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UMD geologists uncovered evidence of a section of seafloor that sank into the Earth's mantle when dinosaurs roamed the Earth; it's located off the west coast of South America in a zone known as the East Pacific Rise.
Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models
A new University of Kansas study reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents rate AI generated text as credible, moral and trustworthy.
Hypertension and amyloid plaques can separately cause dementia. Having both increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive decline, a new study finds
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Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors’ offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer’s in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease.
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Michigan Medicine scientists have been on a quest to better understand unexpected death in epilepsy, or SUDEP — which claims the lives of roughly 1 in every 1,000 people with epilepsy or other seizure disorders.
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A new scientific study concludes there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. More than 500 researchers, academics, and others from more than 40 nations contributed to the study.
To stave off a concussion, your head’s position is more important than whether you are tensing your neck, according to new research.
Individuals with weaker muscles do not typically live as long as their stronger peers, according to new research from the University of Michigan.