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New Method Improves Speed and Cost of Birth Defect Testing
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CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Must Pay $650.5 Million in Ohio Opioids Case
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‘Good’ posture doesn’t prevent back pain, and ‘bad’ posture doesn’t cause it | Peter O'Sullivan, Leon Straker and Nic Saraceni for The Conversation
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What to know before buying over-the-counter hearing aids
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CDC reports ‘fast-moving’ E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio
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Walgreens, CVS and Walmart ordered to pay $650 million in opioid lawsuit
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AR Headset Helps Surgeons Place Implants: Interview with Louie Vogt of Enovis Surgical
Enovis , a medtech company based in Delaware formerly known as DJO, recently announced the launch of ARVIS (Augmented Reality...
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Bioengineered Cornea Restores Sight
Scientists at Linköping University in Sweden have developed a collagen-based corneal implant that can restore sight to blind patients with...
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Tough Ultrasound-Controlled Bioadhesives
Scientists from McGill University in Canada created a technique of using ultrasound-mediated cavitation to make bioadhesives better stick...
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Study explores how active parent participation can improve neonatal health and reduce parental stress
The parent-offspring bond is a fundamental connection for humans. In neonatal care, particularly when caring for ill or preterm infants, special...
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A novel drug suppresses muscle inflammation and helps with muscle weakness
Inflammatory myopathies can be challenging to treat, but a new study reports encouraging findings for patients with these debilitating conditions....
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Lying down, sitting, leaning over? What science says about the best way to take your medicine
When pharmacists dispense tablets or capsules they commonly advise when and how often to take them, and if this needs to be with or without food.
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Study: Opioid drug tolerance develops from interplay of key gene and cholesterol
UF Scripps Biomedical Research scientists have a discovered a key gene that is shedding light on how people develop tolerance to pain-relievers...
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Can the protein that defeats metabolic diseases conquer dementia?
Alzheimer's disease is a representative neurodegenerative disease showing up at an increasing rate in an aging society. Sufferers of this disease...
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A warming planet could mess with our sleep and make us more vulnerable to infectious disease
It's a scene that will be familiar for many after yet another scorching summer: You're lying awake during a warm night, bedsheets kicked aside, an...
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'Concerning' findings emphasize importance of depression screening
University of Queensland researchers are calling for screening of perinatal depression (PND) for all women during pregnancy, after finding women...
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Routine depression screening may capture underdiagnosed patient populations
Screening for depression at the primary care level could dramatically increase the likelihood of treatment for those who are traditionally...
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New method enables long-lasting imaging of rapid brain activity in individual cells deep in the cortex
As you are reading these words, certain regions of your brain are displaying a flurry of millisecond-fast electrical activity. Visualizing and...
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Immune cell model paves way for new treatments targeting common infection among immunocompromised children
Researchers have successfully engineered human immune cells to model an infection common among immunocompromised people in a discovery that paves...
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Helping older adults stay safe and independent
Smartwatches and Fitbits are great for tracking movement, but they weren't designed for the type of people for whom collecting movement data is...
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Controlling a gene that controls cells' ability to contract could provide treatment for retinal diseases
A University of Tübingen team has discovered how malformations of the blood vessels can occur in mice—yielding information with possible...
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Fast and effective treatment for PTSD in military personnel and veterans
New research reveals posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—a serious and disabling mental disorder—can be treated with intensive daily exposure...
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Quicker palliative care referrals needed to support severely ill COVID patients
Severe breathlessness in COVID patients with co-morbidities should be used as a signal for quicker referral for palliative care to help manage...
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Report outlines most common symptoms of 6 cardiovascular diseases
A review of the latest research highlights the most reported symptoms of various cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), noting that men and women often...
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New studies identify novel group of inherited genes of moderate effect, show their links to other behavioral conditions
In a series of articles published in the journal Nature Genetics, researchers have used data from the SPARK (Simons Powering Autism Research)...