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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US Food and Drug Administration approves most expensive drug ever, a $3.5 million-per-dose gene therapy for hemophilia B
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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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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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UK greenlights updated Moderna vaccine, Belgium approval due end of August
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Two decades of Alzheimer's research may be based on deliberate fraud
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US Food and Drug Administration officials took months to inspect a critical plant in Europe, leaving Americans without shots as mpox spreads
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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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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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Belgian researchers discover way to block coronavirus
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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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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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Moderna begins HIV vaccine trials
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First pig-human transplant: A recap
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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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Here come the antivirals
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Growth, population distribution and immune escape of Omicron in England
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Omicron update: Dec 17
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Psychiatrists are uncovering connections between mental health and viruses
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COVID-19 can infect the inner ear
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New cancer therapy from Yibin Kang's lab holds potential to switch off major cancer types without side effects
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The inside story of the Pfizer vaccine: A 'once-in-an-epoch windfall'
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Omicron: Vaccine nationalism will only perpetuate the pandemic
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Why US healthcare workers are quitting in droves: About one in five have left medicine since the pandemic started
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Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction
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Tens of millions of filthy, used medical gloves imported into the US
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How a false science ‘cure’ became Australia’s contribution to the pandemic
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In a major scientific advance, a pig kidney is successfully transplanted into a human in the US
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A major reversal on aspirin highlights a concept everyone should understand
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Medical leave reflections plus empathy sphere essay
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‘Smart toilet’ monitors for signs of disease
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First malaria vaccine approved by World Health Organization
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Merck says research shows its COVID-19 pill works against variants
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