An individually trained semantic decoder translated brain patterns on functional MRI (fMRI) into continuous streams of text, a small study showed. The customized decoder used fMRI responses to generate text describing an individual’s imagined stories, the contents of podcasts they listened to, and silent videos they watched, reported Alexander Huth, PhD, of the University of …
CHICAGO — An oncolytic virus therapy combined with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) produced complete responses (CRs) in 85% of patients with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), a small phase II trial showed. The results showed CRs in 29 of 34 patients with detectable carcinoma in situ (CIS) treated with cretostimogene grenadenorepvec (CG0070) and the PD-1 …
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Why has this 70-year-old woman with gallstones had abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for the past 3 days? That is the diagnostic dilemma faced by Francesco Pata, MD, PhD, of Università della Calabria in Rende, Italy, and colleagues. As they explained in JAMA, the patient had not undergone any abdominal surgery, and her medical history …
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SAN DIEGO — During its annual meeting, the American College of Physicians (ACP) announced an “ambitious” new initiative to promote equitable access to obesity care. Because most medical schools do not prepare internists on how to treat obesity, and because pharmaceutical, surgical, and behavioral strategies have rapidly evolved, the ACP plans to develop guidelines for …
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An herbal-based intravenous product significantly lowered the risk of death in sepsis patients with moderate to severe illness, according to results of a large randomized trial conducted in China. At 28 days, 18.8% of patients who received 5 days of Xuebijing injections died versus 26.1% in a placebo group, for a risk difference of 7.3 …
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Getty Images There’s something about loving dads that inundates a person with emotion. They just want to do the right thing, make their kid happy, and go on living with the knowledge that they helped lead a non-garbage person into the world. And when those dads are internationally known celebrities, their paternal instincts add another …
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GABRIEL BOUYS//Getty Images There’s more to American car culture than cruising up and down Main Street, USA. Museums, race tracks, historical sites, and automotive artistry litter the American landscape. Here are ten must-see places every car lover should visit before they die. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below 1 National Corvette Museum Tom Finzel This place …
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Getty Images David Beckham is almost annoyingly cool. And his laid-back sense of style is a huge part of that. The guy knows exactly what he looks good—and comfortable—in. (Of course, the tattoos probably help, too.) Here are some major takeaways from 10 of his best looks. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below 1 Getty Images …
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HBO’s BARRY has always had an extremely unique tone. With a star—and co-creator, and writer, and frequent director—like Bill Hader, comedy is always going to come with the territory. That’s to be expected from the man who started on Saturday Night Live and has since appeared in modern classics like Superbad, Trainwreck, Hot Rod, Adventureland, …
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The following story contains spoilers for Barry Season 4, Episode 4. When you’re watching you’re watching HBO’s Barry, things usually just feel different from just about any other show on TV. The show is a dark comedy in the truest and most extreme sense of the term; you’ll laugh throughout every episode, but you’ll be …
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