A mom who was told her dry eyes were just down to “genetics” was diagnosed with a chronic eye condition caused by 20 years of wearing makeup to bed. Sarah Koseki, 41, thought nothing of going to sleep with her eye makeup on, until five years ago, when her eyelid got stuck to her eye, … Read more
A woman went to the ER to deal with severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. She thought it might be due to stress. It turned out to be a goopy green mass that formed in her stomach — with a little help from her GLP-1. The 63-year-old was seen by doctors at Brigham and Women’s … Read more
Cheek, please! A biotechnology company headquartered in Manhattan has developed an “aging” clock that uses information from the cells in your cheeks to predict your biological age. Biological age is the age of your cells and tissues — this number can differ from your chronological age, which is the number of years you’ve been alive. … Read more
An elderly man in Japan developed a fatal bacterial infection after taking a probiotic as part of his treatment for severe COVID-19. The unidentified patient was first brought to the emergency room after being discovered on the floor of his home. He had a history of colon cancer, chest pain, high blood pressure and pancreatic … Read more
This amateur marathon runner was racing to the finish line — and a potentially deadly health complication could have ended him. A 44-year-old man from Slovakia, who has not been publicly identified, said he developed a painful lump on his penis the day after a long run, according to a case study published in Urology … Read more
Artificial intelligence has developed a treatment for cancer in just 30 days and can predict a patient’s survival rate. In a new study published in the journal Chemical Science, researchers at the University of Toronto along with Insilico Medicine developed a potential treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with an AI drug discovery platform called Pharma.AI. … Read more
Summary: A new computational neuroscience study sheds light on how the brain’s cognitive abilities develop and could help shape new AI research. Source: University of Montreal A new study introduces a new neurocomputational model of the human brain that could shed light on how the brain develops complex cognitive abilities and advance neural artificial intelligence … Read more