Centenarians are an oft-celebrated population for their remarkable longevity and wisdom. But how do some people live so long? A study published in The Lancet this past March has identified unique immune system characteristics that enable certain individuals to live to age 100 and beyond. “We assembled and analyzed what is, to our knowledge, the […]
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Jay Glazer has appeared on countless television segments, from Fox’s Thursday Night Football broadcasts to episodes of HBO’s Ballers, but he still gets nervous before getting in front of the camera. In fact, the sports journalist opened up to Nice News about previously experiencing anxiety attacks “every single time” he prepared to be on TV
What if you could swallow a pill-sized device that could diagnose whether you have a peptic ulcer or a bile obstruction? Engineers at MIT and Caltech have created just that: an ingestible sensor that could help physicians more easily identify and diagnose gastrointestinal motility disorders. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
The World Health Organization estimates that 2.2 billion people around the globe are visually impaired. Since 2015, the popular Be My Eyes app has been working to help that population — and it’s now getting a major AI boost. Be My Eyes was founded by Danish furniture craftsman Hans Jørgen Wiberg, who is visually impaired
Sponsored by Apollo “April showers bring May flowers,” as the old saying goes. Fittingly, April is also Stress Awareness Month, recognized annually since 1992 to highlight the negative health impacts of stress and the tools available to combat it. One of those tools is the Apollo wearable: a one-of-a-kind, science-backed device that actively improves your
A walk through a field of wildflowers, a stroll through a grove of trees, a jog along the beach: Not only are these beautiful settings for the eyes to behold, they also have the power to boost our well-being. A recently published study, led by professors Xiaoqi Feng (from the University of New South Wales
We’ve likely all heard a “dad joke” or two, or perhaps a thousand. They’re generally endearing, albeit corny, jokes that involve puns, obvious one-liners, and so-bad-they’re-good punchlines. They make us chuckle, roll our eyes, or lovingly groan — and new research reveals that they might also be doing some surprisingly serious good: helping children develop
For over a decade, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been developing lab-grown retinal neurons with the goal of restoring vision to people with certain degenerative eye diseases. Now, breakthrough testing results suggest that those cells are finally ready to be introduced to patients’ eyes for the first time in clinical
Nearly half of all adults in the United States, around 116 million, have high blood pressure, but only about a quarter have their hypertension under control, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And in 2020 alone, the condition was a primary or contributing cause in over 670,000 deaths. In addition to leading
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Researchers in England are encouraged by the preliminary results of a new wearable device that’s intended to reduce tics for those with Tourette syndrome. The device, called Neupulse, looks similar to a large smartwatch and delivers electrical stimulation to the nerves in the wrist. The goal is to influence the “brain networks involved in generating
