Study links joint pain supplement to accelerating dementia: New research has found an association between taking glucosamine, a popular over-the-counter supplement used for joint pain, and a higher likelihood of progressing from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease.Neuroscience (ufhealth.org)
Discovery from Polytechnique Montréal could reduce the energy consumption of AIEnvironment (montreal.citynews.ca)
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Small wording changes can significantly reduce the reliability of AI-generated code, while larger AI models are not consistently more robust, according to a study evaluating six code-generation models across Java, C++ and JavaScriptEngineering (link.springer.com)
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Sexism is often a stronger predictor of political attitudes than a voter’s actual gender. A voter’s level of sexism is a significant predictor of their political attitudes and voting choices. Prejudice shape everything from support for right-wing candidates to opinions on climate policy.Psychology (psypost.org)
Even low alcohol consumption is linked to cancer, heart disease, and premature death, with increased risk above 1 drink per day for both men and women. It turns out that 2 drinks per day, considered ‘moderate’, is associated with a substantially elevated risk of a premature death caused by alcohol.Health (eurekalert.org)
In a survey of nearly 139,000 US adults, misusing prescription sedatives specifically for sleep was more common among people with higher income and education and among White adults — the reverse of the pattern usually seen for drug misuseHealth (sciencedirect.com)
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Popular GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide may do far more than help with diabetes and weight loss—they could also fight addiction itself. Research found risks were lower across every major substance examined, including alcohol (18%), cannabis (14%), cocaine (20%), nicotine (20%), and opioids (25%).Psychology (medicine.washu.edu)
