Tag: medicine

Interspecies Transplants Could Help Diabetes Patients, Shows Study
Researchers at Northwestern University this week revealed that they have successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells called islets from one species to another. They believe...
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Mom Checks WebMD to Treat Son’s Gunshot Wound
A Houston woman has been charged with one count of injury to a child with intent to commit bodily injury, a felony, after waiting seven hours to take her son (aged 14) to the hospi...
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Nose Leaking Brain Fluid, Not Snot, Finds Arizona Man
Allergies can be crippling, but usually some choice drugs and patience can get even the worst allergy sufferers through allergy season. Suffering a runny nose for over a year and...
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3D Printers One Step Closer To Creating Human Tissue
3D printing has performed some miraculous feats in the field of medicine. Researchers are already playing around with the idea of...
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Swiss Nurse Posts Corpse Photos on Facebook
Every week, it seems like somebody is making the news for forgetting that Facebook is a public forum and that people can actually see the things they post. A lot of the time, this...
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Zuckerberg, Brin Announce Annual $3 Million Prize for Medical Research
Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, his wife Priscilla Chan, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Biologist and businesswoman Anne Wojcicki (Brin's wife), and investor Yuri Milner have...
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You Can Watch a Live-Tweeted C-Section on Wednesday
Tomorrow, you can watch the miracle of life unfold on Twitter. Women’s Memorial Hermann Hospital at Memorial City Medical Center in Houston Texas will be the first hospital to...
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Guys, Your Sedentary Lifestyle Is Killing Your Swimmers
Guys: get off reddit. Seriously. And stop watching House of Cards. I know it's all there at once - all 13 episodes! But go take the dog for a walk. For the love of your sp...
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New Research Aims To Make Cancer Drugs With 3D Printers
Over the last year, 3D printers have inspired a lot of futuristic ideas. One of the more lofty ideas was the...
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Beer (Lots of It) May Help You Stave Off Colds
Good news, everyone: next time you drink a case of beer and awaken in your front yard, smelling of strip clubs and Taco Bell, you can just tell everyone that you did it for your he...
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Google Is Now Giving You Medical Info In The Knowledge Graph
Google announced today that it will start showing information for medications with the Knowledge Graph. Specifically, results may include "key facts -- side effects, related medic...
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There May Finally Be A Cure For The Flu In Sight
I think we can all agree that getting the flu is about the worst possible thing that can happen during winter. That's why we take vaccines, but it only lasts for a season. Even the...
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SSRIs Linked to Slightly Higher Risk of Stroke
New research shows that popular antidepressants are linked to an increased risk of some rare types of stroke that are caused by bleeding in the brain. The study, published this...
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Hospital Set to Live-Tweet a Cochlear Implant
In an effort to raise awareness and to provide the public more information on cochlear implant surgery as a viable treatment for hearing loss, the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle...
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These Mice May Lead To Humans Unlocking Regenerative Powers
Humans can't regenerate wounded areas of the body. Sure, we can grow scar tissue to cover up broken skin, but there's no real tissue regeneration present. What if humans were able...
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