And patients who received anticoagulants were also 30% less likely to need a ventilator to breathe, a team at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York reported. Their study of more than 4,300 patients, including those who died, often had evidence of blood problems in their bodies, although many …
Read More »Artificial pancreas helps children as young as 6 with type 1 diabetes better control blood sugar levels, study finds
The researchers examined 101 children between the ages of six and 13 for four months in a randomized clinical trial, and compared an experimental group with a new artificial pancreatic system with a control group using a standard continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device and a separate insulin pump, An artificial …
Read More »Songbirds sing so loudly at daylight, because they warm up, studies show
Researchers have found that when songbirds shoot loudly outside your window in the wee hours of the morning, they just practice. And like the best crowns, they sing better after being given a chance to loosen their voice. A team from Duke University tested this hypothesis by measuring the focal …
Read More »By 2100, U.S. cities could be nearly 30 times more exposed to extreme heat, study finds
But the extreme heat waves of the Western US are a mere example of what could happen: A new study finds that in the future the heat risk for the country’s largest cities could be much greater than previously thought. Without cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, large U.S. cities could …
Read More »Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, study finds
“The ice sheet is now in this new dynamic state, where even if we could return to a climate that was more than what we had 20 or 30 years ago, we will still lose mass pretty quickly,” Ian Howat, co-author of the study and a professor at Ohio State …
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