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Shaved costs, high risk, maximum profits: Regulators worry about Florida’s butt lift boom

In hindsight, Nikki Ruston said, she should have recognized the red flags.

3 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

Large-scale longitudinal study of neutralizing antibody responses to norovirus in children

Researchers characterized serological neutralizing antibody responses to norovirus among young children, transitioning between sequential GII.4 pandemic strains, DH 2006, NO 2009, and SY 2012.

3 Mar 2023

Study estimates and compares excess mortality due to cardiovascular diseases across multiple pandemic waves in the US

Researchers estimated excess cardiovascular deaths in the USA between March 2020 and March 2022.

3 Mar 2023

Festo advances high-throughput automated pipetting with closed-loop control

Festo introduces the DHOP closed-loop pipette head for high-speed robotic pipetting applications requiring consistent volumes over a wide range of liquid viscosities. The DHOP pipette head provides the utmost in automation flexibility, speed, and feedback when devices handle many liquids.

From Festo Ltd. 2 Mar 2023

Festo breaks price/performance barriers with new multi-axis gantry

Festo introduces the EXCL, a multi-axis gantry kit that lowers acquisition, engineering, and assembly costs for automated sample handling and liquid dispensing in laboratory devices.

From Festo Ltd. 2 Mar 2023

Cirrhosis associated with lower immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines in patients with chronic liver disease

The overall responsiveness of patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) to COVID-19 vaccines has been shown to be decreased in patients with cirrhosis.

2 Mar 2023

Alarming Projection: By 2035, more than half of the global population will be obese

The World Obesity Atlas predicts that over 51% of the world population will be considered obese by 2035.

2 Mar 2023

Study estimates the carbon footprint and diet quality of popular U.S. diets

A new research paper looks at several popular diets and what it costs the environment to follow any of them, contrasting with their real-life benefits regarding diet quality.

2 Mar 2023

Serious pneumococcal infection increases the risk of a heart attack significantly

After the onset of serious pneumococcal infections, patients are at a significantly increased risk of having a heart attack, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.

2 Mar 2023

Studying gut bacteria's role in muscle regeneration and recover

In a surprising discovery, Harvard Medical School researchers have found that a class of regulatory T cells (Tregs) made in the gut play a role in repairing injured muscles and mending damaged livers.

2 Mar 2023

Healthier lifestyles promote longevity without chronic health conditions

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2 Mar 2023

An expert from Yale Cancer Center discusses colorectal cancer among young people, screening guidelines, and more

Michael Cecchini, MD, Yale Cancer Center medical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal cancers, is available to discuss several topics during colorectal cancer awareness month.

2 Mar 2023

Adding evidence to the weight gain causality of sugary drinks

The review, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, is the most extensive analysis to date of research on sweetened drinks and overweight and obesity - both of which heighten risks for diabetes, heart disease, some cancers, and other diseases.

2 Mar 2023

Research identifies a possible treatment strategy for rare bone marrow failure syndrome

Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside bone responsible for making red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Bone marrow failure syndromes lead to an increased risk of developing dangerous infections, anemia and an increased risk of blood cancers.

2 Mar 2023

Immune activity differs for pregnant women based on anxiety status

The immune system of pregnant women with anxiety is biologically different from that of pregnant women without anxiety, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Columbia University Irving Medical Center investigators.

2 Mar 2023

AI model accurately predicts cancer patient survival with more readily available doctor's notes

A team of researchers from the University of British Columbia and BC Cancer have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that predicts cancer patient survival more accurately and with more readily available data than previous tools.

2 Mar 2023

Eli Lilly slashed insulin prices. This starts a race to the bottom.

When drugmaker Eli Lilly announced Wednesday it will slash the list price for some of its insulin products following years of criticism from lawmakers and activists that the price of the lifesaving hormone had become unaffordable, the news raised questions about what will happen to other efforts to provide low-cost insulin.

2 Mar 2023

Neural underpinnings of atypical visual sensory behaviors in some children with autism

There is this picture – you may have seen it. It is black and white and has two silhouettes facing one another. Or maybe you see the black vase with a white background. But now, you likely see both.

2 Mar 2023

Existing CT scans estimate hardened fatty plaque deposits in the heart's largest blood vessels

Instead of special heart scans, physicians can use images of the chest captured months earlier, and for other reasons, to estimate patients' risk of heart attack or death during several kinds of major surgeries, a new study shows.

2 Mar 2023

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Shaved costs, high risk, maximum profits: Regulators worry about Florida’s butt lift boom

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

Large-scale longitudinal study of neutralizing antibody responses to norovirus in children

Study estimates and compares excess mortality due to cardiovascular diseases across multiple pandemic waves in the US

Festo advances high-throughput automated pipetting with closed-loop control

Festo breaks price/performance barriers with new multi-axis gantry

Cirrhosis associated with lower immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines in patients with chronic liver disease

Alarming Projection: By 2035, more than half of the global population will be obese

Study estimates the carbon footprint and diet quality of popular U.S. diets

Serious pneumococcal infection increases the risk of a heart attack significantly

Studying gut bacteria's role in muscle regeneration and recover

Healthier lifestyles promote longevity without chronic health conditions

An expert from Yale Cancer Center discusses colorectal cancer among young people, screening guidelines, and more

Adding evidence to the weight gain causality of sugary drinks

Research identifies a possible treatment strategy for rare bone marrow failure syndrome

Immune activity differs for pregnant women based on anxiety status

AI model accurately predicts cancer patient survival with more readily available doctor's notes

Eli Lilly slashed insulin prices. This starts a race to the bottom.

Neural underpinnings of atypical visual sensory behaviors in some children with autism

Existing CT scans estimate hardened fatty plaque deposits in the heart's largest blood vessels

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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