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Jul 11 2025HEALTH

Making Healthcare Tech Work for Seniors at Home

Creating tech for older adults to recover at home is tricky. It's not just about making it work. It's about making it fit their lives. A recent effort brought together different people to figure this out. First, they gathered a group of key players. These included healthcare workers, tech experts,

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Jul 11 2025HEALTH

Why Medical Device Studies Need a Quality Check

Medical devices are tricky. They're not like drugs. They have learning curves, affect how hospitals work, and their prices change over time. Plus, there's often not much data on them. This makes it hard to figure out if they're worth the money. People study these things to help decide where to spen

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Jul 11 2025BUSINESS

Seoul's Food Service Market: A Data-Driven Look at Survival Rates

Seoul's food service market is facing a tough challenge. Many small businesses close within just three years. This is a big problem for South Korea's economy. But why does this happen? And how can we predict which areas will struggle in the future? A recent study took a deep dive into this issue. I

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Jul 10 2025HEALTH

Internet Access and Diabetes: A County-Level Look

In 2021, a study dug into how internet access at home might be linked to diabetes rates across US counties. The idea was to see if having more people online could mean fewer diabetes cases, even when other factors like income and education are considered. The study looked at data from over 3, 000 c

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Jul 09 2025HEALTH

Living with a Double Challenge: How Tafamidis Helps Those with Heart and Nerve Issues

Tafamidis is a medicine that helps people with a tricky heart condition called transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, or ATTR-CM for short. This condition can also cause nerve problems, but not everyone with ATTR-CM gets both heart and nerve issues. However, those who do have both often struggle to f

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Jul 09 2025TECHNOLOGY

Decoding Personalities: Can AI Really Understand Us?

AI is making waves in understanding human personalities. But how well can it really do this? Let's break it down. First, AI has been getting better at guessing personality traits. But most studies have not looked closely at how reliable these guesses are. They also haven't checked how these AI meth

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Jul 09 2025BUSINESS

How Big Money Moves in the World of Sports

Sports is big business. To make the list of top sports empires, you need to own at least one team worth over a billion dollars and have other sports investments worth at least half a billion. This means only the biggest players in the game get a spot. When figuring out how much these empires are wo

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Jul 09 2025SPORTS

Rochester's Big Play: New Sports Hub on the Horizon

Rochester is getting a major sports upgrade. The city council just greenlit the outdoor design for a huge sports and recreation complex. This isn't just any project—it's a $65 million investment, funded by the city's sales tax extension that voters approved last year. The complex will sprawl across

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Jul 09 2025EDUCATION

De Anza College's PE Complex Gets a Big Upgrade

De Anza College is finally giving its old physical education complex a much-needed makeover. The plan? A $53 million renovation that's been in the works for years. The state is footing most of the bill, covering 75% of the cost, while the rest comes from the district's savings and bond funds. The c

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Jul 09 2025SCIENCE

Life After Life: What Near-Death Tales Tell Us

People from all corners of the globe and throughout time have shared stories of near-death experiences (NDEs). These tales are not all the same. Some are quite different. Yet, many have common threads. This makes people wonder: Do these experiences hint at life after death, or are they just tricks o

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