Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified a potential mechanism by which tobacco smoking drives a type of white blood cell known as monocytes to the lung where they can increase the risk of active tuberculosis (TB). In a…

Image: NIST Tasked under the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on AI Offers, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released draft guidance on evaluating data privacy protection for use with artificial intelligence on Monday. WHY IT MATTERS NIST announced the new…

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have great potential for use in healthcare, but many healthcare organizations (HCOs) worry about security, cost and compliance issues. Join Corey Lyons, senior staff solutions engineer at VMware by Broadcom, as he…

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers examine the changes in mental health among children and adolescents with special educational needs (SEN) during the first six months following the resumption of in-person learning after coronavirus disease 2019…

Using a “liquid biopsy” to study genetic material from tumors shed into the bloodstream together with immune cells could help clinicians predict which patients with advanced lung cancers are responding to immunotherapies and which patients may develop immune-related side effects…

 PharmaKure, a clinical stage company developing precision medicine for Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, announces a research collaboration agreement with the Faculty of Pharmacy in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), one of the largest comprehensive universities in Malaysia. The partnership…

In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers reviewed the effects of coffee and caffeine on metabolism and exercise. Coffee beverages represent the primary and most widespread source of caffeine. The composition of coffee is highly complex, with…

Many type 2 diabetes cases could be avoided by adopting a healthy lifestyle. A plant-based diet has been shown to play a key role in this. As demonstrated in a study led by Tilman Kühn from MedUni Vienna’s Center for…

On the cusp of summer holidays, Aussie kids are looking forward to some well-deserved time off. But too much downtime could create health problems, as new research shows that holidays are the prime time for excessive weight gain in kids….

Doctor explains treatment for whooping cough on This Morning The UK is currently seeing a spike in cases of a very contagious disease, known as the “100-day cough”. The map below reveals the hardest-hit areas in the country. According to…