Saturday, July 12, 2025
Saturday, July 12, 2025

a girl with brightly colored prosthetic hands walks beside a woman pushing a baby in a stroller

Three-dimensional printing is transforming medical care, letting the health care field shift from mass-produced solutions to customized treatments tailored to each patient’s needs. For instance, researchers are developing 3D-printed prosthetic hands[1] specifically designed for children, made with lightweight materials and adaptable control systems.

These continuing advancements in 3D-printed prosthetics demonstrate their increasing...

Read more

White family with tween children looking happy at the dinner table and raising their glasses in a toast

Children and teenagers of any age who sip or taste alcohol with their parents’ permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking[1] in young adulthood. That was the finding of a new study my colleagues and I published in the journal Addictive Behaviors.

In the study, we examined questionnaires filled out annually between 2009 and 2018 by 387 adolescents starting at age 11 and an accompanying parent. Topics included...

Read more

More Articles …

  1. Genomic data shows widespread mpox transmission in West Africa prior to 2022 global outbreak
  2. My AI therapist got me through dark times: The good and bad of chatbot counselling
  3. Can AI therapists really be an alternative to human help?
  4. Waist-to-height ratio predicts heart failure incidence
  5. Fast food, fast impact: How fatty meals rapidly weaken our gut defenses
  6. Experimental painkiller could outsmart opioids -- without the high
Page 104 of 1647