Health
US paves way to get 'lab meat' on plates
US authorities on Friday agreed on how to regulate food products cultured from animal cells—paving the way to get so-called "lab meat" on American plates.
Nov 17, 2018
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FDA should invest in developing a new medical device clearance process
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should gather the information needed to develop a new regulatory framework to replace the 35-year-old 510(k) clearance process for medical devices, says a new report from the Institute ...
Jul 29, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychedelics to treat mental illness? Australian researchers are giving it a go
An estimated one in ten Australians were taking antidepressants in 2015. That's double the number using them in 2000, and the second-highest rate of antidepressant use among all OECD countries.
Apr 24, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Reprogramming cancer cells into immune defenders
By reprogramming tumor cells to become the body's defenders, Filipe Pereira and his colleagues hope to improve current cancer treatments.
Dec 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
No need to redefine osteoporosis, concludes IOF and ESCEO position paper
A new position paper by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) addresses the rationale for ...
Nov 10, 2022
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Health
Breakfast product ads targeting children contain triple the amount of sugar of those advertised for adults
Breakfast products featured in advertising targeting children contain triple the amount of sugar of those advertised for adults, according to a new study.
Feb 11, 2021
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Addiction
Call for tougher age restrictions on YouTube cannabis vaping videos
YouTube videos showing cannabis vaping as fun and joyful are widely available and easily accessible to young people, a study led by University of Queensland researchers has found.
Feb 10, 2021
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Health
Is digital health just for the rich?
Despite COVID-19 forcing the hand of digitally reticent governments and health organizations to update, upskill and adopt digital health tools, evidence of scaled up mobile phone health (mHealth) initiatives being accessible ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Medications
Hong Kong prescribes new dose of old Chinese medicine
The young woman pours a pack of brown powder into a glass of hot water, stirs it well and drinks the murky mixture down, hoping the traditional Chinese medicine will cure her feverish cold.
Apr 30, 2013
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Genetics
Questions, concerns about 'three-parent' baby
The surprise announcement that a healthy baby boy was born from a new technique mixing the DNA of two women and a man raises as many questions—scientific and ethical—as it settles, experts said Wednesday.
Sep 28, 2016
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