Health

Cheap Face Masks Little Help Against Air Pollutants

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Diabetes Drug May Help Kids With Autism Fight Unwanted Pounds

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NIH establishes new research program to address health disparities of chronic diseases

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, is launching the Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers (TCC) for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease Prevention program....

Cancer on Course to Become Top Killer of Americans

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Scans Show Range of Zika-Linked Infant Brain Defects

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NIH announces winners of public-private undergraduate biomedical engineering design competition

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These two versions of the smart pill prototype are shown in their post-collection state and are about...

Breast-Feeding Rates Climb, But Many Moms Quit Early: CDC

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'Bagpipe' Lung Infection Kills Piper

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New strategy holds promise for detecting bacterial infections in newborns

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have shown that it’s possible to diagnose a bacterial infection from a small sample of blood — based on the immune system’s response to the bacteria — in infants with fevers who are 2 months...

Stem cell therapy heals injured mouse brain

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Giving 3K3A-APC to mice with stroke-induced brain damage dramatically increased the production of new neurons (...