If you’re looking for a new, low-impact fitness class to try out, and you have already done yoga, swimming, and weight training, look no further than Pilates. “Pilates is a full-body exercise method that will help you do everything better,” Sonja Herbert,…
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Robomedic is the droid Antwerp hospital was looking for
When Belgian patients fear they have caught coronavirus and head to Antwerp University Hospital, the first face they see isn’t a masked triage nurse—but a one-eyed vaguely humanoid robot. The device, built by Belgian-firm Zorabots, greets arrivals and reads a…
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Researchers use ALCF resources to model the spread of COVID-19
With COVID-19 drastically altering daily life for people across the planet, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has moved quickly to join the global fight against the pandemic. Among the laboratory’s most powerful resources for scientific research…
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The importance of a skin cancer check
Q: I turn 50 this year and at my annual physical, my doctor suggested I visit a dermatologist to check for melanoma. I have never had any suspicious moles or spots on my skin, so I’ve not had a skin…
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DR MARTIN SCURR explains the possible causes of heart palpitations
Has a tooth infection caused my heart to race? DR MARTIN SCURR explains the possible causes of heart palpitations I have impacted wisdom teeth and recently had one removed because it caused an infection. I also started having heart palpitations,…
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AI tool gives doctors a new look at the lungs in treating COVID-19
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton researchers have developed a diagnostic tool to analyze chest X-rays for patterns in diseased lungs. The new tool could give doctors valuable information about a patient’s condition, quickly and cheaply, at the point of…
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The reproducibility crisis might be all in your software
Science is supposed to be repeatable. But more and more often, scientists are finding it hard to re-do published experiments and get the same results. Now, a large group of neuroscientists suggest software may be part of the trouble. Science…
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The Illness Affecting Kids Exposed to COVID-19 Has a Potential Treatment
On the call, saved in webinar form on the CDC website, experts noted that hospitals have had some success in treating the illness with immunotherapy and steroids, which can work to calm overactive immune responses. Previously the agency shared that…
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Meet the incredible young women fighting coronavirus myths in rural Zambia
There are rural pockets of certain African countries that have a limited understanding of the coronavirus pandemic – and myths, misinformation and fake news is killing people. However, a group of young women working in remote parts of Zambia are…
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Spending on primary care continues to lag in the U.S.
(HealthDay)—Spending on inpatient services, specialty care, and prescriptions together accounted for about two-thirds of the increase in total U.S. health care spending from 2002 to 2016, according to a research letter published online May 18 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Sara…
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