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Is any level of alcohol safe? Major review reveals where drinking risks rise4:04 This Burden of Proof review found that alcohol consumption is associated with higher risks for several cancers, liver disease, pancreatitis, lower respiratory infections, tuberculosis, and atrial fibrillation. Although low-to-moderate drinking showed modest observational links with lower risks of type 2 diabetes, dementia, and some cardiovascular outcomes, the evidence was weaker and potentially … AI turns everyday smartphone use into passive heart-rate tracking2:59 Researchers developed Passive Heart-Rate Monitoring, a deep-learning smartphone system that estimates heart rate and daily resting heart rate from eight-second facial videos captured during normal phone use. Validated on more than 160,000 videos, the system met accuracy targets across skin-tone groups, although usable measurement rates were lower in the darkest skin-tone group and clinical use st… New AI tool cuts breast cancer biopsy wait times21:57 Women with abnormal mammograms often have to wait for weeks to find out whether they have breast cancer. Gladstone receives NIAID grant to establish the Center for PhAIge Therapy21:57 When a bacterial infection stops responding to antibiotics, doctors have few options to treat it. Phages-viruses that naturally infect and kill bacteria-have long intrigued clinicians as a potential weapon against these infections. Existing drug mitigates muscle loss from GLP-1 medications21:57 Millions of Americans are currently taking GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic or Wegovy for weight loss. New funding supports cutting-edge research to combat cancers across South Texas21:57 The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) and its academic health center, UT Health San Antonio, recently received over $2.7 million in new academic and prevention awards from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to further its mission of combating cancers across South Texas. AI-assisted model based on blood proteins could help predict retinal degeneration in diabetics21:23 An AI-assisted model based on 71 different blood proteins could help doctors better predict retinal degeneration in diabetic patients before symptoms occur, according to a study published June 2nd in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Huangdong Li from the Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases in Guangzhou, China, and colleagues. Modified stem cell therapy reverses new-onset Type 1 diabetes in mice21:23 A group of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has recently developed a new stem cell therapy with a remarkable ability to reverse new-onset Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in a mouse model of the disease. Five-minute session of proximal intercessory prayer eases primary care pain and anxiety21:23 A randomized controlled trial conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has found that a five-minute session of proximal intercessory prayer (PIP) - in-person prayer offered by a trained volunteer - significantly reduced pain and anxiety in primary care patients compared to a music control group. Study finds serious blood-related side effects associated with antibody-drug conjugates21:23 A major real-world study by University of California, Irvine pharmacy researchers has found serious blood-related side effects associated with antibody-drug conjugates, an increasingly important class of targeted cancer therapies. |