Millions of Alzheimer’s patients have been given hope after a new drug has been shown to slow memory decline by 27% over eighteen months. It's the biggest breakthrough in a generation.
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Medical selfies
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An mRNA–lipid nanoparticle vaccine protects animals from twenty influenza lineages
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FDA approves most expensive drug ever, a $3.5 million-per-dose gene therapy for hemophilia B
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10,000 brains in a basement: The dark and mysterious origins of Denmark’s psychiatric brain collection
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10,000 brains in a basement – the dark and mysterious origins of Denmark's psychiatric brain collection
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In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth
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A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death
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The nurse who introduced gloves to the operating room
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Scientists have discovered a new set of blood groups. The ‘Er’ grouping could help doctors identify and treat some rare cases of blood incompatibility, including between pregnant mothers and fetuses.
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US Federal law now requires distribution of complete healthcare records to patients in digital formats
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The amazing power of "machine eyes"
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The Ice Bucket Challenge wasn't just for social media. It helped fund a new ALS drug.
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HPV self-sampling in Sweden leading to faster elimination of cervical cancer
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US tech workers are paying $75K for leg-lengthening surgery
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New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists
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Belgian scientists develop improved treatment for heart failure
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‘Disturbing’: Experts troubled by Canada’s euthanasia laws
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Two decades of Alzheimer's research may be based on deliberate fraud
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US FDA officials took months to inspect a critical plant in Europe, leaving Americans without shots as mpox spreads
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Allen Carr’s ‘Easy Way’ method helped millions quit smoking, but medicine never took it seriously — until now
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Under anesthesia, where do our minds go? To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.
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Facebook, Instagram taking down posts about US abortion pills
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Gender has a history and its more recent than you may realize—The story of how society, ignorant of medical research, made a stigma of something our bodies do naturally: not conform to a sexual binary
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Over twenty-five years ago Kári Stefánsson began examining the DNA of Iceland's inhabitants in search of the genetic causes of illness
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Swedish court has given disgraced Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini a suspended sentence for causing bodily harm during an experimental stem-cell windpipe transplant
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How often can you be infected with the Coronavirus? The spread of the Omicron variant has given scientists an unsettling answer: repeatedly, sometimes within months
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Bill Gates is so over this pandemic
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How Ben got his penis
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Belgian researchers discover way to block coronavirus
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He spurred a revolution in psychiatry. Then he ‘disappeared.’
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Autopsy of Adam & Eve: Looking at a selection of paper instruments from the 15th-17th century, at the Royal Society
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TikTok-famous doctors are getting into NFTs and it's a mess. MetaDocs’ NFTs were designed to "revolutionize medicine." But its social media–famous doctors can’t prescribe for or diagnose NFT holders.
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Canada will soon offer doctor-assisted death to the mentally ill. Who should be eligible?
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New type of ultraviolet light makes indoor air as safe as outdoors
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"Smart" surgical gloves track medical students' hand movements
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Dual use of artificial-intelligence-powered drug discovery
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Moderna drops vaccine patent in ninety-two low income countries
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Doctors transplant a genetically modified pig heart into a human for the first time
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Sacklers raise their offer to settle opioid lawsuits by more than $1 billion
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Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported
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Moderna begins HIV vaccine trials
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Is rhythm in our DNA?
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First pig-human transplant: A recap
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How to tell if we're beating COVID-19
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Better mental health found among transgender people who started hormones as teens
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World Health Organization and EMA doubt need of repeated booster vaccination
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Strong new evidence suggests a virus triggers multiple sclerosis
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mRNA vaccine technology has helped repair broken hearts in mice
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Here come the antivirals
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