UK restaurant chains falling short on healthy nutrition targets
Only 43% of menu items at the UK’s highest-grossing restaurant chains met all their voluntary targets for sugar, salt, and calorie reduction, as set by the UK Government. These findings…
Artificial intelligence helps capture ultrasound images of the heart and detect aortic stenosis
Mayo Clinic researchers tested an approach that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help people without previous ultrasound experience capture heart images and identify patients who may have a common and…
The first signs of eczema and food allergy on infants’ skin
The first clues that a baby may develop eczema or food allergies could be hiding in the microscopic organisms living on their skin, according to a study led by researchers…
Microplastics: The invisible role of mobile pollutants
Microplastics are often viewed as pollutants in their own right, but their environmental impact may extend far beyond the plastic particles themselves. A new review shows that microplastics can act…
TOFA: a weight loss, diabetes treatment, burn fat and keeping muscle
Over the past five years, medications called GLP-1s have revolutionized the treatment of metabolic disorders like obesity, diabetes and fatty liver diseases. Sold under the brand names Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro…
New AI tool predicts hip fracture risk better than current screening
A machine-learning tool built from Swedish national health registry data can predict hip fracture risk with high accuracy and no in-person assessment, and identifies far more at-risk individuals than current…
NICE recommends new treatment option for people with blood and lymphatic cancers
Hundreds of people are set to benefit as NICE recommends acalabrutinib for newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia Mantle cell lymphoma MCL is a rare and aggressive…
Deep learning refines how bionic eyes communicate with the brain
Researchers from three institutions, including UC Santa Barbara, have demonstrated that artificial intelligence has the potential to make future visual prostheses, like a bionic eye, more precise, predictable and responsive…
New Alzheimer’ s blood test may tell when symptoms are around the corner
A novel biomarker beats the leading diagnostic blood test at predicting disease progression. Small loops of genetic material may be strong indicators of imminent Alzheimer’s disease (AD) symptoms. In a…
Analysis of defense technology for large-sized near-Earth asteroids
Near‑Earth asteroid impacts pose a major threat that could lead to the destruction of human civilization, having already caused catastrophic environmental changes and mass extinctions multiple times in history. In…