News at a glance: A win for obesity drugs, NIH unionization roadblocks, and Mexican fireflies under threat
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Researchers raise alarm over threat to Mexican fireflies
Scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last week delivered a letter to the Mexican government requesting it regulate tourism centered on the threatened firefly species
Photinus palaciosi
. Endemic to Mexico’s Tlaxcala forests,
P. palaciosi
is one of the few species that glow in synchrony, offering an annual spectacle that attracts thousands of visitors during summer mating season. The letter describes how littering, artificial light, and noise interfere with the insects’ ...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 10, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Red State Loses Key Cardiologist; Semaglutide Reduces CVD Risk; Pregnancy OK in HCM
(MedPage Today) -- The director of the only pediatric heart transplant program in Louisiana, a married gay man, says he is relocating to New York for a better LGBTQ+ environment. (Advocate)
Once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) reduced major... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 8, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Doctors have long considered the thymus expendable. But could removing it be fatal?
The thymus, a butterfly-shaped organ that sits between our collarbones, has never seemed like a particularly useful appendage—at least in adults. During early childhood, it provides a place for T cells (the T stands for thymus) to mature into immune cells that attack invaders. But during adolescence the organ begins to shrink and mostly stops producing these cells. By adulthood, it’s assumed to be so useless that cardiac surgeons will occasionally remove it just to get easier access to the heart.
But researchers have recently started to question that assumption, and a study published today in
The New England...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
From smart stethoscopes to predicting bed demand: how AI can support healthcare
Collection of studies show five areas where AI tools show promise – and even outperform humansAI use in breast cancer screening as good as two radiologists, study findsA new collection of studies released by the UK ’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) demonstrates the potential usefulness of artificial intelligence in healthcare.A separate trial found that AI in breast cancer screening is safe and can almost halve the workload of radiologists.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Artificial intelligence (AI) Health Breast cancer Medical research Heart disease UK news Source Type: news
New artificial intelligence program could help treat hypertension
For the nearly half of Americans with hypertension, it ' s a potential death sentence; it increases the risk of stroke and chronic heart failure. While it ' s relatively easy to prevent or moderate if caught early — eat well, exercise more, consume less… (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - August 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Edwards Lifesciences Shares Fall as Heart-Valve Growth Slows Edwards Lifesciences Shares Fall as Heart-Valve Growth Slows
Edwards Lifesciences has slightly raised its annual forecasts for sales and profit, but slower-than-expected revenue growth in the company ' s artificial heart valves dragged its shares down.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Is West Nile Virus on Your Radar? It Should Be.
(MedPage Today) -- Not long ago, a colleague shared a tragic story about a man with a failing heart. The good news? He received a transplant and did well. But soon after, things went terribly wrong.
After returning home from the hospital, he suffered... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - July 20, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Report: Apple Developing Generative AI Tools
Apple is reportedly working on artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The tech giant has not announced a strategy for releasing the technology to consumers, but its development of large language models (LLMs) — the AI-based systems at the heart of new services such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s…#apple #openai #google #timcook #karenwebster #appstore #gpt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does Aspartame Cause Cancer or Is It Safe to Consume? What to Know About the Sweetener
The World Health Organization’s cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — as a “possible” cause of cancer, while a separate expert group looking at the same evidence said it still considers the sugar substitute safe in limited quantities.
The differing results of the coordinated reviews were released early Friday. One came from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a special branch of the WHO. The other report was from an expert panel selected by WHO and another U.N. group, the Food and Agriculture Organization.
The Lyon, Franc...
Source: TIME: Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Cheng and Jonel Aleccia / AP Tags: Uncategorized Diet & Nutrition wire Source Type: news
Does Aspartame Cause Cancer or Is It Safe to Consume? The Latest Evidence About the Artificial Sweetener
The World Health Organization’s cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — as a “possible” cause of cancer, while a separate expert group looking at the same evidence said it still considers the sugar substitute safe in limited quantities.
The differing results of the coordinated reviews were released early Friday. One came from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a special branch of the WHO. The other report was from an expert panel selected by WHO and another U.N. group, the Food and Agriculture Organization.
The Lyon, Franc...
Source: TIME: Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Cheng and Jonel Aleccia / AP Tags: Uncategorized Diet & Nutrition wire Source Type: news
Opinion: At the heart of artificial intelligence is racism and colonialism that we must excise
Marcel O’Gorman is a University Research Chair and director of the Critical Media Lab at the University of Waterloo. A student in my fourth-year English class recently prompted the artificial-intelligence-powered DALL-E 2 to generate a “1960s magazine ad for a hair clipper where a white man is…#criticalmedialab #universityofwaterloo #ruhabenjamin #newjimcode #sylviawynter #naomiklein #amazon #google #communication #nickcouldry (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
WGA East “Demands Immediate End” To AI-Generated Articles On G/O Media Sites
With artificial intelligence at the heart of negotiations between the Writers Guild and Hollywood studios — and also SAG-AFTRA’s contract talks — the WGA East today is demanding “an immediate end of AI-generated articles on G/O Media sites.” The union reps about 100 staffers at the media company…#writersguild #hollywood #sagaftras #wgaeast #onion #avclub #deadspingizmodo #gomedia #managements #jezebel (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The U.S. Scientist At the Heart of COVID-19 Lab Leak Conspiracies Is Still Trying to Save the World From the Next Pandemic
Ralph Baric stepped onto the auditorium stage at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and looked out at the sparse audience that had come to hear him speak. On the large projector screen hanging behind him, the following words appeared: How Bad the Next Pandemic Could Be, What Might It Look Like, and Will We be Ready. The date was May 29, 2018.
“Well, I have to admit I’m a little worried about giving this talk,” Baric said. “The reason is being labelled a harbinger of doom.” The screen shifted, and images of the four horsemen of the apocalypse—Death, Famine, War, and Plague&mda...
Source: TIME: Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dan Werb Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature freelance Source Type: news
Glasgow mother who received heart transplant reveals how her daughter used Amazon Alexa for help
A Glasgow mum has revealed how her six-year-old daughter was able to save her life twice using Amazon's Alexa. She has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and received a transplant. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is aspartame safe to consume after 'possible carcinogenic' link? What experts have to say
Research has previously linked the artificial sweetener to a whole host of health problems, ranging from heart disease to inflammation. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
