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'Tingle' wearable device improves position tracking accuracy utilizing thermal sensors

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'Tingle' wearable device improves position tracking accuracy utilizing thermal sensors

In a new study published in npj Digital Medicine, a team led by Child Mind Institute researchers report that a wearable tracking device they developed achieves higher accuracy in position tracking using thermal sensors in ...

Mar 14, 2019

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California jury awards $29M in baby powder cancer case

Johnson & Johnson must pay $29 million to a woman who claimed its baby powder gave her terminal cancer, a California jury ruled Wednesday.

Mar 14, 2019

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Niger busts fake medicines lab

Police in Niger said Tuesday they had closed down a lab in the capital Niamey making bogus drugs and fake beauty products for sale in local markets and neighbouring Nigeria.

Mar 05, 2019

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Teen who defied parents to get vaccinated heads to US Congress

A US high school student who had himself vaccinated despite his parents' objections is set to testify Tuesday before the US Congress about a surge in outbreaks of preventable diseases.

Mar 04, 2019

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New Kaiser Permanente medical school plans to waive tuition

(HealthDay)—A new medical school to be opened by California-based health system Kaiser Permanente will waive tuition for all students in its first five graduating classes.

Feb 21, 2019

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Experts discuss preventing sexual abuse and harassment in sport

An investigation by the CBC has revealed that at least 222 coaches who were involved in amateur sports in Canada have been convicted of sexual offences over the past 20 years. These cases involved more than 600 victims under ...

Feb 20, 2019

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Social media can improve lives post-disaster, according to research

Newly published research has shown the important role social media can play supporting health and wellbeing following a disaster.

Feb 18, 2019

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Chinese food producer says swine fever found in dumplings

A major Chinese food producer said Monday that traces of the African swine fever virus had been found in its frozen dumplings.

Feb 18, 2019

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Germany seeks ban on gay conversion therapies

German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday he will seek to ban conversion therapies that claim to change sexual orientation.

Feb 16, 2019

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Only one in three biomedical studies includes data on sex, significantly restricting real-world relevance of findings

Almost three quarters (70%) of biomedical research papers do not report outcomes for men and women, according to a new analysis of over 11.5 million medical research papers published between 1980 and 2016. Additionally, female ...

Feb 08, 2019

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Brown U criticized for using live pigs in medical training

An advocacy group has asked federal regulators to investigate Brown University's medical school, arguing it is violating the law by using live pigs for training in emergency medicine.

Jan 30, 2019

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Johns Hopkins faculty data highlight how gender disparities in salary add up over a lifetime

Around the country, women physician researchers make 7 to 8 percent less per year than men. At the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, efforts to eliminate such a gender disparity have cut the difference in salaries ...

Jan 28, 2019

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Red Cross issues emergency call for blood donations

(HealthDay)—The holidays, winter weather, and the flu season have all prompted a blood shortage, the American Red Cross warns.

Jan 15, 2019

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Over half of UK female surgeons have experience of workplace discrimination, poll suggests

More than half of female surgeons in the UK have faced or witnessed discrimination in the workplace, suggest the results of a confidential online poll, published in the online journal BMJ Open.

Jan 07, 2019

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Eli Lilly to acquire Loxo Oncology for $8 billion

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced Monday it will acquire Loxo Oncology for around $8 billion, the latest big transaction aimed at developing and monetizing new treatments for cancer.

Jan 07, 2019

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Woman in vegetative state for decade reportedly gives birth

A woman said to have been in a vegetative state for at least a decade at a private health care facility in Phoenix reportedly gave birth recently, triggering a police investigation and reviews by state agencies in a situation ...

Jan 05, 2019

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What does 'dead' mean?

Should death be defined in strictly biological terms—as the body's failure to maintain integrated functioning of respiration, blood circulation, and neurological activity? Should death be declared on the basis of severe ...

Jan 04, 2019

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Editorial: A proposal to correct minority underrepresentation in clinical trials

In an editorial published in CNS Spectrums, Jay Avasarala, MD, Ph.D., takes the research community to task for its lack of minority representation in Phase III clinical trials for drugs to treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Jan 01, 2019

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U.S. opioid addiction crisis is top health story of 2018

(HealthDay)—The scourge of opioid addiction and related deaths cut through American society again in 2018, capturing headlines and making it the year's top health story.

Dec 27, 2018

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Short walk once-a-week can lower risk of death: study

Study suggests why some young adults may be more likely to engage in unsafe sex

Inflammation links heart disease and depression, study finds

New research identifies potential PTSD treatment improvement

Brain research reveals a circuit for cocaine relapse

'Inflamm-aging' causes loss of bone healing ability in the elderly

Researchers advance craniofacial surgery with 3-D implants made inside the patient

Scientists hunt down the brain circuit responsible for alcohol cravings

Team finds key to common cancer pathway

Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining

New proof that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease

Higher consumption of sugary beverages linked with increased risk of mortality

Protective antibodies also found in premature babies

Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?

Oscillation in muscle tissue

Study finds test of protein levels in the eye a potential predictor of (future) Alzheimer's disease

Nearly four in 10 US HIV infections from people unaware of infection

Research ties common heartburn medications to kidney disease and failure

People who don't drink may still suffer harms from alcohol, study suggests

Breastfeeding can erase effects of prenatal violence for newborns

The story of GARP: a potential target for cancer immunotherapy

Common treatment for multiple sclerosis may prolong life

Reprograming T cells to attack solid tumors

Researchers predict 1.4 million deaths from all cancers in 2019 in the EU

The robots that dementia caregivers want: robots for joy, robots for sorrow

Where are teens getting e-cigarettes? It depends.

Case study: Bartonella and sudden-onset adolescent schizophrenia

Google research shows how AI can make ophthalmologists more effective

Have sleep apnea? Using your CPAP device consistently may slow memory loss

Outcomes for AMI improved during 1995 to 2014

Refugee women have healthier pregnancies than US women—why? An unhealthy US culture

Fewer complications after MIRS introduced for endometrial cancer

2011 to 2015 saw increase in psychiatric ED visits for youth

Adenocarcinoma, high-grade dysplasia up with barrett esophagus

Evidence for ancient magnetic sense in humans

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