Cardiologist weighs in on how pacemakers work and if they can be used to track a missing person’s location.
Category: 8. Health
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What A Pacemaker Can, and Can’t, Tell About A Missing Person
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Low-Dose THC May Help Protect the Gut and Liver in HIV
Tiny, non-intoxicating doses of THC may help protect the body from the long-term side effects of HIV treatment. Scientists at Texas Biomedical Research Institute report that long-term exposure to very small amounts of THC may help reduce…
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A new scan lets scientists see inside the human body in 3D color
Researchers at Caltech and USC have created a new medical imaging approach that quickly produces 3D color images showing both the physical structure of soft tissue and how blood vessels are working. The technique has already been used to image…
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One Overlooked Gene May Shape Nearly All Alzheimer’s Risk
New research suggests that most Alzheimer’s cases may rely on the influence of just one gene. A new analysis led by researchers at University College London suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may depend far more heavily on one gene than…
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New Treatment Wipes Out Cancer Cells Without Harming Healthy Tissue
A dual-action nanomaterial uses cancer’s own chemistry to destroy tumors while leaving healthy cells unharmed. Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new nanomaterial that activates two chemical reactions inside cancer cells,…
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Early biomarkers predict infections after breast reconstruction surgery
In the U.S., one in eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime, and about half of them will have mastectomies. Many of those women opt to have their breasts surgically reconstructed, most commonly with implants, but a…
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TrumpRx drug discounts : NPR
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz (left) and National Design Studio chief Joe Gebbia talk…
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Spatiotemporal variation and decomposition of early neonatal mortality in Ethiopia using demographic health survey data
Lehtonen, L., Gimeno, A., Parra-Llorca, A. & Vento, M. Early neonatal death: A challenge worldwide. Semin. Fetal Neonatal. Med. 22(3), 153–160 (2017).
Tamir, T. T. et al. Prevalence and…
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Development and content validation of an educational manual for promoting physical activity among older adults in India
Singh, S. & Bajorek, B. Defining ‘elderly’in clinical practice guidelines for pharmacotherapy. Pharm. Pract. ;12(4). (2014).
Burke, L. et al. Development of a nutrition and physical activity booklet to engage seniors. BMC Res. Notes. 1 (1), 77…
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Afuresertib plus fulvestrant for pretreated HR-positive, HER2-negative, advanced breast cancer: a phase Ib trial
Bray, F. et al. Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J. Clin. 74, 229–263 (2024).
Han, B. et al….
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