Category: 5. Health
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A mushroom for colorectal cancer therapy
Novel chemical compounds from a fungus could provide new perspectives for treating colorectal cancer, one of the most common and deadliest cancers worldwide. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, researchers have reported on the isolation and characterization of a previously unknown class of… Continue Reading
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New mRNA vaccine created to prevent and treat C. difficile
A new vaccine provides hope for treating and even preventing the highly contagious and difficult-to-treat Clostridioides difficile infection, more commonly known as C. difficile or C. diff. In animal models, this first mRNA-LNP C. difficile vaccine was found to protect against C. difficile… Continue Reading
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Forever Chemicals found in bottled and tap water from around the world
Scientists have discovered toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ present in samples of drinking water from around the world, a new study reveals. Researchers found 10 ‘target’ PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) — chemicals which do not break down in nature — in tap and bottled water available for… Continue Reading
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Microbiome: Drug discovery within the patient
Microorganisms do not just colonize the body of mammals during infections. Billions of microbes can be found on and in healthy humans and animals at any given time, communicating with each other via chemical signals and thus influencing their health. In two studies, researchers from the… Continue Reading
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Biomarker may predict immunotherapy response in liver cancer
It may soon be possible to determine which patients with a type of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma would benefit from immunotherapy, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study, published Oct. 17 in Molecular Cell, provides new insights into a… Continue Reading
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Five Aspects Of Artificial Intelligence And Healthcare For 2024
Close-up on a monitor at the hospital monitoring a patient’s vitals – healthcare and medicine … [+] concepts getty One of the areas where new artificial intelligence tools are doing most is in the world of medicine. Partly that’s because this is a data-driven enterprise – big data has the… Continue Reading
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Impending Spending Disaster – A Warning From Japanese Nursing Homes
This photo taken on July 27, 2023 shows senior citizens enjoying cool popsicles after playing the … [+] croquet-inspired game of “gateball” at a park in suburban Tokyo, as temperatures of 36C-plus (97F) scorched the Japanese capital. Japan is home to a legion of elderly devotees of the… Continue Reading
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Elevance Health Latest Insurer Battered By Higher Medical Costs
Elevance Health Thursday became the latest health insurance company to report higher-than-expected … [+] medical care costs in its third quarter earnings as profits tumbled more than 20%. Elevance Health Elevance Health Thursday became the latest health insurance company to report… Continue Reading
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Google Cloud Announces General Availability Of Vertex AI For Healthcare
Google Cloud. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google Cloud is enabling general availability for its Vertex AI platform in addition to new features for its Healthcare Data Engine (HDE), the company announced in a press release this morning. The news highlights the latest effort by the… Continue Reading
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Mood-Detecting Glasses For Mental Health
InnovationRx is your weekly digest of healthcare news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Emteq This week, U.K.-based startup Emteq Labs announced the launch of their emotion-sensing eyewear, Sense. The technology, which looks like a pair of glasses, is embedded with sensors that can… Continue Reading