Health
Nuts may boost male fertility: study
Eating nuts "significantly" boosted the number and health of sperm in young men in a scientific trial, researchers said Wednesday.
Jul 4, 2018
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Pediatrics
'Modest at best' discriminatory ability for CBC test in infants
(HealthDay)—Complete blood cell count parameters at commonly used or optimal thresholds do not offer high accuracy in identifying invasive bacterial infections (IBIs) in febrile infants (≤60 days of age), according to ...
Sep 12, 2017
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Ultrasound male contraceptive, overlooked for decades, confirmed to work
Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in physical therapists' offices ...
Jan 30, 2012
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Health
Nighttime fast may top calorie counting, study finds
In an age of long commutes, late sports practices, endless workdays and 24/7 television programming, the image of Mom hanging up her dish towel at 7 p.m. and declaring "the kitchen is closed" seems a quaint relic of an earlier ...
May 18, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
The Medical Minute: What is myelodysplastic syndrome?
Television journalist and host of "Good Morning America" Robin Roberts announced this week that she has myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, an uncommon blood and bone marrow disorder.
Jun 15, 2012
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Blood loss from lab testing associated with hospital-acquired anemia for patients with heart attacks
In patients with acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), blood loss from greater use of phlebotomy (blood drawn for diagnostic testing) appears to be independently associated with the development of hospital-acquired ...
Aug 8, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover that lymphocyte count indicates prognosis of patients with renal cell carcinoma
Each year, kidney cancer is diagnosed in nearly 60,000 people in the U.S. Many of these patients undergo surgery to remove the affected kidney, but this procedure can be risky for the elderly and those who have other health ...
May 18, 2011
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Genetics
Machine learning illuminates genetic links between blood cells and disease
Scientists from the Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative have used machine learning to create genetic predictors of blood cell traits, such as white blood cell counts, that are linked to chronic disease.
Jan 12, 2022
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Medical research
Triangulation across data sources to understand COVID-19
One test of both the power and hunger of any individual or organization is the ability to master any and every new, sufficiently advanced technological opportunity that urgently presents itself to the world at large. For ...
Medical research
Smarter, cheaper technologies offer improved point-of-care medicine
Scientists have developed and combined new paper and flexible polymer substrates with special sensing devices for rapid and accurate detection of pathogens such as HIV, as well as other biotargets. These novel technologies ...
May 8, 2015
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