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Nov 28 2024HEALTH

The Impact of Technology on Seniors' Brains in China

Have you ever thought about how technology can affect older adults' minds? In China, researchers are looking into this question, focusing on what's known as the "digital divide. " This divide happens when some people have easy access to computers and the internet, while others don't. It turns out th

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Nov 27 2024SCIENCE

Checking X-Ray Grids: A New Way

Ever wondered how doctors make sure your X-ray images are crystal clear? There's a little helper called an anti-scatter grid (ASG) that makes it happen. But how do they know if this grid is doing its job? Scientists have just discovered a cool new way to check it out, and it's much simpler than befo

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Nov 27 2024HEALTH

How Faith Affects Aging in Black and Mexican American Communities: Insights from 50 Years of NIA Research

For a half-century, the National Institute on Aging, or NIA, has poured resources into studying how faith influences older adults. This has helped us understand religious involvement better, from how it's defined to how it's measured. But the NIA's work goes beyond that. It dug into how social netwo

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Nov 26 2024HEALTH

The cGAS-STING Pathway: A Key Player in Diabetic Kidney Disease and Aging

Diabetic kidney disease is a serious issue, and understanding how it affects men and women differently as they age is crucial. Scientists studied young and older rats with type 2 diabetes to see how a specific pathway called cGAS-STING changes over time and between genders. They found that this path

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Nov 26 2024HEALTH

Making Aging at Home Easier with Tech

Imagine you're older and it gets harder to move around your home. Now, think about how tough it must be for those without much money and with mobility issues. This is where social assistive robots (SARs) and smart sensors come in. These tech tools can lend a hand and keep an eye on daily tasks, maki

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Nov 25 2024SCIENCE

Discovering a Simple Way to Spot Glyphosate with a New Copper Nanoprobe

You might now be wondering about glyphosate, a chemical commonly used in weed killers. It's a big deal because it can cause harm if it lingers in the environment. Scientists have just invented a clever way to spot glyphosate using tiny copper particles, or nanoprobes. These are made by mixing two ac

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Nov 25 2024HEALTH

Medial Coracoclavicular Ligament: A New View with MRI

The medial coracoclavicular ligament, also known as Caldani's ligament, has been studied in detail anatomically. Yet, there's scarcely any mention of its imaging identification. So, researchers developed a unique MRI technique to spot this ligament. They scanned seven volunteers without known should

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Nov 23 2024HEALTH

How Childhood Trauma Shapes the Brain

Ever wondered how childhood trauma affects the brain, even in people who seem perfectly healthy? Researchers have started to look into this. They know that childhood trauma can lead to mental health issues, and the brain region that controls emotions and memories, called the limbic system, might be

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Nov 23 2024SCIENCE

Testing SIMIND with a Heart Phantom

Simulating medical images with nuclear detectors, known as Monte Carlo simulation codes like SIMIND, are really handy tools for scientists. This study was all about checking if SIMIND could be a good substitute for real nuclear medicine experiments. They used a cardiac phantom, called HL, which is l

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Nov 23 2024HEALTH

Singles vs. Partners: A Personality and Happiness Comparison

Ever wondered how lifelong singles differ from those who have always been in relationships? A recent study used data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to find out. The research looked at over 77, 000 people, mostly over 50 years old, from 27 countries. It turned out

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