Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cambodian girl dies from bird flu
An eleven-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu, the country's first fatality from the virus in years, health authorities said.
Feb 23, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
An avian flu outbreak is spreading to mammals. What is the risk to humans?
Avian influenza—or bird flu, as it's commonly known—continues to run through bird populations, killing millions of animals worldwide. Now, a particularly infectious and lethal strain of the virus called H5N1 appears to ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mpox still a global health crisis: WHO
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that despite a drop-off in cases, it still considers mpox, previously known as monkeypox, an international health emergency.
Feb 15, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How worried should the world be about bird flu in humans?
A highly infectious strain of avian influenza is tearing through commercial and backyard poultry flocks, causing egg prices to rise as sick chickens are culled across the United States.
Feb 14, 2023
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Health
The pollutants in our diet that could accelerate aging
Pollutants are, by definition, harmful. But not all of them are equally harmful. Of the multitude of synthetic chemical compounds that pollute our environment, those that set off the loudest alarm bells are persistent organic ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Surgery
Massachusetts bill would let prisoners donate organs in exchange for shorter sentence
Massachusetts legislators have proposed a bill that would allow prison inmates to donate their organs or bone marrow as a way to trim the length of their sentence.
Feb 9, 2023
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Health
Breastfeeding may reduce arsenic exposure in infants in arsenic-contaminated areas
Arsenic contamination is a significant threat to human health in many parts of the world. Exposure to high levels of arsenic has been associated with a range of health problems such as diabetes, cognitive dysfunction, and ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Surgery
Research team closer to 3D printing life-like organs
A team of University of Colorado researchers has developed a new strategy for transforming medical images, such as CT or MRI scans, into incredibly detailed 3D models on the computer. The advance marks an important step toward ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Expert analysis refutes claims that humans are colonized by bacteria before birth
Scientific claims that babies harbor live bacteria while still in the womb are inaccurate, and may have impeded research progress, according to University College Cork (UCC) researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Medical research
Blood-type conversion process informed by crystallography now in pre-clinical trials
In 2019 Dr. Stephen Withers and colleagues at the University of British Columbia identified a series of enzymes that can be used to modify the chemical structure of a sugar antigen on the surface of blood cells, thereby converting ...
Jan 24, 2023
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