Fertility rates have declined globally over the past decade.
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This month alone, two large innovation giants have launched massive new initiatives in the pregnancy and fertility spaces, respectively.
The first announcement was by smart-ring…
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So How Do You Become A Neurosurgeon?
Dr Jai Deep Thakur performs minimally invasive brain surgery at University Hospital at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. Brain surgery along with spine surgery and peripheral nerve surgery are performed by neurosurgeons.
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FDA-Cleared App Leads The Hormone-Free Birth Control Shift
Track your cycle with confidence — Natural Cycles pairs with wearables or a thermometer to deliver personalized, hormone-free birth control insights.
Natural Cycles is an FDA-cleared, non-hormonal birth control app that uses body temperature…
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This Health Startup Aims To Cut Down A Burdensome Chunk Of Doctors’ Paperwork
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Doctors can only practice medicine in states where they’re licensed. Then each insurer they work with needs to verify their credentials. It’s a messy and time-consuming process that costs more…
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3 Ways Doctors Can Win Back Gen Z, Millennial Patients
Younger generations now turn to TikTok videos, Reddit threads and Google reviews for healthcare decisions.
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Ask people how much they expect to change over the next 10 years, and most will say “not much.” Ask them how much they’ve…
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Trojan horse bacteria sneak cancer-killing viruses into tumors
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published recently in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological Systems Lab shows how their system hides a…
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Dramatic Footage Captures Human Embryo Implanting In Real Time
A confocal microscopy image of a nine-day-old human embryo, with specific proteins and cellular structures colored distinctively. Green relates to embryonic stem cells and magenta associates with early tissue formation. Blue marks the DNA in the…
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Four Steps To Saving Money On Hospital Care
Don’t wait for the bill to find out what the hospital costs
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My older brother recently had knee replacement surgery. He tried to get information from his orthopedic team about what it would cost. You see, he was about to sign up for Medicare…
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You May Now Give Yourself A Flu Vaccine At Home With FluMist Home
The FluMist Home vaccine will simply be the home version of the FluMist influenza vaccine that Tia Mowry is seen getting here. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for FluMist Quadrivalent)
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These days, there are more things that you can…
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One small walking adjustment could delay knee surgery for years
Nearly a quarter of people over the age of 40 experience painful osteoarthritis, making it a leading cause of disability in adults. Osteoarthritis degrades joint-cushioning cartilage, and there is currently no way of reversing this damage: the…
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