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Don’t wait to follow up on eye doctor recommendations

08/22/2019 Doctor, don't, eye, follow, on, recommendations, to, up, wait

Regular vision screenings are part of all well-child checks at Penn State Health—but sometimes, caring for a child’s eyes requires

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Swallowable device to detect Barrett’s esophagus receives FDA 510(k) clearance

08/21/2019 510(k), Barrett's, Clearance, detect, device, esophagus, FDA, Receives, swallowable, to

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center developed the test for early

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New brain map could improve AI algorithms for machine vision

08/21/2019 AI, algorithms, Brain, could, for, improve, machine, map, New, vision

Despite years of research, the brain still contains broad areas of unchartered territory. A team of scientists, led by neuroscientists

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When does trash talking work? An expert discusses her unusual research

08/21/2019 an, discusses, Does, expert, her, research, talking, trash, unusual, When, work?

Karen C.P. McDermott recently completed a study on trash talk, the taunts or boasts meant to intimidate or distract an

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What drives inflammation in type 2 diabetes? Not glucose, says new research

08/21/2019 2, Diabetes, drives, glucose, in, inflammation, New, NOT, research, says, Type, What

To date, the underlying causes of inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have been poorly understood, which

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Sexual abuse survivors who aren’t believed are at higher risk of poor mental health

08/19/2019 abuse, are, aren't, at, believed, health, higher, mental, of, Poor, risk, sexual, survivors, WHO

Survivors of sexual assault who encounter negative responses from family members when they disclose their abuse are at higher risk

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Study reveals how stress can curb the desire to eat in an animal model

08/17/2019 an, animal, Can, curb, desire, Eat, How, in, model, reveals, Stress, Study, The, to

Eating disorder researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have discovered a neurocircuit in mice

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Age could be key to women’s worse quality of life post-stroke

08/15/2019 Age, be, could, key, Life, of, post-stroke, quality, to, women's, worse

After a stroke, women are known to have a worse health-related quality of life than men, both in the short

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More than half of younger patients skip or quit blood pressure meds

08/15/2019 blood, half, Meds, more, of, or, Patients, Pressure, quit, skip, than, younger

(HealthDay)—High blood pressure can be a killer. But a new study finds that more than half of younger patients—those under

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Dog detectives sniff out harmful bacteria causing lung infections

08/15/2019 'Dog, Bacteria, causing, detectives, harmful, infections, lung, out, sniff

Sniffer dogs have been trained to detect ultra-low concentrations of bacteria which cause lung infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.

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