Health
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Reducing antibiotic use in primary care may be insufficient alone to curtail antimicrobial resistance
Strategies to reduce antibiotic prescribing in primary care are insufficient alone to halt the rise in drug resistant E. coli…
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Researchers track how microbiome bacteria adapt to humans via transmission
Beneficial bacteria in the gut microbiome use different means to transmit from one person to another which impacts their abundance…
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‘Socially vulnerable’ communities targeted for flood aid
The federal government would spend an unprecedented amount of taxpayer money on flood mitigation under the Senate’s proposed infrastructure package…
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Premature Births: Which Moms Are Most at Risk?
Pregnant women often are full of concerns (and rightfully so!), especially if they are first-time moms-to-be. One of the biggest worries…
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Nanotech device can detect risk for serious complication during pregnancy
Researchers from UCLA and Cedars-Sinai have developed a new way to detect a potentially life-threatening condition that can occur during…
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6 Ways to Make Creative, Filling Salads That Keep You Satisfied, According to an R.D.
If you are not in the mood for adding grain to your salad, you can also try pairing your salad…
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The Seas Are Rising. Could Oysters Protect Us?
Orff’s submission, called “Oyster-Tecture,” imagined a living reef in the canal made of tangles and webs of fuzzy rope that,…
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U.S. ranks last among 10 other countries in new study on healthcare systems
The U.S. health system ranks last in a new study on quality and accessible care among 11 high-income countries surveyed. The study, conducted by…
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Recipe: Fresh Salmon Hors d’Oeuvres
Did you know fresh salmon makes a delightfully light mousse? Try piping or spooning it onto small radicchio leaves or…
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Connective issue: AI learns by doing more with less: Sparsity and energy constraints guide learning and communications in silicon neuronal networks
Brains have evolved to do more with less. Take a tiny insect brain, which has less than a million neurons…
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‘A crisis on our hands’: San Jose’s Reid-Hillview Airport exposes children to high lead levels, study finds
Thousands of children in predominantly low-income neighborhoods near East San Jose’s Reid Hillview are at higher risk of permanent developmental…
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Healthcare Dealmakers—HCA finalizes $400M home health purchase; Amwell’s $320M virtual care acquisitions
Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, payers and other industry players look…
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Is Monk Fruit a Healthy Sweetener?
Monk fruit extract, also called luo han guo fruit extract, is a recent addition to the sugar alternative market in…
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New study yields insights into chronic rejection after lung transplantation
A study of lung tissue from patients with end-stage bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) as a complication of lung transplantation yielded…
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Bayer heads into next U.S. cancer trial, opening statements set for Thursday
Despite Bayer AG’s efforts to put an end to costly litigation inherited in its acquisition of Monsanto, opening statements in…
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Cigna beats the Street with $1.5B in profit for Q2
Cigna posted $1.5 billion in profit in the second quarter of 2021, echoing its industry peers in seeing its earnings…
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How to Pick the Best Sunscreen (According to a Dermatologist)
Whether your skin care routine is simple or elaborate, there’s one product you should never skip: sunscreen. But with thousands…
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High-dose gait training with robotic exoskeleton may improve function after acute stroke
Preliminary findings by Kessler researchers show that the use of a robotic exoskeleton during inpatient rehabilitation for acute stroke may…
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2+2=? Senate Uses Murky Math as It Shelves Drug Pricing Rule to Fund Infrastructure
Michael McAuliff The Senate’s release of its bipartisan infrastructure plan signals that lawmakers are poised to throw former President Donald…
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As drought worsens, regulators impose unprecedented water restrictions on California farms
Amid intensifying drought, state water regulators voted Tuesday to enact a drastic emergency order that will bar thousands of Californians…
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Fine particulate air pollution associated with higher risk of dementia
Using data from two large, long-running study projects in the Puget Sound region — one that began in the late…
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Feds to Nix Work Requirements in Montana Medicaid Expansion Program
Federal health officials will likely reject Montana’s request to include work requirements for beneficiaries of its Medicaid expansion program, which…
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How joining a climate program could save Western Pennsylvania kids’ lives and lungs
PITTSBURGH—Last month, Pennsylvania took a major step toward joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program that limits climate-warming…
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New therapeutic target discovered for a number of aggressive cancers
A protein in tumour cells could be targeted to treat some types of aggressive cancer including brain, blood, skin, and…
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Providence-KP Team Up to Attract Patients in California’s Growing High Desert Region
A plan by Providence and Kaiser Permanente to build a new medical center in the High Desert region of California…
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The Infrastructure Deal Is Not Not a Climate Bill
Last week, Senate negotiators released the text of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal. For the first time since the…
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When loved ones with dementia wander, these programs aid families in need
Whether it is through tracking monitors or support groups that last a lifetime, people caring for family members with dementia…
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Marijuana-like brain substance calms seizures but increases aftereffects, study finds
Epileptic seizures trigger the rapid synthesis and release of a substance mimicked by marijuana’s most psychoactive component, Stanford University School…
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For Artificial Coral Reefs, Time Is Not Enough | Hakai Magazine
Article body copy Decommissioned ships, concrete waste, military tanks, sculptures, and even cremated human remains mixed with cement have…
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Toward a COVID-19 breathalyzer for kids
Adults infected with SARS-CoV-2 exhale different metabolites in their breath than uninfected people, and dogs and diagnostic devices can detect…
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7 years after Mount Polley disaster, B.C. faces another mining boom — and regulations still fall short | The Narwhal
Seven years after a tailings pond containing contaminated mining waste collapsed in interior B.C., sending 24 million cubic metres of…
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Researchers develop coating for endotracheal tubes that releases antimicrobial peptides
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have created a coating that can be applied to…
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It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Damage
Subscribers to The Climate Crisis newsletter received this piece in their in-boxes. Sign up to receive future installments. The febrile…
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Artificial pancreas trialled for outpatients with type 2 diabetes
An artificial pancreas could soon help people living with type 2 diabetes and who also require kidney dialysis. Tests led…
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Concerns over pollution and hot weather add another challenge to marathon swimming
TOKYO — Murky water laps the shoreline at Odaiba Marine Park in a gentle rhythm, as traffic hums across the Rainbow…
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Changes in lung tissue indicate preparation for supporting the growth of disseminated breast cancer cells
A new study from Tel Aviv University discovered changes in healthy lung tissue which indicate preparation to receive metastases. The…
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Energy industry showers Gov. Greg Abbott, other Texas politicians with campaign cash after they passed power grid bills
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.…
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Tiny protein ‘squeezes’ cells like balloon animals
A protein that causes a cell’s skeleton to bend, allowing it to twist the cell into different shapes, could be…
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Memphis City Council takes step to protect Memphis Sand Aquifer – Tennessee Lookout
The Memphis City Council passed an ordinance to protect the Memphis Sand Aquifer after environmental activists spent nearly a year…
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Flu shot protects against severe effects of COVID-19, study finds
In a newly published study, physician-scientists at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that the flu…
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California’s climate nomads: The 2018 Camp fire left them homeless, struggling to survive
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — The nomads of Butte County must hide or keep moving — scope out a little wooded draw…
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Frequent consumption of peanuts by cancer patients may increase risk of cancer spread, study finds
A study by University of Liverpool researchers has identified new factors accompanying previous findings that frequent consumption of peanuts by…
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There’s a 46% chance that fish you bought is mislabelled
It’s summer, and you’re in a grocery store fish aisle. Tilapia, salmon, rockfish and snapper line the cooler boxes, descriptors…
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Eating more plant foods may lower heart disease risk in young adults, older women
Eating more nutritious, plant-based foods is heart-healthy at any age, according to two research studies published today in the Journal…
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Wildfire reaches Turkey power plant, prompts evacuations
MUGLA, Turkey (AP) — A coal-fueled power plant in southwest Turkey and nearby residential areas were being evacuated Wednesday evening…
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Physical activity jolts brain into action in the event of depression
Physical activity does the brain good. For example, it fosters its ability to change and adapt. The dual beneficial effect…
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Blue carbon: Can CO2 stores help protect biodiversity and the climate? | DW | 03.08.2021
A great undersea meadow extends 15 kilometers (about 9 miles) off the coasts of the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera. This aquatic prairie isn’t just a rich habitat for…
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Study reveals what triggers lung damage during COVID-19: A longitudinal study of macrophages from SARS-CoV-2 infected lungs offers new insights into dynamic immunological changes
A KAIST immunology research team found that a specific subtype of macrophages that originated from blood monocytes plays a key…
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A world of hurt: 2021 climate disasters raise alarm over food security
Human-driven climate change is fueling weather extremes — from record drought to massive floods — that are hammering key agricultural…
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‘Triple contagion’: How fears influence coronavirus transmission: New mathematical model incorporates human behavior — and the fears that drive it — to better predict multiple waves of infections
A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks incorporates fear — both of disease and of vaccines — to…
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