A new website developed by researchers at Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI) and the University of Minnesota (UMN) is making it easier for organ transplant candidates to choose which transplant center is right for them. The website, transplantcentersearch.org, was developed…
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This Artist Has A Skin Condition That Lets Her Draw On Her Body—And The Photos Are Wild
For as long as I can remember, my skin has been different. As a kid, I thought it was just super sensitive. I blushed easily and would get bright red, raised welts any time I was touched with enough pressure,…
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Farmer loses her sense of taste after a quad bike crash
Farmer, 26, loses her senses of smell and taste after cracking her skull in a horror quad bike crash while riding without a helmet Beca Glyn, 26, fell of the bike on her family farm in North Wales in March…
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A prescription for the pain of rejection: Acetaminophen and forgiveness
Most everyone experiences the pain of social rejection at some point in their lives. It can be triggered by the end of a romantic relationship, losing a job or being excluded by friends. The emotional distress that often accompanies these…
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Demi Lovato Says She Was Exercising Up To 3 Times A Day Before Her Drug Overdose
Demi Lovato told Ashley Graham during a podcast interview that she believes her drug relapse was influenced by her eating disorder. She says she began over-exercising during the period prior to her overdose. Demi says she was working out as…
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2019 novel coronavirus is genetically different to SARS and should be considered a new human-infecting coronavirus
A new genetic analysis of 10 genome sequences of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from nine patients in Wuhan finds that the virus is most closely related to two bat-derived SARS-like coronaviruses, according to a study published in The Lancet. The authors…
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Boy gets his HAND reattached after slicing it off with a lawn mower
Boy, four, gets his left HAND reattached in painstaking six-hour operation after slicing it off with a lawn mower Shaurya Undre amputated his left hand playing with his father’s lawn mower He was rushed to hospital where doctors were able…
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Mumps cases soar to highest number in a decade
Mumps cases hit decade high in England: Health officials reveal there were four times more cases last year than in 2018 amid spike in students There were 5,042 recorded cases of mumps in England in 2019 That’s four times the…
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Anyone for a pond scum smoothie?
Anyone for a pond scum smoothie? Packed with vitamins, protein and minerals, algae-flavoured products are set to take the health food market by storm… but the taste is awful! Farmed on ponds – mostly in Asia but also UK –…
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Here’s why the WHO says a coronavirus vaccine is 18 months away
The World Health Organisation said this week it may be 18 months before a vaccine against the coronavirus is publicly available. Let’s explore why, even with global efforts, it might take this long. China shared publicly the full RNA sequence…
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