(University of Southern California) The human brain holds many clues about a person's long-term health. In fact, research shows that a person's brain age is a more useful and accurate predictor of health risks and future disease than birthdate. Now, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that analyzes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans developed by USC researchers could be used to accurately capture cognitive decline linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's much...
(Los Angeles Times) Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed, according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal — making millions vulnerable to having their accounts compromised or identities exposed if they have used the site anonymously to criticize oppressive governments, for instance.
Gal, co-founder and chief technology officer at cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, wrote in a LinkedIn post this week that the leak “will unfortunately lead to a...
(University of Southern California) There is no simple solution to the deadly overdose epidemic, which costs 100,000 lives in the U.S. each year and is erasing gains in life expectancy. But a team of USC researchers has found that one low-cost intervention can make a difference; a letter notifying providers their patient has died from an overdose.
A 2018 study by the team found that notifying clinicians through an informational letter from their county's medical examiner that...
(BBC News) Electric car maker Tesla said it delivered a record 1.3 million vehicles last year, 40% more than in 2021.
But the firm, led by billionaire Elon Musk, fell short of Wall Street sales forecasts for the final months of the year.
The company's shares sank by more than 12% on Tuesday after the update.
In a statement to investors, Tesla said it had to deal with "significant COVID and supply-chain-related challenges throughout the year."
Earlier on...
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Scientists are harnessing a new way to turn cancer cells into potent, anti-cancer agents. In the latest work from the lab of Khalid Shah, PhD, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, investigators have developed a new cell-therapy approach to eliminate established tumors and induce long-term immunity, training the immune system so that it can prevent cancer from recurring.
The team tested their dual-action, cancer-killing vaccine in an advanced mouse model of the...
(Ottawa Citizen) Canadian Forces personnel were involved in a controversial U.S. military team that has been accused of killing scores of innocent people in Iraq and Syria.
But details about the Canadian special forces role in the team, code-named Talon Anvil, have not been released. One Canadian special forces soldier was part of the 20-member team in 2015 while other Canadian military personnel played supporting roles or were briefed on its activities, according to documents...
(BBC News) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as the new president of Brazil – the third time he has held the country's highest office.
The veteran left-wing politician, known widely as Lula, led the country between 2003 and 2010, and defeated Jair Bolsonaro in October's poll.
In his first speech, Lula vowed to rebuild a country in "terrible ruins."
He decried the policies of his predecessor, who went to the U.S. on Friday...
(AFP) Travellers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in COVID-19 cases, with Australia the latest to require a negative test before arrival.
Last month, Beijing abruptly began dismantling its "zero-COVID" containment policy of lockdowns and mass testing, three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the city of Wuhan.
As COVID puts pressure on the Chinese health-care system, officials have insisted that the wave...
(BBC News) A criminology graduate has been arrested in the mysterious killings of four university students in the state of Idaho last month, police say.
Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was detained in Pennsylvania, over 4,000 km from the crime scene.
The University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death in their beds in a rental home near the campus on Nov. 13.
Police say the suspect lived in a town near where the murders occurred.
Xana Kernodle, Ethan...
(AFP) The U.S. Justice Department sued leading drug distributor AmerisourceBergen today (Thursday), alleging that despite the country's addiction crisis the company has failed to report suspicious pharmacy orders for addictive opioids as required.
The Justice Department said that AmerisourceBergen, which has already agreed to pay $6.1 billion to states to settle claims it helped stoke the opioid crisis, continued to violate its reporting obligation from 2014 to the present, even participating in hiding suspicious orders.
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