Health

Researchers Used Chunks Of Tumour From The Brain Of Patients With Glioblastoma To Print A 3-D Model Similar To What They See In The Patients’ MRI Scans. And Then, Pumped The Patients’ Blood Into The 3-D Model With A Compound That Mimics The Brain, To Test The Efficacy Of A Potential Treatment Before Using It On The Real Body. Cool!

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Researchers, For The First Time, Injected CRISPR Drug Into The Blood Of People Afflicted With Transthyretin Amyloidosis—A Rare Deadly Liver Disease. And Early Results Show That, In 3 Persons, The CRISPR Drug Alleviated Toxic Protein Production Close To The Liver, Indicating Possible Success For Injectable CRISPR Treatment.

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A New Study, Based On Sleep Data From 85,000 Participants And Self Reported Data, Has Found A Link Btw Misaligned Sleep Cycle And Depressions/Anxiety. For Example, Night Folks Are More Likely To Be Depressed/Anxious When Working In The Morning, Relative To Morning Folks, Who Are Also More Exposed To Sunlight, Which’s Great For Depression.

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A Questionable Analysis, Based On 7 Cancer Studies Published Between 1966 And 2020, Seem To Indicate That Eating 2 Medium-Sized Mushrooms Daily Could Reduce The Risk Of Cancer By 45%. But Researchers Don’t Yet Know The Working Mechanism, The Specific Cancers Impacted, And If Other Factors, Like Diet And Physical Activities, Are Involved.

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Researchers Successfully Tested A New Cancer And Bacterial Killing Drug, SeNBD, By Embedding It, Like A Trojan Horse, Into Food Compounds For Cancerous Cells To Ingest. And SeNBD Only Activates In Visible Light, Enabling Doctors Decide When To Precisely Activate It, To Reduce The Chance Of Healthy Tissue Destruction And Other Side Effects.

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Researchers May Have Proven An Alternative Method Of Breathing Oxygen Via The Anus/Bottom. They Discovered That Severe Oxygen-Deprived Animals, Like In Mice And Pigs, Could Absorb Oxygen From Oxygen-Rich Liquid Squirted Into Their Rectums. This Alternative Would Be Most Welcome If It’s Practical In Patients With Severe Lungs Disease.

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A Blind Man Had His Eyesight Partially Restored, In A First Of Such Successful Treatment In Human Using Optogenetic Therapy And Engineered Goggles. The 58-Year-Old Man, For 40 Years, Was Afflicted With A Neurodegenerative Eye Disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Which Changes How The Retina Responds To Light, Which Could Lead To Total Blindness.

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The First Global Study Conducted BY WHO And ILO Showed That Long Working Hours Resulted In The Death Of 745,000 People, In 2016, From Stroke And Heart Disease. And That More Than 55 Hours Work Week Was Associated With A 35% Higher Risk Of Stroke And 17% Higher Risk Of Dying From Heart Disease, Compared With 35-40 Hours Work Week.

The US FDA Has Authorized The Use Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For Children, In The US, Btw The Age Of 12 To 15 Years. This Authorization Is Most Welcome, Especially For Schools Effectively Opening, And Other Adolescents Centered Activities Like Summer Camping, And Sleepovers. The Pfizer-BioNTech Is Already Available To Anyone Over 16.

The Largest 4-Year, 350 Patients Involved Case Study On Essential Oil (EO) Related Seizures, Specifically, Eucalyptus And Camphor Oil, In Adults, Provides New Evidence On EO Related Seizures Caused By Inhalation, Ingestion Or Topical Use Of EO, As Majority Of The Seizures Stopped In The 55 Seizure Patients Who Discountinued Using EO.

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The US Gov. Has Launched A Couple Of Tools To Make It Easier To Find The Closest COVID-19 Vaccination Sites. One Of The Tools, An Improved Version Of VaccineFinder, Is Located On Vaccine.gov. The Other Tool Is A Zipcode Text Hotlines—GETVAX Or VACUNA (Spanish Speakers). 1-800 Hotline, In Dozens Of Languages, Is Still In The Pipeline.

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US CDC Is Stating That Covid-19 Fully Vaccinated People Can Unmask At Small Outdoor Gatherings Like When Dining Outside With Friends From Multiple Households. But They Should Mask-Up In Large Indoor Gatherings Or Crowded Outdoor Events. Vaccinated And Unvaccinated Folks Are Advised To Wear Masks In Indoor Public Spaces, Like Malls.

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A Researcher, Based On Peer-Reviewed Research Studies, Is Indicating That Human Penises Are Shrinking And Genitals Becoming Malformed In New Babies, As A Result Of Pollution From Phthalates, A Chemical Used When Manufacturing Plastics. Phthalates Are Also Said To Mimic Hormone Oestrogen, Causing Behaviours In Adults That Lower Fertility.

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A Study, In A First Of Its Kind, Is Indicating That Conotoxins, From Venomous Cone Snail, Has Potential For Developing Novel Anti-Adhesion Treatment For Severe Malaria Like P. Falciparum. Conotoxins Could Disrupt Protein-Protein And Protein-Polysaccharide Interactions That Directly Contribute To Malaria, And Possibly To AIDS And COVID-19.

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The FDA, On 2/27/2021, Issued An Emergency Authorization For The Johnson & Johnson (JJ) 66.1% Efficacy Covid-19 Vaccine For Adults Aged 18 And Older. This Will Be The Third Vaccine Approved In The USA And The First Single-Shot Vaccine. The JJ Vaccine Also Does Not Have Tedious Cold Requirements Like Those Of Moderna And Pfizer/BioNTech.

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4 Persons, In Oregon, USA, Who Received The Complete COVID-19 Vaccine Dose, Tested Positive For COVID-19. This Makes Oregon One Of The First States To Identify “Breakthrough Cases,” In Which Folks Considered Immune Are Now Sickened With Mild Cases Of COVID-19. But Health Officials Are Not Surprised By This Given The Vaccines ~95% Efficacy.

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A New Study, A First Of Its Kind, Which Focuses On The Health Impact Of Cannabis On Blood Pressure, Heart Rate And Metabolism In Hypertensive Adults That Are 60 Years And Above, Shows That Cannabis May Reduce Blood Pressure In Older Adults. The Study Is Very Pertinent As Older Adults Have Become The Fastest Growing Users Of Cannabis.

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The World’s First Successful Face And Hand Transplant, After 23 Hours Of Surgery, Was Performed, On 22-Year-Old Joe Dimeo, By Doctors At The NYU Langone Medical Center. Mr. Dimeo, At Age 20, Sustained Third-Degree Burns Over ~80% Of His Body Due To A Car Accident. The August 2020 Operation Involved 80 People Across 6 Surgical Teams.

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A New Study Is Indicating That Infant Mortality Rate Drops By 1.8% Annually In Big Cities In The USA, For Every One Dollar Increase In Minimum Wage. The Study Is Based On Previous Studies That Have Consistently Shown That Increase In Minimum Wage Improves Standard Of Living, Alleviating Conditions That Lead To Infant Mortality.

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The U.S. FDA Has Approved The First Long-Acting Monthly 2-Shot Drug Combo That Can Replace Daily HIV Pills. The Combo, Called Cabenuva, Comprises Rilpivirine, Sold As Edurant By Johnson & Johnson, And A New Drug, Cabotegravir, From ViiV Healthcare. The Combo Are Given As Separate Shots Once A Month. 2 Months Dosing Is Also Being Tested.

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