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15 May
PCOS Gets a New Name in Landmark Women’s Health Shift
A major women’s health condition affecting more than 170 million women worldwide has been renamed PMOS in an effort to improve diagnosis, awareness, and long-term care.
14 May
Too Little or Too Much Sleep Ages Every Organ in Your Body
Using advanced biological aging clocks, researchers measured aging in 17 organ systems and found too little or too much sleep impacts the brain, heart, lungs, and more.
13 May
GLP-1 Drugs Linked To Better Breast Cancer Outcomes
In a new study, breast cancer patients using GLP-1 medications for obesity and/or diabetes had a lower risk of recurrence and death over 10 years of follow-up.
FDA Approves AI Sepsis Tool That Detects Infection Hours Earlier Than Doctors
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an AI-powered early warning system to detect sepsis, one of the deadliest infections for hospital patients.
The tool, developed at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), detects sepsis hours faster than doctors. It has already reduced deaths by nearly 20% in dozens of hospitals across ...
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PCOS Gets a New Name in Landmark Women's Health Shift
A major women’s health condition is getting a new name—and experts say it could change how millions are diagnosed and treated worldwide.
Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, will now be known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS.
The condition affects more than 170 million women worldwide and is linked to h...
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New Wearable Polygraph Tracks Hidden Stress In Babies, Adults
A new wearable polygraph might be able to help infants and adults not by detecting lies, but instead by monitoring their stress levels, researchers say.
Instead of falsehoods, this polygraph is designed to sense underlying stress that’s hidden deep within the body, researchers reported May 13 in the journal Science Advances....
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Major Review: Antidepressants Safe in Pregnancy, No Added Risk of Autism or ADHD in Kids
There’s no clear link between antidepressant use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, according to a new evidence review spanning more than half a million pregnancies.
Pooled data from three dozen studies found no significant association between antidepressants and developmental disorders in children, researchers reported...
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How Gun Violence News Coverage Is Harming America's Mental Health
The steady stream of news regarding U.S. gun violence is having a serious effect on Americans' mental health, a new study says.
Greater exposure to media coverage of gun violence is associated with an increased risk of depression and poor mental health days, researchers reported recently in BMC Public Health.
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AI Chatbots Lure U.S. Teens With Fun, Romance and Hidden Dangers
Three out of five U.S. teens have tried AI chatbots, turning to the programs for entertainment, advice, friendship – and even romance, a new study says.
Further, about 1 in 10 teens say they talk to AI almost daily, researchers found.
But AI also can be a bad friend, with some teens reporting encounters with chatbots that inclu...
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