Someone has a heart attack approximately every 40 seconds in the United States, and one in five of those medical emergencies happens silently, meaning the damage is done without the person even knowing. But what if there were an AI system that could predict and prevent a heart attack long before one ever occurred? That’s […]
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Teddi, a 19-month-old girl, was the first person in the U.K. to receive a new, potentially “life-saving” gene therapy for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a fatal genetic disorder, outside of a clinical trial. About six months after treatment, she is “a happy and healthy toddler showing no signs of the devastating disease she was born with,”
A small and sponge-like implantable device strengthened the body’s ability to fight cancer cells — and prevent them from coming back, according to a recent study. Scientists at UCLA created this device to help solve the problem of tumors that resist treatment due to regulatory T cells. These cells are involved in protecting healthy tissues,
Erin Castillo, an English and peer counseling teacher in Fremont, California, came up with a unique way for her students to disclose how they’re doing mentally and shared it on social media — and now, fellow educators from North Dakota to New Zealand are following suit. Castillo put up a “mental health check-in” chart in
Exercise is linked to a wide range of benefits for children, from helping them sleep better to supporting their immune systems. Now, a new analysis provides another reason to encourage kids to get moving: Regular exercise could alleviate symptoms of depression in children and teens. The analysis, published in January in JAMA Pediatrics, reviewed 21
Good news for golf lovers everywhere: Playing golf is good for your heart health — and could even be better than walking for older adults, according to new research. A study published this month in BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine found that people 65 and older benefited the most from golfing compared to walking
Strokes are one of the leading causes of severe long-term disability and death in the United States. Time is a crucial factor, with speed of care often meaning the difference between life and death. So, what if facial video technology could detect signs of a stroke in real time and get someone help as quickly
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Observed annually on February 4, World Cancer Day is a global initiative to both raise awareness of the disease and mobilize people to take positive action in helping curb preventable cancer deaths and improve access to life-saving care. Led by the Union for International Cancer Control, the day originated in 2000 at the World Summit
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While love doesn’t make the world go ’round (as much as we would like to believe it does), both happiness and feeling loved can have an impact on a person’s life and physical well-being. In fact, researchers have found that teenagers who are happy and feel loved are more likely to have better heart health
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In November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first preventative treatment for Type 1 diabetes, a major step forward for those who have the lifelong illness. Now, individuals and families are beginning to reap the benefits of the breakthrough medication. According to the American Diabetes Association, roughly 1.9 million people in the U.S.
