Health

A ban on under-16 social media in Australia would make the country a real-life laboratory for how best to deal with the impact of technology on youth, experts say. Source link

One of the largest MRI-based studies comparing knee injuries between men and women reveals surprising differences in injury patterns depending on gender and age. Source link

Imagine you are 83 years old, and living with dementia in a long-term care home. Lately, your caregivers have been asking you to wear a bracelet on your wrist around the clock. They say this is for your safety, so that they can find you quickly if needed. Source link

There is new hope for people who have lost their smell. Scientists have successfully tested a revolutionary device that allows people to detect the presence of certain odors. This innovative system helps people “smell” again by converting smells into feelings (like touch) inside the nose. Source link

The two neurodegenerative diseases couldn’t look more different. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease, affects the muscles, eventually paralyzing people with the disorder. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), which has been in the news recently, is a form of dementia that can change someone’s personality and take away their ability to understand language. Source…

Large-scale laboratory testing of man-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in the healthy human gut. These chemicals inhibit the growth of gut bacteria considered important for health. The research, including the new machine learning model, is published in the journal Nature Microbiology. Source link

Some tumors are almost impossible to cure. This is especially true for carcinomas, which do not behave like other malignant diseases. Some of these tumors act as shapeshifters and begin to resemble cells from other parts of the human body, such as the skin. This bizarre behavior presents a challenge to existing treatments. Source link

Researchers have created an artificial intelligence model that can identify which mutations in human proteins are most likely to cause disease, even if those mutations have never been seen before in any person. Source link

Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies, affecting 1% to 2% of people living in the West. And, for several years, their prevalence has been increasing. Source link

A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low. Source link