WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Tattoos have become a form of self-expression, a means of telling the world something about yourself. Unfortunately, observers mostly misread these inky cues and misjudge the personalities of tattoo bearers, a new study says. Study participants tended to agree among themselves on whatContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Want to think outside the box? Avoid the internet, a new study says. Googling for new ideas can inhibit a group’s creativity during brainstorming sessions, researchers reported June 30 in the journal Memory & Cognition. Internet searches appeared to stymie the production ofContinue Reading
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TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration may cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide gender-related treatments to children and teens. Nine major children’s hospitals recently received letters from federal officials seeking information about procedures such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers and sex-reassignment surgeries, The WallContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Get a grip” might be a truer saying for holding onto sanity than previously thought, a new study says. A loss of grip strength might be an early sign of psychosis, researchers report in the American Journal of Psychiatry. People recently diagnosed withContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Do you enjoy “eureka” moments, when sudden insight or inspiration strikes seemingly from nowhere? Then you definitely need to sleep on it, a new study says. People are more likely to have sudden “eureka” moments on nagging problems if they can reach aContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The swamps of Georgia and South Carolina harbor something more dangerous than the alligators for which they’re best known. Researchers studying the ancient reptiles found high levels of mercury, a potent neurotoxin. Their discovery — reported in the June issue of the journalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Common human typing errors can trip up artificial intelligence (AI) programs designed to aid health care workers by reviewing health records, a new MIT study says. Typos and extra white spaces can interfere with AI’s ability to properly analyze patient records, researchers reportedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Keeping tabs on COVID-19 outbreaks is as easy as tracking a city’s wastewater, a new study says. Levels of the COVID virus, SARS-CoV-2, found in wastewater samples accurately predicted by a week the rise and fall of case counts in a community, researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are keeping up with new coronavirus strains and remain effective for keeping people out of the hospital, a new study says. The study, which examined the effectiveness of the 2023-2024 COVID vaccines against the XBB and JN.1 Omicron variant waves,Continue Reading