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Cysticercosis epidemiology in Spain: What’s new?
Cysticercosis, an infection caused by larval cysts of a pork tapeworm, is a leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in
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HHS asks court to dismiss CiOX lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is asking the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. to dismiss the
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There’s no such thing as oversharing in conservation
Social gadflies in an organization are the new superheroes of conservation, according to a study in this month’s Nature Sustainability.
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Toxins produced by e-cigarettes vary by flavor
The flavor of an e-cigarette may affect more than a consumer’s taste buds, according to Penn State researchers who say
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How did gonorrhea become a drug-resistant superbug? Scientists show how the gonorrhea bacterium resists last-resort antibiotic ceftriaxone while maintaining a robust growth rate
The bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is resistant to multiple standard antibiotics and now threatens to develop
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Childhood obesity declines project identifies community-based obesity strategies that work
To improve success rates and combat continuing disparities in the fight against childhood obesity, the Childhood Obesity Declines Project (COBD)
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Testing algorithms key to applying AI and machine learning in healthcare
Artificial intelligence and machine learning systems are gaining a lot of ground in healthcare, with everyone from tech giants like
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Primary care doctors may be unsure when kids’ bad moods are serious or not
All children have moments of moodiness, but family medicine doctors and pediatricians may doubt their abilities to tell the difference
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Legendary scientist Leroy Hood sees big changes ahead for 21st Century healthcare
The scope of Leroy Hood's accomplishments in science and medicine is daunting to describe. Since his days at Caltech in
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