Blood test has a 90 percent accuracy rate in determining whether memory loss is due to Alzheimer’s: Study
A blood test can determine with over 90% accuracy whether memory loss is caused by Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. study It was released on Sunday. A group of researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a cutting-edge blood test significantly outperforms diagnoses made by both general practitioners and specialists. A […]
Shoplifting Rates Spike Across US While Other Crimes Dip Below Pre-Pandemic Levels, Study Finds
Shoplifting rates increased during the first half of 2024 while other serious crimes have decreased to pre-pandemic levels, according to a Council of Criminal Justice (CCJ) study. Shoplifting increased 24% in 23 cities across the country during the first half of 2024 compared to the first half of 2023, according to the mid-year 2024 update […]
US Bird Flu Outbreak Shows Sustained Spread Within Mammals, Study Says
Scientists on Thursday warned about the possibility that the avian influenza (H5N1) virus is adapting among mammals. Spillovers of avian influenza from poultry and wild birds to other mammals have been recorded around the world since at least January 2022, raising concerns about how this could impact its spread to humans. according to According to […]
Microsoft to take hit as Fortune 500 suffers $5.4B in CrowdStrike losses: study
U.S. Fortune 500 companies excluding Microsoft are facing losses of $5.4 billion due to last week’s CrowdStrike outage, and Microsoft’s losses will add hundreds of millions more to the total. Cloud Insurance Company Parametrics Wednesday. A global technology outage caused by a faulty update to CrowdStrike security software crashed Microsoft Windows computers on Friday, forcing […]
Men may not be more attracted to scent of fertile women, study says | Science
The widely held belief that men are more attracted to the smell of women during their most fertile periods may not be true after all, researchers say. A body of research over the past few decades has made a compelling case that female body odour changes with the menstrual cycle, allowing sensitive males to sense […]
Gas prices too high, Americans want to spend 37% less: study
Gas prices have stabilized, but Americans still believe fuel costs are too high, according to a recent survey. (iStock) A recent survey found that Americans still spend roughly 3% of their income on fuel for their vehicles, even as gasoline price inflation subsides. That cost is about $1,712 a year, about 37 percent more than […]
Dogs can smell human stress — and it alters their own behavior: study
Dogs can smell stress in people and it changes their own behavior, a new study has found. Our four-legged friends experience “emotional contagion” from the smell of human stress, leading them to make more “pessimistic” choices, scientists say. The study, led by the University of Bristol, is the first to examine how human stress odours […]
Bipartisan commission to study Trump assassination attempt teed up for House vote
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the assassination attempt on former President Trump during a campaign rally earlier this month. House Republican leaders became aware of the bill late Sunday that would create an investigative committee made up of five Democrats and six Republicans. […]
‘Lockdowns Had Little to No Effect on COVID Mortality’: New Johns Hopkins Study
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes But the costs of these draconian measures weren’t minimal at all. We’re into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic. From mask mandates to vaccine passports, government restrictions on our liberties remain in place. But, thankfully, at least in the US, the era of lockdown orders confining Americans’ to their homes […]
AI detects cancer with 17% more accuracy than doctors: UCLA study
Artificial intelligence is outperforming doctors when it comes to detecting common cancers in men. A new UCLA study found that AI tools identified prostate cancer with 84% accuracy, compared with 67% accuracy for doctor-detected cases, according to a UCLA press release. Unfold AI, developed by California-based Avenda Health, is a recently U.S. Food and Drug […]