Don't delay dental visits during pandemic (HealthDay)—Visiting your dentist during the coronavirus pandemic poses little risk, an expert says. Sep 7, 2020 0 4
The brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents, but how? In rodents with type 2 diabetes, a single surgical injection of a protein called fibroblast growth factor 1 can restore blood sugar levels to normal for weeks or months. Yet how this growth factor acts in the brain to generate ... Sep 7, 2020 2 316
Improving health care through cell-based interceptive medicine Hundreds of innovators, research pioneers, clinicians, industry leaders and policy makers from all around Europe are united by a vision of how to revolutionize healthcare. In two publications—a perspective article in the ... Sep 7, 2020 0 92
New surgical tools with smart sensors can advance cardiac surgery and therapy Researchers developed a new class of medical instruments equipped with an advanced soft electronics system that could dramatically improve the diagnoses and treatments of a number of cardiac diseases and conditions. Sep 7, 2020 0 247
First 'plug and play' brain prosthesis demoed in paralyzed person In a significant advance, UC San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences researchers working towards a brain-controlled prosthetic limb have shown that machine learning techniques helped an individual with paralysis learn ... Sep 7, 2020 0 464
Gene test can predict risk of medications causing liver injury Scientists who were working on a way to determine the viability of batches of tiny liver organoids have discovered a testing method that may have far broader implications. Sep 7, 2020 0 124
China shows off COVID-19 vaccines for first time China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic. Sep 7, 2020 0 8
Genome sequencing accelerates cancer detection Oesophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer worldwide. It often develops from a condition called Barrett's oesophagus. Existing monitoring and treatment methods are very intrusive, and many patients have to undergo ... Sep 7, 2020 0 144
Mask mandates delayed by nearly a month in Republican-led states, study finds Politics, above COVID-19 cases or deaths, determined whether states enacted mask mandates during the first months of the pandemic, a new study finds. Sep 7, 2020 1 8
If sitting at a desk all day is bad during coronavirus, could I lie down to work instead? Most of us have heard that too much sitting is bad for you. Studies show sitting increases the risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality, Type 2 diabetes and cancer. Sep 7, 2020 0 2
