Cardiology
Born with 6 heart defects, he's now a college junior and competitive swimmer
Zayne McCall was blue when he was born. Before his mother could hold him, doctors rushed him away to run tests.
Nov 14, 2022
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Medical research
A 'gentle touch' molecule confers light tactile sensation in humans—and perhaps in individual cells
You were probably taught that we have five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This is not quite right: "touch" is not a single sense, but rather several working together.
Mar 2, 2024
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Health informatics
Scientists use knowledge from climate system modeling to develop global prediction system for COVID-19 pandemic
At the time of writing, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is seriously threatening human lives and health throughout the world. Before effective vaccines and specific drugs are developed, non-pharmacological interventions ...
Feb 5, 2021
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Pediatrics
High marks in national breastfeeding care review
University of Virginia Medical Center and UVA Children's have earned excellent scores for their support of breastfeeding in a nationwide survey of hospitals conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jul 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
World awaits China COVID origins report
The much-anticipated report from the international mission to Wuhan to investigate COVID-19's origins is set to be published this week, following intense US and Chinese pressure over its contents.
Mar 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Robot allows clinicians to reuse thousands of masks in the COVID-19 fight
For health care professionals on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, a thin layer of personal protective equipment—gowns, masks, gloves—stands between their ability to help patients and the prospect of becoming ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Ophthalmology
Development of a color-sensitive, inkjet-printed, pixelated artificial retina model
Around 300 million people worldwide are visually impaired. Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), involving deterioration of retinal photoreceptors-cells, are the leading causes of partial or ...
Dec 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The Wuhan lab at the heart of the 'extremely unlikely' leak theory
A team commissioned by the World Health Organization to investigate the source of the coronavirus in Wuhan in January concluded that it was "extremely unlikely" that the pathogen originated in a top-security lab in the ground-zero ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Medical research
Q&A: Alzheimer's and Arab Americans—more research needed
Middle Eastern and Arab American populations may have higher rates of Alzheimer's disease and related cognitive impairments, but researchers don't exactly know because these populations aren't identifiable in national datasets.
Apr 25, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New smoking cessation intervention helps patients with cervical cancer precursor or cervical cancer quit smoking
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., accounting for about 1 in 5 deaths each year. It is also a risk factor for the development of cervical cancer and precancerous stages of cervical cancer. ...
Mar 16, 2023
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