Black and Hispanic Medicare patients with dementia were 31% and 52% less likely than White patients to enter a nursing home with a dementia care unit after a hospital stay, but most of the gap closed when comparing patients at the same hospital.
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Long-Term Outcomes in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Extended Follow-Up of the COURAGE Randomized Trial | Cardiology | JAMA | JAMA Network
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Survey experiments show that conservative criticism of Trump reduced public support for Trump. When Trump was criticized over the Epstein files by Democrats, it had no impact on public support, whereas support declined substantially if the criticism comes from right-coded media elites.
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Research scientists identify nearly 2,900 likely protein interactions, more than half never reported before. Artificial intelligence points researchers toward new disease targets hidden in mitochondria...
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Eating disorder symptoms did not differ significantly between vegetarian/vegan diets and omnivorous diets, meta-analysis of 25,223 participants finds
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Noise pollution is having increasingly significant impacts on the development, behaviour and mortality of species worldwide. Noise can trigger increased cellular stress and elevated stress hormones in animals and alter physical development.
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California middle and high school students with later school start times slept 24 minutes longer per school night (+2 extra hours per week), waking 29 minutes later without going to bed later, challenging concerns that teenagers would simply stay up later and cancel out the benefits
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A scientific paper warns that worsening climate change could undermine humanity's ability to respond, as economic crises, political instability and weakened institutions reduce our capacity to cut emissions and adapt, potentially creating a dangerous feedback loop toward a “Hothouse Earth” scenario.
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Long COVID studies comparing infected people to untested people may overstate symptoms because of who gets tested. Comparing PCR-positive and PCR-negative patients in US claims data (2020–21), researchers found 43 attributable symptoms at 1–4 months, 5 at 4–12 months, and none after a year.
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Most comprehensive atlas of healthy human tissue launched to help understand disease. HuBMAP Data Portal offers access to 9,000 datasets from more than 500 donors...
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A measurement of all 698 ICANN-accredited registrar domains shows that only 9.46% use DNSSEC on their own primary domain, although every registrar must offer DNSSEC to customers; rates are 22.73% in Europe and 5.72% elsewhere.
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AER study: US government funding of research and development has gigantic returns, contributing to substantial innovation and business productivity. Government-funded R&D accounts for one-fifth of business-sector TFP growth since WWII and imply substantial under-funding of nondefense R&D.
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A nationally representative study in Bangladesh found that extreme heat was associated with increased suicide risk, with effects emerging at 28°C and peaking at 35°C. At 35°C, poor sleep quality accounted for 29.5% of the association, suggesting a pathway linking rising temperatures to mental health
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Genomic sequencing traced 26 measles cases in Washington State to five separate introductions from South Carolina's outbreak. Every case was in an unvaccinated person or one with unknown vaccine status.
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Fine and ultrafine Martian dust presents additional risks for future crewed missions to Mars
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A scientific review of laboratory, animal and clinical studies found that e-cigarette aerosols can disrupt oral cells, weaken protective barriers and alter saliva and oral bacteria, potentially contributing to gum disease, infections and damage to teeth and dental restorations.
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Resting heart rate and heart rate variability follow a seasonal pattern, but sleep and exercise account for less than 10% of it. New research using a year of WHOOP data from 16,415 US adults finds the swing gets smaller with age.
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A study over 20 years shows that Aortic dissections cluster around fourth Quarter, with a significant increase in incidence in October
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A survey of 50,000 people across 92 countries finds global mental health may be languishing, including in the wealthiest countries, and especially among young people, who in previous generations had comparatively higher levels of mental health.
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Extreme liberals who rely on traditional news sources are most likely to overestimate their own science knowledge, revealing a gap between perceived and actual scientific understanding.
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