UnitedHealth Group chief executive officer Stephen J. Hemsley, returning to the healthcare giant’s … More
Category: 5. Health
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With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cell
Trained with a joint understanding of protein and cell behavior, the model could help with diagnosing disease and developing new drugs.
A protein located in the wrong part of a cell can contribute to several diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, cystic fibrosis, and cancer. But there are about 70,000…
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Hormone cycles shape the structure and function of key memory regions in the brain
Hormone levels fluctuate like the tides, ebbing and flowing according to carefully orchestrated cycles. These hormones not only influence the body, but can cross into the brain and shape the behavior of our neurons and cognitive processes. Recently, researchers at UC Santa Barbara used modern…
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UnitedHealth Group CEO Witty Is Out, Replaced By Former Boss Hemsley
UnitedHealth Group Tuesday said Andrew Witty’s is stepping down, citing “personal reasons” and will … More
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Seek medical advice before attempting water-only fasting diets, experts warn
Experts at the University of Sydney are urging people, especially those with existing heart or vascular conditions, to seek medical advice before attempting to lose weight using water-only fasting diets.
The study, published in Molecular Metabolism, was conducted by a team of researchers in…
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New survey shows privacy and safety tops list of parental concerns about screen time
As kids spend more time on screens, a new national survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of The Kids Mental Health Foundation, founded by Nationwide Children’s Hospital, identifies parents’ greatest fears for their children around screen time.
The top three fears parents have around their child…
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Higher success rate using a simple oral swab test before IVF
About 15 per cent of all couples of reproductive age are involuntarily childless. A major reason why so many need assisted reproduction is that nowadays more and more people are putting off starting a family.
“This is a global trend that is expected to increase in the coming years. In Europe…
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Scientists film the heart forming in 3D earlier than ever before
Researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute have, for the first time, identified the origin of cardiac cells using 3D images of a heart forming in real-time, inside a living mouse embryo.
For the study, published in The EMBO Journal, the teamused a technique called advanced light-sheet…
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New light shed on health differences between males and females
The results of an international study led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London’s Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI) shed new light the underlying biological mechanisms which cause differences in health risks, symptoms and outcomes between males and females.
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‘Loop’hole: HIV-1 hijacks human immune cells using circular RNAs
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine have identified a never-before-seen mechanism that enables the human immunodeficiency type 1 virus (HIV-1) to evade the body’s natural defenses and use it to support its survival…
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