A decade ago, a clinical trial in the U.K. famously showed that children who were exposed to peanuts in the early months of life had reduced risk of developing a peanut allergy compared with children who avoided peanuts.
Now, researchers at…
Category: 5. Health
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Dismantling Medicine’s White Wall Of Silence
Medicine’s White Wall is harmful in more ways than one.
In law enforcement, the “Blue Wall of Silence” refers to the unwritten code among officers that discourages reporting a colleague’s misconduct. The message is clear: if you come…
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The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated
That fit people have a reduced risk of premature death from various diseases is a recurring result in many studies. New research from Uppsala University shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also have a reduced risk of…
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An at-home cervical cancer screening device was OK‘d by the FDA
The Teal Wand, an at-home HPV testing device that could replace a Pap smear, could broaden access to cervical cancer screening.
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Increased Fat in Abdominal Fluid Weakens Immune System
Cancer is the rapid, uncontrollable proliferation of mutated cells that spread within tissue and eventually throughout the body. Cancer types are dependent on the specific tissue in which tumors arise….
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Novel Biological Markers Improve Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
When the doctor utters the word “cancer” one might immediately go numb as their mind takes a minute to comprehend the severity of the diagnosis. The next question that usually comes to mind is, “what…
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Why Singer Carnie Wilson Is Raising Awareness Of Tardive Dyskinesia
Wilson Phillips co-founder Carnie Wilson (R) is seen here with her father Beach Boys co-founder … More
Hold on. Why is Carnie Wilson, the singer who co-founded the music…
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US safety net helps protect children from abuse and neglect, and some of those programs are threatened by proposed budget cuts
President Donald Trump and Republicans in the House of Representatives have put forward budget proposals that would slash spending by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade on several programs that support low-income U.S….
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Epic Faces Mounting Allegations Even As It Grows
A red dragon at top of turret on the Fortress building on Wizards Academy at Epic Systems Campus in … More
Epic Systems is perhaps the most successful health technology company in the world. Its…
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Marsupial research reveals how mammalian embryos form
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed insight into why embryos erase a key epigenetic mark during early development, suggesting this may have evolved to help form a placenta.
Epigenetic changes are modifications to DNA that…
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