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A team of 245 UCLA undergraduates and 31 high school students has published an encyclopedia of more than 1,000 genes, including 421 genes whose functions were previously unknown. The research was conducted in fruit flies, and the genes the researchers describe in the analysis may be associated with the development of the brain, eye, lymph […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Authorities in Texas are investigating a second suspected case on US soil of a new and deadly Chinese virus, officials said Thursday. Brazos County, northwest of Houston, “is investigating a suspected case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV),” officials wrote in a statement on Facebook. “The patient traveled from Wuhan, China, […]
"I have this thing called Ectrodactyly and it causes my pinky fingers to look the way they do," Hailey Baldwin revealed. American model Hailey Baldwin recently revealed she has a rare genetic condition that makes her fingers look slightly crooked. Baldwin, who officially married singer Justin Bieber in 2019, took to Instagram to explain why […]
Passengers flying into Heathrow from China will be SEPARATED from other travellers on arrival amid fears killer SARS-like coronavirus will spread to the UK ‘Separate area’ at Heathrow will screen travellers arriving from affected regions British officials say that the outbreak across Asia is constantly under review Nine patients have died from the coronavirus, which […]
Americans are getting lonelier and jeopardizing their health as more join the gig economy or skip the commute to an office, a report out Thursday found. The percent of people classified as lonely increased from 54% in 2018 to 61% in 2019, according to the report commissioned by the insurer Cigna. The company, which released […]
Since The Health Lottery began in 2011, there have been a staggering 12 million winners, picking up more than £150million in prize money. And that number is set to soar even higher thanks to a change to the game for 2020 which promises to create more winners than ever before. Now when you buy a […]
(HealthDay)—Sleep quality is associated with mood state, disability, and quality of life among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study published online Jan. 16 in Scientific Reports. Carla Marinelli, from the University Hospital of Padua in Italy, and colleagues evaluated sleep quality among 166 IBD patients to identify possible independent risk factors […]
Microcomputer implanted inside heart failure patients could improve prognosis and quality of life The first microcomputer inside the heart for patients with heart failure could improve their prognosis and quality of life. Grandfather-of-seven Andrew Smith, 71, a retired chartered accountant from Truro in Cornwall, was one of the first UK patients to have it fitted, […]
When Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston decided to make the move to a cloud-based environment to support a host of new applications and prepare for a cloud-centric future, Manu Tandon, the health system’s chief information officer, knew preparedness and experience would be the twin pillars of success. “We are one of the few […]
A group of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have developed an app-based pilot project to help relieve stress and offer support to caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s or dementia. USask computer science Ph.D. student Jenna Neiser said she has noticed a lack of resources and accessibility in Saskatchewan, when it comes to caregiver health. That’s […]