In cases where cancer is fatal, 9 out of 10 times the culprit is metastasis. This is when the primary tumor has sent out cells, like seeds, and invaded other organs of the body. While medicine has made great progress in treating ...
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Hundreds of millions of people around the world experience chronic pain —meaning pain that lasts longer than three months. While the numbers vary from country to country, most studies estimate that about 10% of the global ...
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You see them crowding checkout counters at grocery stores—a rainbow of bubble-gum pink, lime green and blueberry packets, slender and upright, like a multicolored chorus line of dancers tempting an impulse purchase. At ...
Jul 26, 2024
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More than half of us are carriers of chronic herpesvirus infections.
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Walking requires a huge number of signals between your brain and the muscles in your arms, chest, back, abdomen, pelvis and legs. Something that looks relatively straightforward is in fact incredibly complex. And the pace ...
Jul 24, 2024
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After an amputation or a severe nerve injury, patients lose to a greater or lesser extent the ability to move and feel a lost limb, which limits their autonomy in activities of daily living. Currently, the only strategy that ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Thousands of Americans suffer from thumb arthritis. This disorder can greatly affect daily life and can make it a struggle to do simple things like opening doors or holding objects.
Jul 25, 2024
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Chronic pain affects approximately 20% of the United States population and 30% of the global population. Along with sensory manifestations, chronic pain conditions also are associated with high rates of comorbid depression ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Wearables measure several aspects of health, and heart rate variability might be one of those. It may be surprising when your device informs you that your heart rate variability is high or low, but what does it mean? Elijah ...
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Recent research has shown that our diet plays a crucial role in maintaining not just our physical well-being, but also our brain health. A diet high in sugars and processed foods can weaken brain function and negatively impact ...
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