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On May 22nd, Sen. Angus King of Maine held up an $11 bath mat on the Senate floor and stated, “Send out 20 or 30 million of these and that $100 million cost of falls would fall significantly.” His…
Category: 5. Health
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A $4 tongue swab test detects tuberculosis within 30 minutes
Diagnosing tuberculosis — the world’s most lethal infectious disease — with minimal training and without expensive laboratory infrastructure could now be a reality for millions.
A portable device using $4 tests detects…
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Should you get a second medical opinion? A surgeon explains why doing so can make you a more confident patient
Imagine you have heartburn. For years you’ve managed with antacids, but one day you’re struggling to swallow steak without vomiting. Your gastroenterologist finds a large hiatal hernia, an enlarged opening of the diaphragm trapping part…
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Forget LASIK: Safer, cheaper vision correction without lasers or surgery
Millions of Americans live with blurry vision, nearsightedness, or more severe sight problems. While glasses and contact lenses help many people, millions have turned to corrective procedures such as LASIK to sharpen their eyesight. But…
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City Lights Are Lengthening The North American Mosquito Season
The common house mosquito, Culex pipiens (Photo by Herbert SCHWIND/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Artificial light at night is among the most pervasive forms of environmental change on Earth. More than 80 percent of the…
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Researchers block key protein that helps Parkinson’s spread through the brain
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a brain immune protein that may play a major role in the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Their findings, published in Neuron, suggest that…
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Scientists thought brain inflammation was driving long COVID but the scans told a different story
A new brain imaging study is raising questions about one of the most widely discussed explanations for long COVID. Researchers found no evidence of widespread brain inflammation in people experiencing lingering symptoms after COVID-19 infection….
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The Important Healthcare Model Most People Have Never Heard Of
Leeba Ruth Lessin was a giant in the healthcare industry prior to her untimely death in January 2021. She was one of the pioneers of the delegated model.
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American physicians are exhausted.
Exhausted by prior authorization. Exhausted by…
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New depression treatment targets the immune system instead of the brain
Immunotherapy may offer a completely new way to treat people with difficult-to-treat depression, according to a University of Bristol-led clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry on May 20.
In the small pilot study, researchers tested whether…
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Scientists discover hidden gut-brain circuit that triggers protein cravings
Eating is about far more than simply getting enough calories. The body must also obtain the right balance of nutrients, especially essential amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein that the body cannot produce on its own.
Now,…
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