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flu
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Employed individuals more likely to contract the flu
Lourdes Antenor Jul 1, 2021

A University of Arkansas researcher and international colleagues found that employed individuals, on average, are 35.3% more likely to be infected with the flu virus.

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stem cell
Healthcare News, Learning - Topics, Strategy
Roadmap to HIV eradication via stem cell therapy
Lourdes Antenor Jun 25, 2021

In a groundbreaking study, a team of UC Davis researchers has discovered a special type of stem cell that can reduce the amount of the

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sleep
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Sleep is a biological necessity and is essential to good health
Lourdes Antenor Jun 22, 2021

A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine emphasizes that sleep is a biological necessity, and insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders

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Alzheimer's disease
Aged Care, Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Unraveling the origin of Alzheimer’s disease in this new study
Lourdes Antenor Jun 22, 2021

The ultimate goal of the research is to help design a strategy to stop prion disease in humans — and, ultimately, to translate new approaches

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childbirth
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Hospitals/Clinics, International News, Learning - Topics
The out-of-pocket expense for childbirth in the US could cost up to $10,000
Lourdes Antenor Jun 21, 2021

The price tag for childbirth in America may bring some families sticker shock — even for those with private insurance. And when delivering moms require

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cybersecurity
Healthcare News, Hospitals, Medical Science and Technology
DB Results partners with AgileBlue to bring greater cybersecurity to the healthcare industry.
Lourdes Antenor Jun 18, 2021

DB Results announced that it has partnered with AgileBlue’s Security Operations Center as a Service (SOCaaS), to help businesses better defend against growing cybersecurity threats.

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sneeze
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Learning - Function
What makes us sneeze? understanding sneezing to treat future outbreaks
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

A tickle in the nose can help trigger a sneeze, expelling irritants and disease-causing pathogens. But the cellular pathways that control the sneeze reflex go

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restrictions
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Melbourne will ease lockdown restrictions on Friday
Lourdes Antenor Jun 17, 2021

Restrictions across Victoria will ease on Friday as the state records 5 new locally acquired COVID cases. One “concerning” case involves a vaccinated nurse at

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Mosquitoes
Healthcare, Healthcare News
As climates change, prepare for more mosquitoes in winter
Lourdes Antenor Jun 15, 2021

In many parts of the world, mosquitoes are a common summertime nuisance. But in places on the front lines of climate change, these disease-spreading insects

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Zinc
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Zinc causes and prevents kidney stones according to new discovery
Lourdes Antenor Jun 15, 2021

A funny thing happened on the way to discovering how zinc impacts kidney stones — two different theories emerged, each contradicting the other. One: Zinc

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Southbank
COVID-19, Healthcare News
No new locally acquired COVID cases recorded in Victoria as health authorities monitor possible outbreak in Southbank townhouse complex
Lourdes Antenor Jun 15, 2021

Local health authorities are monitoring the situation in a Southbank townhouse complex in a bid to prevent a potential outbreak as Victoria reports no new

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gene
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Learning - Function
Gene protection for COVID-19 identifies why some people don’t get sick
Lourdes Antenor Jun 10, 2021

The first evidence of a genetic link explaining why some people who catch Covid-19 don’t become sick has been discovered. A scientific and medical team

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