It was trialled on otherwise-healthy obese participants, who claimed the device was "hard to use", causing discomfort with their speech While there are many sure-shot ways of losing weight, there isn’t any like this bizarre invention. A new tool has been making news for some time now for its oddity, which ensures a person’s mouth remains shut so they do […]
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A single case reports thrombocytopenia with thrombosis syndrome (TTS) following the mRNA-1273 vaccine for COVID-19. Previously, it was hypothesized that adenoviral vector-based vaccines were the sole cause of TTS or vaccine-induced TTS (VITT). The case is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers from Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania report the case of a 65-year-old man with chronic hypertension and […]
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CN Bio, a leading Organ-on-a-chip Company (OOC) that designs and manufactures single and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), today announced that King’s College London, an internationally renowned research university, has adopted the PhysioMimix™ Multi-Organ MPS. Following a successful research collaboration, King’s College London selected the system to create a unique human-relevant liver-intestinal model for characterizing and manipulating host-microbial interactions, clomid and […]
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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom routinely boasts that California has “one of the highest vaccination rates in the United States of America.” But Newsom, facing a recall election this fall, rarely mentions that the state’s covid vaccine uptake has largely stagnated in Black and Latino neighborhoods hardest hit by the coronavirus, and in rural outposts where opposition to vaccines runs […]
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FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” and sryinge are seen in front of displayed Johnson&Johnson logo in this illustration taken, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo(Corrects to remove extraneous words in first paragraph) (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson will not be undertaking local trials for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in India, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday, citing a […]
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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago are offering free rapid diagnostic testing for COVID-19 in vulnerable Chicago communities and performing genomic sequencing on the samples to identify variants. The research is part of a National Institutes of Health-funded initiative called Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Underserved Populations, or RADx-UP. The UIC researchers are working to engage 7,000 Chicagoans in testing […]
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She’s known for making an entrance, whether it’s a red carpet or stage, but as far as pregnancy reveals go, Cardi B knows how to make heads turn. Congratulations are now in order for the Grammy-winning rapper who announced that she is expecting her second child with Offset, one-third of Migos, whom she reconciled with in November of last year […]
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We are mere days away from the Fourth of July, and it does not seem like the country is going to make President Joe Biden’s goal of getting 70% of Americans at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19. The problem isn’t just about availability — some of it is political, too. All the states with the highest vaccination rates voted for […]
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A new national study finds that children in the United States with greater screen time usage at ages 9-10 are more likely to gain weight one year later. The study, publishing in Pediatric Obesity on June 28, found that each additional hour spent on virtually all forms of screen time was associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) one […]
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Why are needles, forceps & drill bits STILL being left inside patients? New study reveals safety measures have not prevented extraordinary surgical errors Lying on an operating table after a suspected heart attack in July last year, David Fortes struggled to take on board what his consultant was telling him. The 75-year-old retired painter and decorator had just had an […]
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