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Eating potatoes is healthy, study finds
Potatoes are filled with key nutrients,packed with health benefits.
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Brain scans show effect of poverty, stress on Black children
Disparities in 8 of the 14 brain areas scanned were affected by childhood adversity, particularly poverty.
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Topical gene therapy heals dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa wounds
“The results prove that B-VEC, the first topical in vivo gene therapy to reach late-stage development, can heal DEB,” one of the investigators...
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Three wishes: The changes health professionals want
“I would wish for staged implementation of universal basic health coverage for all, perhaps closest to the French or Canadian model.”
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Inflammation and immunity troubles top long-COVID suspect list
“I think that it’s a much more complex picture than just inflammation, or just autoimmunity, or just immune dysregulation,” says expert.
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Using live pigs in residency training sparks heated debate
A small number of graduate medical education programs still use animals, predominantly pigs, to train physicians in some subspecialties.
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COVID emergency orders ending: What’s next?
There will be cost-sharing changes for COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and certain treatments.
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Exercise halves T2D risk in adults with obesity
Adults with obesity in a supervised exercise program were significantly less likely than nonexercisers to develop type 2 diabetes 10 years later...
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Autism linked to problems with cardiovascular health
Children with autism were almost twice as likely as their peers to develop diabetes and high blood pressure.
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Washington medical board charges doctor with spreading COVID misinformation
Doctors and professional organizations are trying to protect patients from any harm that results from mistruths spread by colleagues.
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Kid with glasses: Many children live far from pediatric eye care
"We found that counties that didn't have access to ophthalmic care for pediatrics were already disproportionately affected by lower socioeconomic...