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Drug overdose related deaths sees an increase since the start of COVID
Lourdes Antenor Mar 3, 2021

The number of overdose deaths in the United States from the use of illicit drugs and the misuse of prescription drugs has risen to unprecedented

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hearing
Healthcare News
Hearing problems projected to affect 1 in 4 people by 2050
Lourdes Antenor Mar 3, 2021

Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the

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sickle cell disease
Healthcare
Sickle Cell Disease: A complex world of pain in a single gene difference
Lourdes Antenor Mar 2, 2021

A single letter difference in a single gene, inherited from both parents, spells a lifetime of anemia and pain for 20 million people, mostly of

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funding
Healthcare
Funding of $100M for medical research technology in Australia
Lourdes Antenor Mar 1, 2021

The Australian Government is investing $100 million in funding into the development of new technologies to improve the diagnosis and treatment of stroke, epilepsy and

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Healthcare News
Early-Warning for Seizures Could Be a Game-Changer for Epilepsy Patients
Lourdes Antenor Mar 1, 2021

USC Researchers have harnessed a powerful mathematical model to provide advanced seizure prediction, revolutionizing epilepsy management and treatment. Epilepsy is one of the most common

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oxygen
Healthcare News
Oxygen supply impacted in low-income countries as demand surges
Lourdes Antenor Feb 26, 2021

More than half a million COVID-19 patients in LMICs estimated to need oxygen treatment every day. New assessments show US$90 million immediate funding required to

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stem cells
Healthcare News
New discovery could help reactivate aging stem cells in the brain
Lourdes Antenor Feb 25, 2021

As people get older, their neural stem cells lose the ability to proliferate and produce new neurons, leading to a decline in memory function. Researchers

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Healthcare News
Lab-grown ‘mini bile-ducts’ used to repair human liver in medical first
Lourdes Antenor Feb 24, 2021

Scientists have used a technique to grow bile duct organoids – often referred to as ‘mini-organs’ – in the lab and shown that these can

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spinal cord
Healthcare News
Yale scientists repair injured spinal cord using patients’ own stem cells
Lourdes Antenor Feb 24, 2021

Intravenous injection of bone marrow-derived stem cells (MSCs) in patients with spinal cord injuries led to significant improvement in motor functions, researchers from Yale University

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air pollution
Children's Health
Air pollution is putting children at higher risk of diseases in adulthood
Lourdes Antenor Feb 23, 2021

Children exposed to air pollution, such as wildfire smoke and car exhaust, for as little as one day may be doomed to higher rates of

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dementia
Hospitals
My Grandma has Dementia: helping kids understand the disease
Lourdes Antenor Feb 22, 2021

Dementia is a syndrome – usually of a chronic or progressive nature – in which there is deterioration in cognitive function (i.e. the ability to

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Australia
Healthcare News
Australia officially starts COVID-19 vaccine rollout today
Lourdes Antenor Feb 22, 2021

Australia remains on track and begins rolling out the COVID-19 Vaccination Program starting today, February 22, 2021. Initial doses of vaccines will go to: aged

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