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COVID-19 and Kids: How Distance Learning Affected Minds in Saudi Arabia

January 10, 2025

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, schools in Saudi Arabia had to shut down. Students started learning from home, which lasted for a couple of years. This change was massive, and it had a big impact on kids' mental health. This study looks into how kids and teens handled the switch to online cl

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Catching Cancer's Comeback: How DNA in Blood Can Spot Relapses

January 10, 2025

Scientists recently explored if DNA from cancer cells floating in a patient's blood could predict who might relapse after surgery. They focused on biliary tract cancers, which form in the bile ducts, and aimed to check two main things. First, they wanted to see if this DNA could tell who might have

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A New Way to Fight Indoor Ozone with a Special Catalyst

January 10, 2025

You know how ground-level ozone (O3) can be bad for both the environment and our health? It's even worse when it gets inside our homes. One big problem with removing this ozone is that moisture can mess up the catalysts that are supposed to do the job. Scientists have found a clever way to make a ca

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Ford's New Supercar: A Nod to History

January 10, 2025

Ford has unveiled a special edition of its high-performance Mustang GTD, priced at an impressive $325, 000. This special model, dubbed the "Spirit of America, " pays homage to the historical jet-propelled cars that once shared the same name. The car is painted white, with distinctive red and blue s

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Why Runners Seek Doctors Before Long Races

January 10, 2025

You'd think running is just about putting one foot in front of the other, but many runners also visit doctors before long races. A study looked into who these runners are, what doctors do for them, and how things turn out. The study found that about a third of runners in a 60, 609 person race got me

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Understanding New Psychoactive Drugs: How Technology Helps

January 10, 2025

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) have always been a headache for forensic scientists. These drugs are hard to track because they pop up quickly, disappear just as fast, and have varying strengths. Luckily, new tools in the lab are making it easier to spot these substances. This look into recent r

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Fighting Superbugs in Water: Detecting Tough Bacteria

January 10, 2025

Water can be a hidden reservoir for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a nasty bug that can make people sick. One type of this bacteria, called CRPA, is extra tough due to carbapenem resistance. This makes it hard to treat infections caused by it. Currently, we mostly know how to find CRPA in hospitals, but no

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AI in Medicine: A Doctor's New Partner

January 9, 2025

Imagine having a super-smart assistant that can help diagnose diseases and manage patient records. That's what a team of researchers created with MedFound, a language model designed just for the healthcare field. With a staggering 176 billion parameters, MedFound was trained on real medical texts an

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Boosting Urine Output: A New Approach to Heart Failure Treatment

January 8, 2025

You know how important it is to get rid of excess fluids in heart failure? Well, did you know that many patients become resistant to standard diuretics? We're talking about a whopping 30% to 45% of patients! This is where lateral epidural stimulation (LES) comes in. Let's break it down. Imagine if

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Ice and Pulse: Helping Hearts Post-Surgery

January 7, 2025

Ever wondered how simple tools like ice and a pulse monitor can team up to help patients after heart surgery? Let's dive into a study that's all about combining these two to treat a common side effect. Imagine this: You've just had a procedure on your heart, and now your arm is swollen and bruised.