Medical
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Blood Test for Cancer Now Available, But Is It Ready for Prime Time?
A new blood test that can detect up to 50 cancers from a single blood sample is gaining traction in the United States.
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Bounce Houses Bring Delight, But Injuries and Deaths Are Risks
A new study cataloged at least 28 deaths and 479 injuries from more than 130 weather-related bounce house incidents worldwide – figures the...
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U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining
A new study found the downward trend in prescribing opioids also applied to cancer patients and people with other chronic pain.
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What Are Growing Pains? Turns Out No One Really Knows
When scientists tried find out what growing pains actually are, they found out that no one really knows. The definitions were as random and all...
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Regular Fasting Linked to Less Severe COVID: Study
Intermittent fasting was not linked with a smaller chance of getting COVID-19, but it was linked with getting a less severe infection, according to...
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Long COVID’s Grip Will Likely Tighten as Infections Continue
Experts are worried about a second wave of illnesses from long COVID, a condition that already has affected between 7.7 million and 23 million...
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PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Are Linked With Liver Cancer
A new study indicates the chemical perfluooctane sulfate (PFOS), which is used in numerous consumer and industrial products, has been linked to the...
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Monkeypox Vaccine Supply Stretched by Giving Smaller Doses
The FDA said that instead of a standard subcutaneous injection, the new regimen will be given just under the skin (intradermally) at one-fifth...
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Weight Loss Surgery Has a Big Effect on Marriage
People who have bariatric surgery double their chances of marriage or divorce. The study looked at data from 1,441 bariatric surgery patients and...
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Meet a Champion Climber with Type 1 Diabetes
Managing type 1 diabetes is never easy. But if you ask 16-year-old climbing star Katie Bone, she’ll tell you that she will never let this disease...
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Light-Activated Hydrogel Disrupts Oral Biofilms, Whitens Teeth
Researchers at Nanchang University in China developed a photodynamic hydrogel treatment for teeth that disrupts bacterial biofilms, helps...
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Ultrasound Sticker for 48 Hours of Imaging
Engineers at MIT have created an ultrasound patch that can provide long-term ultrasound imaging of internal organs and structures. The...
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DNA-Based Nanorobot Interacts with Live Cells
Researchers at INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) in France, and collaborators, have developed a DNA-based...
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Sleep Monitoring at Home: Interview with Ziv Peremen, CEO of X-trodes
X-trodes , a medtech startup based in Israel, created Smart Skin, a wireless monitoring and analytics technology that is suitable for...
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Nouhaus Red Dot Award-Winning Massage Chair: Our Review
Many of us can attest to the lumbar pains related to sitting at a desk for endless hours week after week. Even despite using an ergonomic...
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Upcycling CDs as Flexible Biosensors
A team of scientists at Binghamton University in New York State have developed a technique that lets them salvage material from old CDs to...
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Lumen: World’s First Device and App for Real-time Metabolic Feedback
Lumen is the first device and app available to anyone that provides real-time feedback on whether you’re burning carbohydrates or fats....
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Silicone Heart Models Heart Failure
Scientists at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and partners at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin have developed a...
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Point of Care Rapid PCR Test
Columbia University scientists and collaborators at Rover Diagnostics have created a rapid PCR test that can be used at the point of...
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Spray Coating Fights Viruses and Bacteria
Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia engineered a new spray coating for surfaces that provides long-term protection against...
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Assessing Heart Function and Fluid Status with Cardiac Scales: Interview with John Lipman, CEO, and Corey Centen, Founder, Bodyport
Bodyport , a medtech company based in San Francisco, developed the Bodyport Cardiac Scale, a set of weighing scales that can...
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Buy and Bust: Collapse of Private Equity-Backed Rural Hospitals Mired Employees in Medical Bills
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On the Wisconsin-Illinois Border: Clinics in Neighboring States Team Up on Abortion Care
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After Wiping Out $6.7 Billion in Medical Debt, This Nonprofit Is Just Getting Started
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Methamphetamine use propels drug overdoses in rural America, study finds
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