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A fitness trainer explains why cool downs are an essential part of any workout, and tells us a couple of her favourite stretches to try ourselves. The benefits of warming up are lauded by fitness fans and experts alike. Aiding everything from your mobility while you exercise to the weight you can lift or the […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday convened a public meeting of its Patient Engagement Advisory Committee to discuss issues regarding artificial intelligence and machine learning in medical devices. “Devices using AI and ML technology will transform healthcare delivery by increasing efficiency in key processes in the treatment of patients,” said Dr. Paul Conway, […]
Only 4 percent of all cancer therapeutic drugs under development earn final approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “That’s because right now we can’t match the right combination of drugs to the right patients in a smart way,” said Trey Ideker, Ph.D., professor at University of California San Diego School of Medicine […]
‘Mini-lungs’ grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a team of scientists from South Korea and the UK with important insights into how COVID-19 damages the lungs. Writing in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the researchers detail the mechanisms underlying SARS-CoV-2 infection and the early innate immune response in the lungs. To date, […]
A team of Duke University researchers has developed a lab-grown living lung model that mimics the tiny air sacs of the lungs where coronavirus infection and serious lung damage take place. This advance has enabled them to watch the battle between the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and lung cells at the finest molecular scale. The virus damages […]
Butter is like bacon in that it makes everything better. So many different dishes call for butter, but there’s something so simple and so beautiful about…a plain piece of toasted bread with butter on top. Though it’s easy enough to make already, some geniuses created a butter knife that heats up to make spreading your […]
Between 130,000 and 210,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States could have been avoided if the Trump administration had quickly and effectively implemented a cohesive public health response to the novel coronavirus, according to a new report. The report by Columbia University Earth Institute’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, titled “130,000—210,000 Avoidable COVID-19 Deaths—and Counting—in […]
Intermittent fasting is one of the most popular diets around right now, and its benefits and downsides are both well-documented. As The Healthy explains succinctly, intermittent fasting involves restricting when you eat and when you don’t, and many plans purport they can lead to weight loss as well as protection from several different diseases. The […]
Between 1 and 1.4 million fungal eye infections occur in the developing world per year, leaving over 600,000 people blind in one eye, find researchers from Manchester, London and Nairobi. Lead researcher Lottie Brown from the University of Manchester today publishes the first estimation of global fungal keratitis figures in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Infection of […]
My Big Fat Fabulous Life's new season will address Whitney Way Thore's shocking split from her now ex-fiancé Chase Severino In the trailer for season 7 of the hit TLC reality series, Thore, 36, learns Severino cheated on her with another woman and got her pregnant. The trouble begins as Thore grows concerned over her […]