Automated liquid handling solutions help to accelerate the development of biotherapeutics
Conventional treatment options for patients diagnosed with solid cancers or autoimmune diseases are often limited or…
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New Limits On Who’s Eligible For COVID Vaccines Raise Access Questions
Newly imposed limits on who’s eligible for COVID-19 vaccines are causing confusion.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines last week, but the agency imposed new age and health status restrictions on…
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Why Some In College Mental Health View 2030 As The End OF The Pandemic
On May 5, 2023, The United Nation News reported that the global health emergency of COVID-19 was declared over. The ripple effects from the pandemic did not cease with this declaration, and the impact of COVID-19 reverberated throughout college…
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Billions Of Dollars Are Flowing Into “Dementia Tech”
Dementia impacts millions of people globally.
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An NIH study published earlier this year cited a jarring fact: researchers estimate that there is nearly a 42% lifetime risk of dementia for those over the age of 55. In the context of this…
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Scientists reveal breakthrough blood pressure treatment that works when others fail
A new treatment has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people whose levels stay dangerously high, despite taking several existing medicines, according to the results of a Phase III clinical trial led by a UCL Professor.
Globally…
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Common heart drug taken by millions found useless, possibly risky
Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with preserved heart function. Beta blockers have…
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Exercise may actually reverse your body’s aging clock
A new research perspective was recently published in Aging, titled “Exercise as a geroprotector: focusing on epigenetic aging.”
In this perspective, led by Takuji Kawamura from Tohoku University, researchers reviewed existing evidence from…
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Beet juice secretly helps older adults lower blood pressure in just two weeks
The blood pressure lowering effect of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in older people may be due to specific changes in their oral microbiome, according to the largest study of its kind.
Researchers at the University of Exeter conducted the study,…
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Physicians Lose Cancer Detection Skills After Using Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence shows great promise in helping physicians improve both their diagnostic accuracy of important patient conditions. In the realm of gastroenterology, AI has been shown to help human physicians better detect small polyps…
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New AI model predicts which genetic mutations truly drive disease
When genetic testing reveals a rare DNA mutation, doctors and patients are frequently left in the dark about what it actually means. Now, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a powerful new way to determine…
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