Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency makes good on its intention, announced on March 27, 2025, to shrink its workforce by 20,000 people. Among workers dismissed in early April were several teams responsible for fulfilling requests for…
Category: 5. Health
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Here’s What We Know About Project Mulberry— Apple’s Initiative To Rethink AI And Healthcare
Apple has invested immense resources into its healthcare application and ecosystem.
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has always said that among the company’s most significant contributions to society will be improving healthcare. And rightly so, under his reign, Apple has made immense progress in…
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$10 Short? No Health Insurance For You
Ten dollars bill fragment of U.S. money in macro. High resolution photo.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, millions of people receive generous subsidies to cover the cost of health insurance. Some people, in fact, receive coverage for free, their monthly premiums paid in…
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Primate mothers display different bereavement response to humans
Macaque mothers experience a short period of physical restlessness after the death of an infant, but do not show typical human signs of grief, such as lethargy and appetite loss, finds a new study by UCL anthropologists.
Published in Biology Letters, the researchers found that bereaved macaque…
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Gene-based blood test for melanoma may catch early signs of cancer’s return
Monitoring blood levels of DNA fragments shed by dying tumor cells may accurately predict skin cancer recurrence, a new study shows.
Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health and its Perlmutter Cancer Center, the study showed that approximately 80% of stage III melanoma patients who had…
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Common genetic variants linked to drug-resistant epilepsy
Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study led by researchers at UCL and UTHealth Houston.
Focal epilepsy is a condition where seizures start in one part of the brain. It is the most common type of…
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Gut microbes release cancer-fighting bile acids that block hormone signals
Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites that strengthen anti-cancer immunity by blocking androgen signaling, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine…
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New Breakthrough Antibiotic Can Treat Drug-Resistant ‘Super Gonorrhoea’
For the first time in 30 years, researchers have discovered a promising new antibiotic treatment for gonorrhoea.
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Intravascular imaging can improve outcomes for complex stenting procedures in patients with high-risk calcified coronary artery disease
Using intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide stent implantation during complex stenting procedures is safer and more effective for patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease than conventional angiography, the more commonly used technique.
Those are the findings from the largest…
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Meat or veg? Plant-based protein is linked to a longer life, research shows
A global study by experts at the University of Sydney has shown that countries which consume more plant-based proteins — such as chickpeas, tofu and peas — have longer adult life expectancies.
Published in Nature Communications, Dr Alistair Senior, PhD candidate Caitlin Andrews and their team…
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