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Suicide Is Much Too Common among U.S. Physicians
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:00:00 GMT
It’s the second-leading cause of death for residents—and the leading cause for male residents
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Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure Gets a Gold-Standard Trial
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:00:00 GMT
A treatment aims to reverse long-term scar-tissue damage
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White Nationalists Are Flocking to Genetic Ancestry Tests--with Surprising Results
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:00:00 GMT
Sometimes they find they are not as “white” as they’d hoped
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Gene-Editing Success Brings Pig-to-Human Transplants Closer to Reality
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:00:00 GMT
CRISPR has enabled researchers to inactivate viruses in donor animals that may sicken humans
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Bullying and Suicide: What's the Connection?
Sat, 12 Aug 2017 17:00:00 GMT
Researchers examine the risks for victims and perpetrators alike
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FDA Puts New Restrictions on Hiring Foreign Scientists
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:00:00 GMT
Documents suggest the limits are linked to background check hurdles
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The New Science of Sex and Gender
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:15:00 GMT
Why the new science of sex & gender matters for everyone
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Norovirus Strikes Athletes at World Athletics Championships in the U.K.
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:45:00 GMT
Competitors from several countries staying at a London hotel became ill this week
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8 Ways Climate Change Puts Your Safety at Risk
Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:00:00 GMT
Worried about climate change? Or just plain confused? Here's 8 concrete ways climate change puts your safety at risk
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Insomnia Linked to Premature Birth in Study of 3 Million Mothers
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 16:00:00 GMT
Women with sleep disorders were about twice as likely to deliver babies more than six weeks early
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U.S. Biomedical Research Facilities Still Unprepared for Natural Disasters and Attacks
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:15:00 GMT
Science panel says institutions need to do more to prevent and mitigate damage to research equipment and animals
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AI Hunts for New ALS Treatments
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:30:00 GMT
Artificially intelligent machines could analyze huge databases to find potential targets for the devastating disease
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Sophisticated Digital Aids Could Help Determine What Ails You
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:30:00 GMT
Sophisticated software could help doctors make better diagnoses
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China Is Preparing to Launch the World's Biggest Carbon Market
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:15:00 GMT
The emissions market will cover roughly a quarter of the country's industrial CO2
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Can a Crowdsourced AI Medical Diagnosis App Outperform Your Doctor?
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:45:00 GMT
The Human Dx platform aims to improve the accuracy of individual physicians
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Demystifying the Black Box That Is AI
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:15:00 GMT
Humans are increasingly entrusting our security, health and safety to “black box” intelligent machines
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Forecasting Outbreaks—1 Image at a Time
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:00:00 GMT
Using satellites to better understand how diseases spread
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When to Worry about Ringing in Your Ears
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:00:00 GMT
Have you ever heard a ringing in your ears and wondered what to do? Up to 50 million people report having tinnitus in the U.S. Yet it is typically a benign condition. What can cause it? And how...
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Is Your Metabolism to Blame?
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:00:00 GMT
Is a slow metabolism keeping you from losing weight? Can you do anything to speed it up? A closer look at what we can realistically do to change our metabolism
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Gene Therapy Is Now Available, but Who Will Pay for It?
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:00:00 GMT
European regulators have approved two such treatments
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How U.S. States Have Used Emergency Declarations to Fight the Opioid Epidemic
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:30:00 GMT
The Trump administration has declined to invoke this status nationally
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Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a National Emergency
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 21:00:00 GMT
The announcement came just two days after his top health aide rejected the notion
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Yemen Records 500,000 Cholera Cases, Nearly 2,000 Deaths
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:00:00 GMT
The waterborne disease has infected more than half a million people since the epidemic started
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China's Embrace of Embryo Selection Raises Thorny Questions
Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:00:00 GMT
Fertility centers are making a massive push to increase preimplanatation genetic diagnosis in a bid to eradicate certain diseases
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Obama's Science Experts Operate Unofficial Shadow Network
Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:17:00 GMT
With Trump in the White House, former staffers continue to press their positions
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