A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack — doesn’t benefit the vast majority of patients, and in fact beta-blockers may contribute to a higher risk of hospitalization and death in some women but not in men, according to groundbreaking Read more…
A new study released Friday found that young children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, are often prescribed medication too quickly. The study, led by Stanford Medicine and published in JAMA Network Open, examined the health records of nearly 10,000 preschool-aged children ages 3 to 5 between 2016 and 2023 Read more…
Ned’s shell spirals left, while almost all other snails have right spiraling shells. It’s a one in 40,000 genetic condition among the common corno espersum… “I was quite breathless for a moment,” says Giselle Clarkson, an author, illustrator and self-described ‘observologist’ who found Ned while digging in her garden in Read more…
They offer a self-sustaining power solution for marine regions, pioneering use in wave energy harvesting in 2014″. Ten years later, researchers have developed several structures for these “triboelectric nanogenerators” (TENGs) to “facilitate their commercial deployment.” But there’s a lack of “comprehensive summaries and performance evaluations. So the review “distills a Read more…
Remember those Harvard dropouts who built smart glasses for covert facial recognition — and then raised $1 million to develop AI-powered glasses to continuously listen to conversations and display its insights? One of its selling points is that the specs don’t come with a visual indicator that lights up to Read more…
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed a strong response [non-paywalled source] if any country takes measures that undermine Europe’s digital sovereignty. From a report: Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump threatened to impose fresh tariffs and export restrictions on countries that have digital services taxes or regulations that harm American Read more…
A 56-year-old tech industry veteran killed his mother and himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut on August 5 after months of interactions with ChatGPT that encouraged his paranoid delusions. Greenwich police discovered Stein-Erik Soelberg and his 83-year-old mother Suzanne Eberson Adams dead in their home. Videos posted by Soelberg documented conversations Read more…