Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe — and be non-invasively injected into the body.
Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly…
Category: 5. Health
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Using everyday products during pregnancy can affect newborn’s metabolism, study finds
A newly published study by researchers from Emory University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Columbia University found that a mother’s exposure to phthalates during pregnancy can affect their newborn’s metabolism and brain…
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Rates of breast and colorectal cancer screening nearly four-fold higher than lung cancer screening among those eligible
Lung cancer screening has the potential to catch lung cancer early and save lives — but only if people get screened. Although lung cancer screening is recommended in the U.S. for certain individuals with a history of smoking, only 18% of…
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Researchers concerned about rise in nitrous oxide misuse, deaths in US
Despite a recent Food and Drug Administration warning against inhaling nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, deaths due to misusing the substance are on the rise in the United States.
Andrew Yockey, University of Mississippi assistant…
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In pancreatic cancer, a race against time
Pancreatic cancer is projected to become the second-deadliest cancer by 2030. By the time it’s diagnosed, it’s often difficult to treat. So, for both individual patients and the general population, fighting pancreatic cancer can feel like a race…
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InnovationRx: Trump Administration Health Agency Layoffs Threaten Biotech Innovation
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Trump’s massive health agency layoffs, Palantir’s trade secret lawsuit, Gather Health’s new primary care model, Airna’s $155 million deal, and more.
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Are We Ready For Psychiatric BCI?
Inner Cosmos is a startup reinventing care for depressed patients unresponsive to conventional pharmaceutical therapies. Since the FDA granted the company a device exemption to initiate a feasibility study in 2022, they have fitted three patients…
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How Caffeine Enhances Cognitive Performance
Illustration of a woman drinking coffee, surrounded by coffee cups, 1930s. Screen print. … More
Few substances have woven themselves so seamlessly into the fabric of daily life as…
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Skin cells emit slow electrical pulses after injury
Wounded skin cells scream with slow-motion electric pulses.
Such electric spikes are a surprise because only nerve cells were thought to communicate this way. These signals move at a snail’s pace compared to nerve impulses and can…
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23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem
As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, concerns about what would happen to the personal information contained in its massive genetic and health information database were swift and widespread. A…
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