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Researchers at Google and Northwestern University along with three British medical institutions have developed an artificial intelligence model that predicts breast cancer in mammograms more accurately than human experts. A study on this AI model reported that the AI detected cases of breast cancer!-->…
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The pharmaceutical industry has been in a drug development and productivity decrease for the past two decades. It appears that most drugs that can treat common disorders have been found, so the focus has turned to developing drugs that treat a specific disease. Far less people have these diseases,!-->…
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Deaths from snake bites are between 81,000 and 138,000 per year however it's not considered a major health crisis like it should be. Antivenom is becoming more expensive and the methods to study venom are dangerous because it involves extracting venom from live snakes. However, three Ph.D. students!-->…
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In 2005, 53 patients checked into a South African hospital with a severely antibiotic resistant strain of Tuberculosis, XDR TB, and only one survived. This was the largest reported outbreak for this strain and it remains the dominant form of TB in the KwaZulu-Natal province today. Recently, in!-->…
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The last couple of years have seen an explosion in the consumer DNA testing industry. Unfortunately, aside from a slightly accurate estimate about where your ancestors lived, the bulk of what these consumer DNA tests claims are completely fictitious. Recent studies have discovered that these tests!-->…
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Children who have brain malformations and had half their brain removed at a very young age can grow up to be able to walk, talk, read, and do everyday tasks. About 20 percent of them go on to find a job as adults. New research published in the journal Cell Reports suggests that this happens because!-->…
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The number of hospitals and physicians in rural regions of the United States are decreasing, leading to the emergence of telemedicine centers. These centers employ physicians and emergency nurses to provide remote 24 hour emergency medical care to understaffed, rural hospitals across 30 states.!-->…
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Chinese authorities have approved a new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease that has the potential to treat the cognitive disease within 17 years. The new treatment, called Oligomannate, is a drug derived from brown algae that can treat mild to moderate levels of Alzheimer’s disease. A!-->…
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In a scientific article published in Science journal, researchers found that there is a correlation between non-REM sleep and the cleansing of toxins in the brain. Cerebrospinal fluid washes over the brain during non-REM sleep allowing neurons to synchronize turning on and off. When!-->!-->!-->…
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With the increasing influence that social media has on people’s lives, social media companies are using this rising trend to deliver news to the users. Through a survey conducted among 5,107 US adults, the Americans perceptions on this issue are discussed. The public has responded to these actions!-->…
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Type 1 diabetes is unique due to the dozens of gene mutations that each contribute a small amount to the genetic condition. In order to prevent emergency situations, researchers in Virginia are working on a genetic test that will identify certain antibodies that identify Type 1 diabetic children.!-->…
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug regimen used to treat an extreme form of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (TB). The clinical trials showed that nearly 90% of the patients who were infected with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB who partook this treatment recovered!-->…
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Earlier this year, AveXis introduced Zolgensma, a gene therapy treatment for spinal muscular atrophy in young children. However, the company informed the US Food and Drug Administration of data manipulation that created inaccuracies in their experiments a month after the treatment—and the $2.1!-->…
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This is a very interesting article that provides readers with
information on how electrically stimulating the Vagus nerve,the longest nerve that
connects the brain to the body,can change the body’s metabolic balance.This can
lead to a longer and healthier life span by reducing!-->…
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