LOS ANGELES, California, April 4 -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * AI can describe human experiences but lacks experience in an actual 'body.' UCLA researchers say understanding this 'body gap' may matter for safety Study states artificial intelligence systems lack a fundamental property of human cognition that could make AI safer and more aligned with human behavior * When a person reaches across a table to pass the salt, their brain is doing something far more co  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, April 3 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Bryant to hold fourth Healthcare Summit on Friday, May 1 * SMITHFIELD, RI- Bryant University will hold its fourth Healthcare Summit on the Smithfield campus on Friday, May 1. Public Health: Policies, Programs, and Promises will convene leaders from healthcare, public health, academia, government, and industry for a day of insight, collaboration, and forward-thinking strategy. "Bryant University has rapi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 2 [Category: Health Care] -- G.E. HealthCare posted the following news release: * * * GE HealthCare broadens its deep learning CT portfolio with FDA clearance of True Definition DL * * More than 80 percent of all health system visits include an imaging exam, [i] making radiology an essential part of healthcare diagnostics and image quality a cornerstone of medicine * True Definition DL [ii] is a deep learning (DL) solution that leverages a dedicated deep neural n  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 4 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Survey reveals new data that may help firearm injury prevention In a recent study, U-M researchers found 7% of adults in U.S. has thought of inflicting violence on others with firearms * A quick content warning: Today's episode includes discussion about firearms and sensitive topics related to firearm injury prevention research. Listener disc  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 3 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Who should pay for older adults' care? Caregivers answer differently Levels of concern about costs of long term care, and access to it, are higher among those who are unpaid caregivers to people over 65, compared with those who aren't * When it comes to opinions about paying for, and getting access to, care for older adults, direct e  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 4 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * How an Injectable Particle Could Make Surgery Safer for Infants Biomedical researchers have designed an injectable microgel to help reduce bleeding in infants who require surgical care. In an animal model, the engineered microgel reduced bleeding by at least 50%. When adults cut themselves, a multi-step process called hemostasis stops the bleeding from the injured blood vesse  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 (TNSjou) -- A bioactive compound found in turmeric may assist in lowering oxidative stress and inflammation for individuals living with Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. Hossein Rafiei, assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics at Saint Louis University, served as lead author of the study which suggests these biological processes are central to the progression of metabolic diseases. The research document, titled Curcumin supplementation improves markers of inflammation a  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 4 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Women with diabetes less likely to receive preventive care and some screenings Physicians are less likely to provide preventive care such as conception counseling and some cancer screenings to women with diabetes than they do for women without the disease, a UCLA-led study suggests. The findings, to be published (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-026-10253-5) April 3 in the pe  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * UMass Chan researchers shed light on how inflammation in GI tract rewires enteric nervous system Hypoxia-induced stress response shown to protect neurons from cell death and remodeling By Jim Fessenden Research by Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology, sheds light on how inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, such as that associat  more