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Zinc-fortified crops may fight diabetes, cardiovascular disease in poor countries better than supplements

The double burden of malnutrition is a rapidly growing global health problem. Many populations now face the combination of undernutrition ...
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Is artificial intelligence (AI) medicine racially biased?

The power of artificial intelligence has transformed health care by using massive datasets to improve diagnostics, treatment, records management, and patient ...
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Will schools maintain immunization requirements as vaccination rates plunge?

[E]ven as the coronavirus dominates concerns of parents and school leaders, the dwindling rates of routine childhood vaccinations are quietly ...
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Marijuana use during pregnancy increases infant’s chances of getting autism by 50%

[C]hildren of mothers who reported using cannabis during pregnancy had a 50% increased risk of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ...
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Deaths in less developed countries set to surge from malaria, HIV and TB linked to COVID-19 disruptions

Over the next five years, deaths from [HIV, tuberculosis and malaria] could rise by as much as 10%, 20% and ...
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Viewpoint: Germany’s pesticide use drops for 8th straight year, but anti-GMO groups say that’s not good enough

German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture data show that use of crop protection products, e.g. pesticides, went down last ...
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Vaccine danger? Rare complications after getting a shot could increase severity of COVID-19

Vaccines are designed to produce immune-system agents, including antibodies, that lock onto a virus and thereby neutralize it. In cases ...
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Viewpoint: GMO vs non-GMO foods? There’s no difference to your body or health

What exactly happens when you eat a GMO? ...
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Myocarditis and potential heart damage caused by COVID may be biggest challenge to resuscitating college sports

A small but growing body of evidence shows that COVID-19 can damage the heart, sometimes fatally, even in a previously ...
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‘A new chapter in my life’: Woman gets second face transplant

Carmen Blandin Tarleton, 52, underwent her second operation for a new face in July after the transplant she received seven ...
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GMO crops don’t cause infertility, systematic evidence review finds

A systematic review of published literature was conducted to determine genetically modified (GM) plants' potential impacts in infertility indices. Based ...
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Metformin: First pill that purportedly treats age-related illnesses in review for approval for trials

In recent decades, we've come leaps and bounds in treating and preventing some of the world's leading age-related diseases, such as ...
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Viewpoint: Media focus on COVID-19 deaths ignores lasting impact of ‘calamitous pandemic’

The media regularly reports about deaths from COVID-19 as if that is the whole story. But it's not. COVID-19 doesn't ...
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Can acupuncture treat COVID-19?

[Researcher Qiufu] Ma and his team set out to investigate whether and how electric stimulation using acupuncture, which only involves ...
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COVID and suicide: More than one quarter of young adults contemplated taking their life in the last two months

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data drawn from a survey done June 24 through 30. The data ...
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‘Will a COVID vaccine work on the grossly overweight? Our prediction is no’

[I]n the United States, where at least 4.6 million people have been infected and nearly 155,000 have died, the promise ...
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Natural immunity: Some people who have not gotten the virus may be naturally protected

[A] study, published in the journal Nature on [July 29], found that among a sample of 68 healthy adults in Germany who ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Health impact of chemicals doubled in last 5 years’? Gullible media misreporting flawed studies mislead the public

“Plastics and pesticides: Health impacts of synthetic chemicals in US products doubled in last 5 years, study finds," a July ...
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$10 COVID saliva test with results in three hours approved for rollout

[A] new test, which is called SalivaDirect and was developed by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health, allows ...
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Viewpoint: How body building culture and fad diets mislead consumers about protein

In most supermarket aisles you’re likely to come across at least one product that features ‘protein’ somewhere in the title ...
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‘We have hit the iceberg’: NCAA doctors say playing college football in the fall is a bad idea

“I mean, I feel like the Titanic,” [Emory School of Medicine’s executive associate dean Carlos] del Rio said on [August ...
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Worse than COVID19: Millions of deaths expected from other diseases as pandemic crisis sucks resources

Until this year, TB and its deadly allies, H.I.V. and malaria, were on the run. The toll from each disease ...
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Vitamin D from sunshine or supplements does not reduce risk of depression

According to [a] study from Massachusetts General Hospital released [August 5], vitamin D, also known as the sunshine supplement, does ...
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You are what your hair says you are: Follicles provide a map of your diet and health

Your mop can potentially shed light on whether you prefer veggie burgers or cheeseburgers, a new study has suggested. Researchers ...
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Fewer infants test positive for the coronavirus. Understanding why could help all of us

The initial data suggest that infants make up a small fraction of people who have tested positive for COVID-19. A ...
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Why SARS disappeared in 2003 while the coronavirus keeps on spreading

The unusual cases of pneumonia began to appear in midwinter, in China. The cause, researchers would later learn, was a ...
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As COVID rages, here’s now Notre Dame is bringing in-school instruction back

Hundreds of thousands of students will descend on campuses around the country in coming weeks, beginning their fall terms under ...
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Star Wars inspired ‘electronic artificial skin’ can restore the sense of touch for prosthetic users

[A] device, dubbed ACES, or Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin, is made up of 100 small sensors and is about 1 ...