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Uncovering the origin of symbiosis
(University of Konstanz) Limnologist Lutz Becks from the University of Konstanz receives funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for a research project that investigates why and how individuals of two species merge into a single life form.
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African Americans, Hispanics less likely to receive recommended lung cancer imaging
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) University of Colorado Cancer Center study shows African American patients were only about half as likely as non-Hispanic whites to receive PET-CT imaging during lung cancer diagnosis. Hispanics received…
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Newer anti-HIV drugs safest, most effective during pregnancy
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The antiretroviral drugs dolutegravir and emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (DTG+FTC/TAF) may comprise the safest and most effective HIV treatment regimen currently available during…
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Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns
(Children’s National Hospital) Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking this metric for weeks longer than usual improves clinicians’ ability to predict respiratory outcomes according …
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University of Minnesota first to prove new method to grow human blood vessels
(University of Minnesota Medical School) A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School recently proved the ability to grow human-derived blood vessels in a pig — a novel approach that has the potential for providing unlimited hum…
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Updated guidelines for exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic fields published in Health Physics
(Wolters Kluwer Health) A set of updated, evidence-based guidelines defining safe levels of exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) has been published in Health Physics, official journal of the Health Physics Society. The journal is pub…
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Virtual reality shows promise for early detection of MS balance problems
(University of North Carolina Health Care) People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often have a greatly increased risk of falling and injuring themselves even when they feel they’re able to walk normally. Now a team led by scientists from the UNC School of…
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Artificial intelligence and family medicine: Better together
(University of Houston) Researcher at the University of Houston are encouraging family medicine physicians to actively engage in the development and evolution of artificial intelligence to open new horizons that make AI more effective, equitable and pe…
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Doctors group sues California for failing to add processed meat to state carcinogen list
(Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — a nonprofit with more than 25,000 members in California –filed a lawsuit against the State of California on March 11 for failing to include cancer-cau…
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Study: Layoffs lead to higher rates of violent offenses and property crimes
(Case Western Reserve University) Displaced workers experienced a 20% increase in criminal charges the year after being laid off