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Urgent care vs. ER: Knowing where to go for medical help
Sliced your finger cutting that avocado? Sprained your ankle playing pickleball? You need medical help soon.This post was originally published on this site
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Can you steam away prostate cancer? Clinical trial offers steam to potentially destroy cancer cells in patients
Steam eliminates wrinkles and germs, but can it destroy cancer cells too?This post was originally published on this site
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Vitamin deficiency may be why you’re so tired. A nutritional neuroscientist explains
Feeling drained and lethargic is common: A 2022 national survey found that 13.5% of U.S. adults said they felt “very tired” or “exhausted” most days or every day over a three-month period.This post was originally […]
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AI uses simple glucose monitor data to predict and identify subtypes of type 2 diabetes
Diabetes has long been lumped into two categories—type 1, which often appears in childhood, or type 2, which is associated with obesity and typically develops later in life. But scientists have learned that not all […]
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First US death from bird flu reported in Louisiana
A Louisiana resident has died after being hospitalized with bird flu in December of last year, marking the first known U.S. death from the virus.This post was originally published on this site
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Astrocytes’ hidden potential: Cross-species study reveals new insights into spinal cord injury repair
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains one of the most devastating medical conditions, severely impacting quality of life and often leading to permanent disability. The central nervous system (CNS) has a limited capacity for regeneration, which […]
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A lack of wastewater testing is blinding the Central Valley to its bird flu problem
As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to rip throughout California’s dairy herds and commercial poultry flocks, a Central Valley state official is raising concerns about the lack of wastewater surveillance in the region.This post […]
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Norovirus cases reportedly surge in Massachusetts, nasty stomach bug spreading across country
The Bay State is apparently not immune to the surge in nasty stomach bug cases across the country.This post was originally published on this site
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Surgeon general highlights link between alcohol and cancer, urges warning labels
In a new Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy connects alcohol consumption to increased cancer risk and calls for updated warning labels on alcoholic beverages.This post was originally published on this […]
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New AI tool uses routine blood tests to predict immunotherapy response for many cancers
Doctors around the world may soon have access to a new tool that could better predict whether individual cancer patients will benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors—a type of immunotherapy—using only routine blood tests and clinical […]