Biomedical technology
Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in US
Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.
Aug 16, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to help kids cope with back-to-school stress
Kids have coped with a lot of change over the past several years. It's important to recognize that change, even good change, can sometimes be challenging for kids. As we work on establishing post-pandemic equilibrium, we ...
Aug 15, 2022
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Health
'Children are not little adults' and need special protection during heat waves
After more than a week of record-breaking temperatures across much of the country, public health experts are cautioning that children are more susceptible to heat illness than adults are—even more so when they're on the ...
Aug 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Budget impact analysis demonstrates NELSON screening model would save more than 18,000 premature lung cancer deaths
Lung cancer screening using low-dose computed tomography would prevent more than 18,000 premature lung cancer deaths at a cost of approximately €937 million if half of the eligible population were screened, according to ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Medications
Tough to get your kid to take medicine? An expert offers tips
Sometimes it's difficult for parents to get their child to take necessary medication.
Aug 1, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Efficient fall detection based on smart insoles
Fall detection is a typical application of both medical expert systems and wearable expert systems. There are four primary types of falls, i.e., left-sided horizontal, right-sided horizontal, supine, and prone, whereas most ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Medical research
Study shows flies, roaches not likely to spread COVID-19
Insects like biting flies and cockroaches are not likely to spread the agent of COVID-19 to humans, according to a recently published article by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists.
Jul 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is monkeypox a pandemic? An epidemiologist explains why it isn't likely to become as widespread as COVID-19
Monkeypox is the latest global public health threat to make headlines. Most people who contract the monkeypox virus experience flu-like symptoms and a blistery rash that lasts two to four weeks, but a small percentage of ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Addiction
The number of Americans injecting drugs skyrockets to nearly 3.7 million people in 2018, study finds
The opioid epidemic has led to a meteoric rise in injection drug use over the past decade, according to a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which experts say may also have contributed to an increase ...
Jul 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tanzania probes mystery illness after three die
Tanzania has dispatched a team of doctors and health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of three people, the government said Wednesday.
Jul 13, 2022
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