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BBC News 中文 | 意大利著名水上城市威尼斯遭遇半世纪以来最大水灾。全城80%被淹，损失严重。如何保护世界遗产和古迹是人类面临的最大挑战之一。
telegra.ph/威尼斯水灾50年来最严重一次-意大利宣布进入紧急状态-11-15
telegra.ph/威尼斯水灾50年来最严重一次-意大利宣布进入紧急状态-11-15
Telegraph
威尼斯水灾：50年来最严重一次 意大利宣布进入紧急状态
意大利著名旅游城市威尼斯本周经历了半个世纪以来最严重的水灾。意大利政府为此宣布威尼斯进入紧急状态。 虽然威尼斯对大水并不陌生，但此次是自1966年以来最严重的一次， 水深达1.87米。
In a surprising finding using the standard animal model of Down syndrome, scientists reversed the intellectual deficits, generally thought of as irreversible, with drugs that target the body’s response to cellular stresses, suggesting it may be possible to do the same in humans with Down syndrome.
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UCSF
In Down Syndrome Mouse Model, Scientists Reverse Intellectual Deficits with Drugs
Using standard animal model of Down syndrome, scientists were able to correct the learning and memory deficits associated with the condition with drugs that target the body’s response to cellular stresses.
A new study shows a country stressed about their bodies, and lacking in tools to either make peace with who they are or manage their health. Despite reportedly trying lots of different weight loss methods, adults in the United States have seen overall increases in weight and actual measured BMI
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Telegraph
More People Than Ever Are Trying to Lose Weight, to No Avail
Health A new study shows a country stressed about their bodies, and lacking in tools to either make peace with who they are or manage their health. by Hannah SmothersNov 15 2019, 1:11pm Share Tweet Snap Thomas Barwick via Getty Despite reportedly trying lots…
A woman with an Alzheimer’s-causing mutation and lots of beta-amyloid buildup in her brain remained cognitively healthy for decades. Her genes could offer clues to potential treatments.
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Science
Colombian woman’s genes offer new clues to staving off Alzheimer’s
A rare mutation in a known Alzheimer’s risk gene points to potential treatments
Mangroves, hardy shore-bound plants vital to many coastlines, are under threat from rising sea levels and extreme human development in these areas. Mangroves are necessary coastline protectors and are being extinguished by human disruption, which is extremely dangerous for ecosystems with them in.
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Telegraph
Mangroves, hardy shore-bound plants vital to many coastlines, are under threat
By Erin Blakemore November 16, 2019 at 8:00 AM EST Mangroves are tangly, tough and grow in inhospitable conditions. The plants thrive in places others cannot — along shorelines and in muddy, salty and hot conditions that would wipe out other plants. Mangroves…
Study suggests that vaping may be less harmful to your blood vessels than smoking cigarettes. Within just one month of ditching tobacco for electronic cigarettes, people's blood vessel health had started to recover.
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Reduction in Mental Health Treatment Utilization Among Transgender Individuals After Gender-Affirming Surgeries: A Total Population Study
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Reduction in Mental Health Treatment Utilization Among Transgender Individuals After Gender-Affirming Surgeries: A Total Population…
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Articles No Access Ph.D. Ph.D.Published Online:4 Oct 2019https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19010080About Share on Abstract Objective: Despite professional recommendations to consider gender-affirming…
Cloudy with a Chance of Pain. Smartphone study shows pain more likely on humid, windy days. People with long-term health conditions are 20 per cent more likely to suffer from pain on days that are humid and windy with low atmospheric pressure according to new research
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Cloudy with a Chance of Pain? Smartphone study shows pain more likely on humid, windy days
People with long-term health conditions are 20 per cent more likely to suffer from pain on days that are humid and windy with low atmospheric pressure according to new research from University of Manchester scientists.
The study, funded by Versus Arthritis…
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Scientists have demonstrated how taking DMT (a hallucinogenic compound found in ayahuasca) affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain's electrical activity – changing brainwaves to a vivid ‘waking-dream’ state
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Imperial College London
Ayahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid ‘waking-dream’ state
PSYCHEDELIC DREAM STATE - Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain’s electrical activity.
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Researchers have shown that "hive mind" of networked human doctors, connected together by AI algorithms modeled on biological swarms, can produce more accurate diagnoses than individual human doctors or pure AI models.
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Nature
Human–machine partnership with artificial intelligence for chest radiograph diagnosis
npj Digital Medicine - Human–machine partnership with artificial intelligence for chest radiograph diagnosis