Record-breaking heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere have again sparked concerns about the danger such blistering temperatures pose to people's health, particularly children and the elderly.
Jul 19, 2023
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Melanocytes are a small subset of epidermal cells that play an outsize role in protecting your skin from the damaging effects of sun exposure. They do this by synthesizing melanins, which are pigments sent to other skin cells ...
Jul 14, 2023
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Scientists have designed an AI tool that can rapidly decode a brain tumor's DNA to determine its molecular identity during surgery—critical information that under the current approach can take a few days and up to a few ...
Jul 7, 2023
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The constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The definition dates from the 1940s, ...
Jul 3, 2023
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Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.
Jun 28, 2023
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A team of cryo-engineers and surgeons at the University of Minnesota has found a way to cryogenically freeze and thaw rat organs in a way that preserves their viability. In their study, reported in the journal Nature Communications, ...
Medical science has made tremendous advancements over the past 70 years. One of these is the transplant of human organs from one person to another. The first transplant—a kidney—was in the US in 1954.
Jun 23, 2023
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The recent tragic bus accident in the New South Wales Hunter Valley has again raised the issue of how we address the potential psychological effects of traumatic events.
Jun 21, 2023
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Scientists always knew a deadly virus was going to jump from animals to humans: COVID was not the first time it has happened, and it won't be the last. Should we be worried about frequent news reports of flu being detected ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Tanzania on Friday declared the end of a deadly outbreak of the Marburg virus, more than two months after it was first confirmed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Jun 2, 2023
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