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New approach reverses opioid overdoses more safely, rat study shows

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Opioid overdoses are a major public health issue in the U.S., killing tens of thousands of people every year. The medicine naloxone, which is available as an over-the-counter nasal spray or given by injection, has saved countless lives by rapidly reversing opioid overdoses. But in blocking opioid receptors in the brain, naloxone causes severe withdrawal symptoms, including pain, vomiting and agitation.

Cancer diagnosis on your laptop? New artificial intelligence model makes it possible

MyBlueDots1 month ago01 mins

Imagine diagnosing cancer not with a supercomputer but on an ordinary laptop instead. Sounds like science fiction? Thanks to a revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Professor Kenji Suzuki and his research team from Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), this far-fetched scenario is now a reality.

Organoids containing blood vessels have been grown, holding promise for research and treatment

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For over a decade, scientists have been growing organoids—small clusters of cells that mimic a particular organ—to serve as miniature biological models. Organoids of the brain have been used to study neurodevelopmental disorders; intestinal organoids, to model celiac disease; and lung organoids, to investigate SARS-CoV-2. Heart organoids have even been sent to space to test the effect of microgravity on cardiac muscle. But there’s a tiny problem—the organoids can’t grow any bigger than a sesame seed.

Q&A: What proposed Medicaid cuts could mean for rural communities and hospital access

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Major cuts to Medicaid funding could have rural communities across the country facing widespread hospital closures and reduced access to health care, says Michael Shepherd, a health policy researcher at the University of Michigan.

Australian kids BYO lunches to school. There is a healthier way to feed students

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Australian parents will be familiar with this school morning routine: hastily making sandwiches or squeezing leftovers into containers, grabbing a snack from the cupboard and a piece of fruit from the counter.

ASCO: Durvalumab plus FLOT beneficial for resectable gastric, GE junction cancer

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For patients with resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, durvalumab plus fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel (FLOT) yields better event-free survival outcomes than FLOT alone, according to a study published online June 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research was published to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from May 31 to June 4 in Chicago.

Learning about autism from those who live on the spectrum through online forums

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A group of researchers from the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science of the University of Trento, together with colleagues from US and British universities and departments, delved into the world of people with autism through their conversations, learning about their interests, the topics they discuss, their needs, tastes, experiences. They worked from the ground up, examining discussions and narratives to shed light on things that usually remain unknown to outsiders.

Salient cues found more effective than episodic future thinking in enhancing children’s prospective memory

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A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology reveals that cue saliency significantly outperforms episodic future thinking (EFT) in improving prospective memory (PM) in school-age children, offering practical strategies to enhance their self-regulation and daily task management.

Organic ground beef sold at Whole Foods may be contaminated with E. coli, USDA says

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Some packages of organic ground beef sold at Whole Foods stores across the country may be contaminated with E. coli, federal officials have warned.

Taurine is unlikely to be a good aging biomarker, researchers find

MyBlueDots1 month ago01 mins

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that levels of circulating taurine, a conditionally essential amino acid involved in multiple important biological functions, are unlikely to serve as a good biomarker for the aging process.

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