Medications
Addiction counselor creates smartphone app to thwart overdoses
In his dozen years using heroin, Lucien Izraylov took pains to avoid detection. He was ashamed of what he was doing, so he almost always shot up alone.
Mar 4, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola vaccine trials being fast-tracked: researchers (Update)
Safety trials on an Ebola vaccine are being fast-tracked, meaning it could be given to healthy volunteers as early as September, researchers said Thursday.
Aug 28, 2014
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Health
Volunteer firefighters have higher levels of 'forever chemicals'
Volunteer firefighters—who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service—have higher levels of "forever chemicals," per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in their bodies than the general public, according ...
May 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UK trial reinfects volunteers who have had coronavirus
The University of Oxford said Monday it has launched a trial in which people who have already had COVID-19 are deliberately reinfected.
Apr 19, 2021
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Medical research
Scientists investigate a sperm-boosting nutrient which may help infertile couples
Scientists at the University of Sheffield are launching a pioneering study to investigate if a simple extra nutrient can boost male fertility.
Apr 11, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Beware of evening stress
Stressful events in the evening release less of the body's stress hormones than those that happen in the morning, suggesting possible vulnerability to stress in the evening.
Nov 27, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mind wandering is common during driving
Researchers in the United States have investigated mind wandering in volunteers during a driving simulation. When prompted at random during the simulation, the volunteers reported mind wandering 70% of the time. Using electrophysiological ...
Aug 31, 2017
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Cardiology
New study shows sex differences in the physiology of the heart
Thanks to new technology, researchers at the Clinical Physiology group, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, have demonstrated that females have higher myocardial perfusion, blood volume and ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Ophthalmology
Imaging method reveals long-lived patterns in cells of the eye
Cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) form unique patterns that can be used to track changes in this important layer of tissue in the back of the eye, researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have found. Using ...
Mar 21, 2019
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Vaccination
First volunteer receives Italian anti-virus vaccine
An Italian hospital said on Monday it had innoculated a first volunteer with an anti-COVID-19 vaccine as part of human trials expected to last six months.
Aug 24, 2020
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