(Video: Filippo Pinto e Vairo, M.D., Ph.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic’s Program for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, analyzes genetic data on screen, uncovering insights into rare disease.) February 28 is Rare Disease Day, a time to recognize the millions of people worldwide living with conditions that often go undiagnosed or untreated. In the U.S., […]
In a first-of-its-kind study, Mayo Clinic researchers found that women 45–60 years old who are managing family caregiving and menopause face nearly double the risk of moderate to severe menopause symptoms. Women in the sandwich generation are especially affected. The sandwich generation is a term used for people who often juggle caring for both children and aging adults, […]
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Heart surgery is a serious and invasive medical procedure, and that can be intimidating for a patient. A new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that virtual reality (VR) can be an effective tool to reduce preoperative anxiety in older patients undergoing their first open-heart surgery. While much of the research […]
Findings will help identify patients with breast, ovarian, pancreatic or prostate cancer who may benefit from targeted therapies ROCHESTER, Minn. — Findings from a multi-institutional, international study led by researchers from the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center have significantly advanced the understanding of genetic alterations in the BRCA2 gene, a key player in hereditary cancer […]
Getty Images Most patients with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (ADRD) experience the gradual onset and progression of cognitive symptoms, leading to decline over years or decades. However, in a small subset of patients, symptoms begin rapidly, leading to dementia within one year and complete incapacitation within two years of symptom onset. A […]
So-called reasoning AI models are becoming easier — and cheaper — to develop. On Friday, NovaSky, a team of researchers based out of UC Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab, released Sky-T1-32B-Preview, a reasoning model that’s competitive with an earlier version of OpenAI’s o1 on a number of key benchmarks. Sky-T1 appears to be the first truly […]
Nature, Published online: 07 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00018-1 Researchers: concentrate on bread-and-butter issues to get political buy-in
As U.S. lawmakers debate issues around health care for transgender youth, it’s been difficult to determine the number of young people receiving gender-affirming medicationsleaving room for exaggerated and false claims. Now, a medical journal has published the most reliable estimate yet and the numbers are low, reflecting more clearly on medical practices now being weighed […]
Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking history. Although famous medical texts like the 16th century Ming Dynasty’s Bencao Gangmu originally cited the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 CE) as the earliest evidence of Chinese alcoholic distillation, recent experiments conducted by a team affiliated with Zhengzhou University […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study reveals a direct link between storytelling ability and a sense of meaning and quality of life. The study, conducted in Israel and the United States, found that people who are good storytellers enjoy more fulfilling lives, a clearer sense of purpose, and the ability to see the “big picture.” […]
