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Researchers look to bolster technology support for menopause

Women in need of supportive maternal and menstrual health care in patriarchal societies have increasingly found outlets for disclosure in online communities. That support, however, begins to disappear in these restrictive ...

Digital twin hearts deliver 100% success in arrhythmia trial

Working with "digital twins" of patients' hearts, doctors have improved cardiac ablation outcomes for patients with life-threatening arrhythmias. In the first clinical trials for cardiac digital twins technology, researchers ...

The hidden dangers of oral cancer

Oral Cancer Awareness Month is observed every April, and it highlights the urgent need for early detection. According to the American Cancer Society, oral and oropharyngeal cancers still claim about one life every hour in ...

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The body's internal clock can be determined from a hair sample

A research team at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin has developed a test that can determine a person's chronotype based on their hair roots. It is intended to lay the foundation for circadian medicine—that is, medicine ...

Scientists discover how multiple sclerosis kills neurons

For decades, multiple sclerosis research has focused on myelin, the insulation around the brain's wiring. Scientists paid less attention to another loss that was happening in parallel: neurons in the cortex, the seat of higher ...

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Probing a paradoxical drug response for irregular heartbeat

Irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, can be treated with various procedures or medication, but not all medications work for all patients. In fact, one arrhythmia medication can actually cause arrhythmia in people with a common ...

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New test identifies active, infectious form of tuberculosis

Researchers in the UC Davis Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have created a new tuberculosis blood test that can detect the active, infectious form of the disease. The discovery enables faster diagnosis and ...

Tinnitus linked to depression, anxiety in dose-response manner

Chronic tinnitus is independently associated with depression and anxiety symptoms, according to a study published online in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Enes Sırma, from University of Health Sciences Gazi Yasargil ...