Niall Horan, 26, was just a young boy with big dreams when he auditioned for a place on The X Factor. The Irish singer had no idea how his life would change when after his successful audition he was paired up with four other star-eyed boys to form a pop group. And the rest, as they say, was history. One […]
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U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests found elevated levels of a contaminant linked to cancer. The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that several batches of the drug metformin tested positive for unsafe levels of a chemical called N-Nitrosodimethylamine. The agency has stepped up testing […]
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The technologies available to ensure high-quality care and patient safety are varied, but all depend on data, especially from electronic health record systems, to ensure care providers are making the best decisions during care delivery and have developed safe treatment plans. But making clinical decision support and advanced analytics models work together optimally is easier said than done. In this […]
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The COVID-19 crisis points to female leadership as a marker for healthier and more equal societies that are more receptive to political agendas placing social and environmental wellbeing at the core of national policymaking, according to a new analysis involving Lorenzo Fioramonti from the University of Pretoria and Luca Coscieme from Trinity. The researchers ran some statistical analyses on available […]
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In January 2015, food sales at restaurants overtook those at grocery stores for the first time. Most thought this marked a permanent shift in the American meal. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, that trend took a U-turn. Restaurant revenue cratered, while shoppers emptied grocery shelves stocking up on food to cook at home. And with sales of pantry items soaring, […]
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A team of researchers has generated a developmental map of a key sound-sensing structure in the mouse inner ear. Scientists at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their collaborators analyzed data from 30,000 cells from mouse cochlea, the snail-shaped structure of the inner ear. The results provide insights […]
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In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments around the world: from global case numbers and quarantines, to vaccine development, to best practices for safety, prevention and treatment. […]
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Hair loss can affect not only just the scalp but the entire body too. The condition may be temporary or permanent and is often the result of either genes, hormonal changes, medical conditions, a normal part of ageing or stress. Anyone can lose hair on their head; however, it is more common among men. Hair loss can leave a person feeling glum […]
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The death toll from the coronavirus spiked again in the United States, and Latin America’s pandemic crisis deepened, as Europe’s re-opening from lockdown grew bolder by the day. Grim figures from the Americas were accompanied by the growing economic fallout, with the number of people filing unemployment claims in the US reaching 40 million, and Brazil shedding five million jobs. […]
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Twice as high risk due to a faulty Gene? With dementia related faulty Gene appears to double the risk for a severe course of COVID-19. This also applies to people who are not suffering from any Form of dementia. In the case of a large-scale joint study of the University of Exeter Medical School and the University of Connecticut School […]
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