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A collaborative research effort between the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) and the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC) has provided new insights into the likelihood of mpox spreading by airborne respiratory […]

Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust. This is a risk in several industries, including tunneling, stone masonry and construction.This post was […]

Researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses machine learning to accurately determine body composition—which is linked to a higher risk of heart disease, stroke and related conditions—from photographs.This post was originally published on this […]

If you are shown four images in quick succession and have to remember the order of these images in order to recognize them afterward—how does the brain then retain the order in memory? A plausible […]

Scientists have developed a revolutionary AI “fingerprint” technology that can accurately show how cancer cells respond to new drugs, by simply observing changes to their shape.This post was originally published on this site

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched the “Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool” (CCT Tool), an online searchable database to evaluate potential health risks of contaminants in foods.This post was originally published on this site

When Adam Rodman was a second-year medical student in the 2000s, he visited the library for a patient whose illness had left doctors stumped. Rodman searched the catalog, copied research papers, and shared them with […]

Genetic information collected through research studies like Geisinger’s MyCode Community Health Initiative can provide important—and previously unknown—information to participants about their risk for disease.This post was originally published on this site

Public bodies should collect distinct data on both sex and gender identity to ensure accuracy and clarity of nationally held data, concludes a UK Government-commissioned report led by a UCL academic.This post was originally published […]

Considering a short-term health insurance plan as a cheap alternative to more costly comprehensive coverage?This post was originally published on this site