Bones fractured in a (skiing) accident often mend without medical intervention. However, when a break is especially severe or a bone tumor must be surgically removed, doctors rely on implants to stabilize the area and support new bone growth.
Category: 8. Health
Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is perhaps best known for raising eyebrows with public suggestions…
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Practice guidance for treatment of chronic pelvic pain published
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) published new practice guidance for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain in women who suffer from a pelvic venous disorder. The guidance was published online in the Journal of Vascular and…
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A new one-a-day-pill holds promise for HIV's 'forgotten population'
It’s designed to take the place of complicated, multiple drug regimens that many people with HIV need to follow. And it’s also beneficial because the HIV virus is always evolving.
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Personalized fMRI models decode moment-to-moment chronic pain in fibromyalgia
Chronic pain affects nearly one in five adults worldwide and remains one of the leading causes of disability. Unlike acute pain triggered by injury, chronic pain often arises spontaneously—without an obvious external cause—and fluctuates…
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Scientists find the genetic switch that makes pancreatic cancer resist chemotherapy
Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered a molecular “switch” that determines whether pancreatic cancer cells respond to chemotherapy or resist it. The finding points to a way to potentially shift some of the most treatment…
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Is The Fountain Of Youth Flowing In Our Veins?
Centenarians share a distinct, youth‑like blood protein profile in immune, metabolic, and repair pathways, suggesting circulating factors may help sustain exceptional longevity.
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High-fat diet accelerates triple-negative breast cancer growth in engineered tumors
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Princeton University conducted a study to find out what patients diagnosed with breast cancer should eat to ensure the best prognosis. “We took the approach of building identical engineered tumors and…
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At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Wand Now Available In All 50 States
This is less than a year after the Teal Wand from Teal Health became the first at-home cervical cancer screening test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Why do some of us vividly remember dreams and others say they don't dream?
Some mornings, you wake up and the dream is right there. Clear and vivid. You might still feel the emotion in your chest, and it can take a few minutes to remember where you are and what was real.