Новости за 03.05.2024

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- People in homes with gas or propane stoves regularly breathe in unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide, a new study says.Typical use of these stoves increases exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by an estimated 4 parts per...

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Peripheral artery disease (PAD) involves a debilitating narrowing of arteries in the legs, and the National Institutes of Health estimates that 1 in every 20 Americans over 50 is affected.Research into best treatments for...

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Doctors in Texas are describing the only known human case of H5N1 avian flu connected to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in dairy cows.Bird flu in humans remains extremely rare, but in the hundreds of cases documented...

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Pre-kindergarten programs have long been considered an early ticket to future success for children.But the evidence is much more mixed than one might think regarding the longer-term effectiveness of preschool programs, a new...

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Artificial intelligence might be able to identify patients who have rare diseases years earlier than they would typically be diagnosed, a new study says.A newly developed AI program was able to successfully identify people at...

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Primates are capable of tending to wounds using medicinal plants, a new case report says.A male Sumatran orangutan treated a facial wound with a climbing plant known to have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties,...

FRIDAY, May 2, 2024 -- Folks struggling to quit smoking might need a bump up on the dose of medication they’re using to help them stop, according to new clinical trial results.Patients are more likely to successfully quit if the dose of their...

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Many fewer Americans are falling prey to the most dangerous form of heart attack, a new study says.STEMI (ST‐segment-elevation myocardial infarction) heart attacks have declined by nearly 50% during the past 15 years in the...

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Advanced liver cirrhosis can push levels of ammonia in the blood to hazardous levels, but skipping meat at mealtime can help reverse that, new research shows.“It was exciting to see that even small changes in your diet,...

FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Folks undergoing cardiac catheterization procedures to diagnose heart problems may be able to safely skip the traditional pre-op fasting that's now the norm, new research shows.“Just as our techniques and technology for...