadows. This is a real problem and there is no clear answer

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Feb 08 2025TECHNOLOGY

Uncovering GPT-4V's Image Interpretation Struggles

GPT-4V, a sophisticated AI model, has shown impressive accuracy on text-based medical tests like the USMLE. It's great for answering questions from doctors, but it's not that good at understanding medical images. It's important to remember that AI models like GPT-4V are trained on vast amounts of t

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