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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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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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…
The study, funded by Versus Arthritis…
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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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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Human–machine partnership with artificial intelligence for chest radiograph diagnosis
npj Digital Medicine - Human–machine partnership with artificial intelligence for chest radiograph diagnosis
"Leaky gut" is a common condition in HIV infection as the virus attacks intestinal lymphoid tissue and causes inflammation. A study in rhesus macaques shows that a probiotic treatment could repair leaky gut in just five hours.
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Mapping the pathway to gut health in HIV and SIV infections
Study found that a strain of bacteria rapidly repaired damaged gut lining (known as leaky gut) in monkeys infected with chronic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), an HIV-like virus.
Rising anal cancer rates and deaths are linked to HPV. "Over 90% of cases of anal cancers are associated with HPV, according to the CDC."
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Anal cancer rates and deaths are climbing in the US
Anal cancer cases and deaths are rising dramatically in the United States, especially among older people and young black men, a new study says.
在Github坐等高盛的代码~
https://telegra.ph/Goldman-Sachs-is-planning-on-giving-some-of-its-most-valuable-software-to-Wall-Street-for-free-11-20-2
https://telegra.ph/Goldman-Sachs-is-planning-on-giving-some-of-its-most-valuable-software-to-Wall-Street-for-free-11-20-2
Telegraph
Goldman Sachs is planning on giving some of its most valuable software to Wall Street for free
KEY POINTS Goldman is taking the unusual step of making its data modeling program Alloy, as well as the language underlying it, available to the rest of Wall Street for free as open-source software. By giving it away, Goldman hopes to reduce its own costs…
顺便看看高盛家的ML algorithm为什么在相同情况下给男性多十倍的credit limit....
https://telegra.ph/Sexist-and-biased-How-credit-firms-make-decisions-11-20
https://telegra.ph/Sexist-and-biased-How-credit-firms-make-decisions-11-20
Telegraph
Sexist and biased? How credit firms make decisions
Jamie Heinemeier Hansson had a better credit score than her husband, tech entrepreneur David. They have equal shares in their property and file joint tax returns. Yet David was given permission to borrow 20 times the amount on his Apple Card than his wife…