Month: August 2023

NASA says it has heard from its Voyager 2 spacecraft after a wrong command cut off communications. Flight controllers accidentally ...

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Using Ozempic for ‘Minor’ Weight Loss: Fair or Foul?

Aug. 1, 2023 – Ashley Raibick is familiar with the weight loss yo-yo. She’s bounced through the big names: Weight ...

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Grip Strength Is a Crucial Vital Sign Your Doc Has Never Taken

Aug. 1, 2023 -- Most people hear “firm handshake” and automatically think “business world.” A cursory search reveals articles with ...

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Long COVID Treatment Trials – Finally – Set to Start

July 31, 2023 – Enrollment is opening for four clinical trials to evaluate new treatments for long COVID, the National ...

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First randomized trial finds AI-supported mammography screening is safe and almost halves radiologist workload

Credit: CC0 Public Domain An interim safety analysis of the first randomized controlled trial of its kind involving over 80,000 ...

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Early-stage cancer diagnoses decreased sharply in the US during first year of COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 and Cancer. Credit: American Cancer Society A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) found monthly ...

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Results of trial will help guide treatment of malignant bowel obstruction in patients with advanced cancer

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Findings from the first-ever prospective trial including a randomized pathway comparing surgery to non-surgical treatment of ...

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New research shines light on how COVID-19 vaccination reduces severity and mortality after breakthrough infections

A medical assistant prepares a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to a patient. Credit: Public domain image ...

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Fructose intake driver of obesity, just like in hibernating animals, study finds