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A new study shows a potential link between extreme endurance exercise and increased risk of advanced colon cancer in younger adults, according to research at Inova Schar Cancer Institute, in Fairfax, Virginia. A new study shows a potential link between extreme endurance exercise and increased risk of advanced colon cancer in younger adults, according to research at Inova Schar Cancer …

Memory is the glue of life. Without it, our focus softens, our experience of the world blurs, and our identities melt away. But as people age, their memory declines. Many billions of dollars have been spent to understand the biological basis of dementia and to devise a cure. In most cases, they have failed spectacularly. But what if, rather than …

AI is already cutting jobs — but only one age group is paying the price, Stanford study finds  San Francisco Chronicle First-of-its-kind Stanford study says AI is starting to have a ‘significant and disproportionate impact’ on entry-level workers in the U.S.  yahoo.com The US really is unlike other rich countries when it comes to job insecurity – and AI could make it …

If you suspected that AI is taking jobs away from young workers, there is now data to back this up. Three economists at Stanford University’s Digital Economy Lab —professor Erik Brynjolfsson, research scientist Ruyu Chen, and postdoctoral fellow Bharat Chandar— published a paper on Tuesday that found early-career workers aged 22 to 25 in the most AI-exposed jobs “have experienced …

Researchers say many cancer patients are receiving treatment focused on extending their lives rather than easing their pain, often against their own wishes. Photo by Pixel-Shot/Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Frequently, patients with advanced cancer simply want to be made as comfortable as possible as they wind down their final days. Doctors aren’t listening to their desires, a new study indicates. Many …

Simple chemistry helps explain the origin of life, new study suggests  The Washington Post Thioester-mediated RNA aminoacylation and peptidyl-RNA synthesis in water  Nature Scientists Make Breakthrough in Solving the Mystery of Life’s Origin  404 Media Chemists show how RNA might have started to make proteins on early Earth  Phys.org RNA and Sulfur Compounds Possibly Created the First Peptides on Earth  the-scientist.com Source link

This Common Vegetable May Help Lower Blood Pressure, According To A Surprising New Study  AOL.com Beetroot Juice’s Blood Pressure Secret: The Nitrate Effect  Medscape Drinking Beetroot Juice Could Reduce Older Adults’ Blood Pressure  SciTechDaily 5 foods that can naturally lower your blood pressure  New York Post 5 foods that can naturally lower blood pressure  RBC-Ukraine Source link

Flying in the face of many studies and widespread medical opinion, a new study suggests eating red meat could actually help protect against dying from cancer.  Researchers from McMaster University in Canada, analyzed data from nearly 16,000 adults ages 19 and older taken from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHAMES III). They investigated how much animal and plant protein people typically …

Participants in the vitamin D3 group took daily 2,000 IUs of the supplement, which is a dosage commonly found over-the-counter at neighborhood pharmacies. Researchers looked for signs of aging in participants’ cells, which split as they replicate. Over a whole lifetime, a person’s chromosomes may appear more frayed because the cells have replicated so many times, scientists said. The authors …

The rich are different from other people — and that also applies to the share of their income they pay in taxes, according to a new study from University of California, Berkeley, economists.  The individuals who make up the Forbes 400 list, topped by Tesla CEO Elon Musk with a fortune of $244 billion, paid an average effective tax rate of …