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·May 17, 2021·7 min read

Debiasing Artificial Intelligence: Concerns for Unintentional Bias in Health-Based AI Raised

Recent studies have found significant biases in artificial intelligence algorithms. Researchers are raising their concerns about AI biases associated with medical devices and algorithms used to analyze health risks. If left unchecked, they say, the technologies could continue to perpetuate sex, gender, and race biases that could exacerbate health care disparities.

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·May 13, 2021·6 min read

Missing Piece of the Lyme Disease Puzzle Identified

NapA, a protein associated with the peptidoglycan of Borrelia burgdorferi, plays an amplifying role in causing inflammation in Lyme disease associated arthritis.

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·May 11, 2021·5 min read

COVID-19 Alters Gray Matter Volume in the Brain

Gray matter was reduced in areas of the frontal gyri of patients with COVID-19. Significant gray matter reductions were seen in those who received oxygen therapy and in those who reported fever. The findings suggest coronavirus affects the frontotemporal brain network due to reduced oxygen and fever.

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·May 11, 2021·4 min read

This Stinks: New Research Finds Sense of Smell and Pneumonia Linked

People with a poor sense of smell are 50% more likely to be hospitalized for pneumonia than those with a good sense of smell.

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·May 11, 2021·6 min read

8 Out of 10 People Hospitalized With COVID-19 Develop Neurological Problems

Neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19, from losing the sense of smell to stroke, are linked to a six-fold higher risk of dying as a result of coronavirus.

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·May 6, 2021·3 min read

Feeling Younger Buffers Older Adults From Stress, Protects Against Health Decline

Older people who feel or act younger than their biological age tend to have better cognitive function, lower stress, and less inflammation than their peers who feel their age.

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·May 2, 2021·4 min read

Illnesses of Controversial Celebrities Can Negatively Affect Public Health

People who experience schadenfreude, the emotion of feeling pleasure at another person's misfortune, when they hear a controversial celebrity is sick are less willing to take preventative health measures themselves.

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·April 29, 2021·4 min read

How a Difficult Childhood Makes It More Likely You’ll Have Mental and Physical Health Problems as an Adult

Researchers explore the link between childhood trauma and the increased risk of developing mental and physical health problems as adults.

Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 29, 2021·3 min read

Men’s Loneliness Linked to an Increased Risk of Cancer

Loneliness in middle-aged men increased the risk of them developing cancer by 10%.

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·April 27, 2021·3 min read

Rare Neurological Condition Linked to COVID-19 Cases in 21 Countries

Researchers have identified acute transverse myelitis (ATM) in a number of COVID-19 patients. ATM, which is marked by inflammation of the spinal cord, is a rare neurological disorder that can lead to spinal cord lesions, paralysis, and bowel dysfunction.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 24, 2021·6 min read

Mutation-Specific Brain Cancer Vaccine Tested

Researchers have carried out clinical trials to test a mutation-specific vaccine against malignant brain tumors. The vaccine has been found to be safe and effective in triggering the desired immune response in the brain cancer tumors.