Health
Sick of packing school lunches already? Here's how to make it easier
As academics and dietitians, we have a head start in making nutritious choices for our kids, but we also sometimes struggle with lunchboxes.
Apr 5, 2022
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Subsidy would improve fruit and veg intake by as much as 15%, say economists
High fixed costs for retailing fresh fruit and vegetables means that they cost 40% more than would be efficient, unlike unhealthy alternatives, which trade close to marginal cost, a new study demonstrates.
Mar 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Frequent population screening can contain COVID-19
In the face of the escalating fifth wave outbreak in Hong Kong, the government is planning a universal population screening that will combine antigen tests and PCR tests.
Mar 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researcher in final stages of FDA approval for ultra-fast COVID-19 test
In the summer of 2020, Texas Tech University's Office of Research Commercialization filed a patent application and applied for the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office.
Mar 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New method of developing diagnostic tests could help tackle future pandemics
Software that helps speed up the process of creating new diagnostic tests could help combat future pandemics, its developers say.
Mar 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Spinal fluid sampling used to track treatment response in pediatric glioma
Treatment for glioma has long relied on MRI imaging to track tumor markers and treatment response. But findings from a team at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, led by Carl Koschmann, M.D., pediatric neuro-oncologist ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Other
Health risk due to micro- and nanoplastics in food
Five grams of plastic particles on average enter the human gastrointestinal tract per person per week. This is roughly equivalent to the weight of a credit card. Whether ingested micro- and nanoplastics pose a health risk ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rapid PCR test receives FDA emergency use authorization
A new highly sensitive, easy-to-use test for COVID-19 that requires a single swab and 15 minutes has received emergency use authorization (EUA) status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Mar 17, 2022
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Cardiology
Treating heart attacks with a medium chain fatty acid
A medium-chain fatty acid found in energy drinks might one day help protect against heart attack injuries.
Mar 8, 2022
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Medications
How a widely used diabetes medication actually works
Physicians have used the drug metformin to treat type 2 diabetes for more than half a century, but despite its prevalence, researchers have lacked a clear understanding of how it works. Now, Yale researchers have elucidated ...
Mar 3, 2022
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