Some Good (Medical) News
The medical research community has converged on the coronavirus in an unprecedented way, and for good reason. But with the focus of the…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI): What Is It and What Does It Mean for Us?
Are machines going to take over medicine? This might be a question you have heard or asked yourself, especially after watching movies demonstrating somewhat…
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Musculoskeletal Stem and Stromal Cell Engineering
Musculoskeletal traumatic injuries are some of the leading causes of morbidity and disability worldwide. There is an increasing prevalence of post-traumatic and degenerative pathologies…
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Is heat-stable carbetocin the new promising uterotonic agent to reduce postpartum hemorrhage worldwide?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 800 women die every day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Based on…
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Gabapentin: A Potential Drug of Concern for Pain Management
The United States has experienced a rapid increase in the use of prescription and non-prescription opioid medications since the beginning of the 1990s and…
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Innovations in Psychotherapy
Psychological illnesses have serious clinical manifestations that can be debilitating. It has been known for a while now that endogenous derangements in the dopaminergic…
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Breathalyzers: Not Just for Blood Alcohol Levels
In continual efforts to improve diagnostic and screening methods, a new emerging tool that is quickly gaining momentum is the “specialized breathalyzer.” An instrument…
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Ready for the Robots?
When I was little, my concept of robots was deeply rooted in what I saw on TV: large hunks of metal roaming the streets, leaving…
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Maximizing the Efficacy of the Immune System in the Battle Against Cancer
The history of immunotherapy in tumor suppression dates back to the early 1900s when the pioneer of the field, Paul Ehrlich, in his study…
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Using Smartphones to Detect Toxic Gas Leaks
In October 2015, the blowout of a wellhead connected to a vast underground storage system for natural gas near the Porter Ranch community in…
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