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Heart Foundation urges men to adopt healthier habits to improve physical and mental wellbeing

The Heart Foundation is urging men to think more about their daily behavior during this year’s Men’s Health Week.

19 Jun 2023

Novel urban design metric links cardio-metabolic disease risk factors to the built environment

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of non-communicable disease burden and death. Population-level interventions targeting modifiable risk factors can reduce disease burden, by enabling people to make daily, healthy choices via long-term structural features.

9 Jun 2023

Trial finds mixed success of chatbots in improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence among Asians

Chatbots had mixed success in improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence and acceptance among the most hesitant individuals in Asia, according to a new randomized control trial.

8 Jun 2023

CN Bio appoints Dr. Samantha Macro as Chief Financial Officer

Key executive appointment provides extensive financial industry experience as the Company implements ambitious global growth strategy.

From CN Bio 6 Jun 2023

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can't hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes?

5 Jun 2023

Study: Mental health programs need to be strengthened to combat increasing stress among first responders

Controlling traumatic situations is synonymous with the daily duties of first responders, yet many mental health programs to combat the increasing stress they encounter are lacking.

22 May 2023

Opentrons Flex™ Lab Robot Launches to Accelerate Bioautomation Across Thousands of Life Science Experiments

Opentrons, a leader in lab automation, announces the launch of its Opentrons Flex robot, a new generation of affordable and easy-to-program liquid-handling lab robots designed to level the playing field for labs of all sizes and bring advanced lab automation to more researchers than ever before.

From Opentrons 22 May 2023

An outdated tracking system is a key factor in Texas’ foster care shortcomings

The decades-old system Texas foster care officials use to track and monitor the health records of the nearly 20,000 children in their custody is both outdated and unreliable — so much so, advocates say, that children have been harmed or put at risk.

10 May 2023

Effectiveness of a minimally invasive approach to limit vision, hearing loss in patients after neurosurgery

Brain tumors located in regions that control speech, vision and motor function present additional challenges to neurosurgeons, as damaging the surrounding tissue can cause severe loss of those abilities.

24 Apr 2023

Pain, hope, and science collide as athletes turn to magic mushrooms

The boxer felt broken. Every day, he was waking up in pain. Some days, it was debilitating headaches. Other times, it was his back. Or his fists. His ribs. His nose. On top of that, he had mood swings. Depression. Anxiety.

24 Apr 2023

When mass spectrometry redefines molecular biology and biochemistry – the future of spatial omics

In this interview, Bruker speaks with Ramon Sun on the topic of SpatialOMx - a field that is currently experiencing great changes. Dive in to discover how Bruker will rise to the challenge.

From Bruker Daltonics 17 Mar 2023

Guns are the biggest public health threat kids face. Why aren’t they getting the message?

I still remember the raspy voice of the wizened cancer patient with the hole in her throat. So addicted to the poison that was killing her — cigarettes — she interspersed her words of warning about the dangers of smoking with taking puffs of a cigarette through her tracheostomy hole.

3 Mar 2023

Study analyzes the potential of a natural amino acid as new way to cure COVID-19

After more than two years since its discovery, six million deaths, and half a billion reported cases, there is still no effective cure for COVID-19. Even though vaccines have lowered the impact of outbreaks, patients that contract the disease can only receive supportive care while they wait for their own body to clear the infection.

24 Feb 2023

Post-COVID-19 CT scans show lung abnormalities persist two years later

In a recent study published in the journal Radiology, researchers longitudinally assessed changes in chest computed tomography (CT) abnormities and lung function among patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

15 Feb 2023

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Heart Foundation urges men to adopt healthier habits to improve physical and mental wellbeing

Novel urban design metric links cardio-metabolic disease risk factors to the built environment

Trial finds mixed success of chatbots in improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence among Asians

CN Bio appoints Dr. Samantha Macro as Chief Financial Officer

Will a ‘national patient safety board,’ modeled after the NTSB, actually fly?

Study: Mental health programs need to be strengthened to combat increasing stress among first responders

Opentrons Flex™ Lab Robot Launches to Accelerate Bioautomation Across Thousands of Life Science Experiments

An outdated tracking system is a key factor in Texas’ foster care shortcomings

Effectiveness of a minimally invasive approach to limit vision, hearing loss in patients after neurosurgery

Pain, hope, and science collide as athletes turn to magic mushrooms

When mass spectrometry redefines molecular biology and biochemistry – the future of spatial omics

Guns are the biggest public health threat kids face. Why aren’t they getting the message?

Study analyzes the potential of a natural amino acid as new way to cure COVID-19

Post-COVID-19 CT scans show lung abnormalities persist two years later

Armed with hashtags, these activists made insulin prices a presidential talking point

Magnetic microrobot probe can quantify the stiffness and traction forces of cell colonies and embryos in vivo

Study shows the modulatory effect of resistance training on the endoplasmic reticulum in older adults

The case of the two Grace Elliotts: A medical billing mystery

Medicare pay cuts will hurt seniors’ care, doctors argue

Does irritable bowel syndrome result from gravity?

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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