You’ve probably seen it all over the internet… making waves on just about every social media platform out there. Artificial intelligence, let me rephrase that – CHATGPT3. The monster that has awakened Microsoft to invest $10 billion. But why? Does Microsoft truly believe that AI will change the way we consume information and produce it? […]

Intermittent catheterization every 6 hours in postpartum women with urinary retention may be a better strategy than extended catheterization over 24 hours, a new prospective, randomized, controlled study suggests. Patients who were catheterized every 6 hours took significantly less time to reach full relief than those who were catheterized for at least 24 hours (mean […]

University of Queensland research has found women who have quality relationships in their 40s and 50s are less likely to develop multiple chronic conditions in older age. Lead author Dr Xiaolin Xu, from the UQ School of Public Health, found that having unsatisfying social relationships can be as much of a risk factor for disease […]

Marketing isn’t just for getting new clients. Hiring is more than just filling a role or getting a job done; it’s about building a high-performance team that grows your business. Building your team at work isn’t much different than building a sports team–each player has a specific role, is motivated by different things, and needs […]

A strategy for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) involving just an 8-week treatment regimen — along with close posttreatment monitoring and treatment extension if needed — shows potential as an effective alternative to the standard 24-week regimen. “We found that if we use the strategy of a bedaquiline–linezolid five-drug regimen for 8 weeks and then […]

In a recent study published in Cell Reports, researchers mapped Zika virus infections in the lymph nodes to determine how the Zika virus enters from different points in the skin and disseminates through the body. Study: Zika virus spreads through infection of lymph node-resident macrophages. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock Background Zika virus is a positive-sense, […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved pegcetacoplan injection (Syfovre) as the first treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), a major cause of adult blindness. Pegcetacoplan injection, from Apellis Pharmaceuticals, is intended for the treatment of people with geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration. Geographic atrophy affects more than 1 million people in […]

Private hospitals were paid around £2bn to help the NHS during the first year of the covid pandemic. But an investigation by The BMJ has found that just 30 of the 200 private hospitals were used to treat patients with covid-19 in April 2020 when the first pandemic wave hit its peak. While there is […]

Florida Cardiology PA, and 10 cardiologists in the practice have agreed to pay the US government and the state of Florida $2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting inflated claims to Medicare and Medicaid and billing while the physicians were not in the US, the Department of Justice […]

A University of Texas at Arlington bioengineer and his doctoral student have discovered how to identify which brain cells lead to epileptic episodes in children. Professor of Research Christos Papadelis and doctoral student Ludovica Corona, who is the first author, have written a paper published in Brain, a highly valued scientific journal. The study, “Non-invasive […]