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New Resources That Will Help Speed Diagnosis of Rare Diseases
The rare community has made huge strides in the 30 years that…
11 Social Factors That Contribute to Higher Readmissions
Are readmissions in or out of a hospital’s control? Who should be…
Scientists Recode Entire Genome of Organism: The Dawn of Synthetic Biology?
Like editors trying to improve a poorly-written book, a team of scientists…
Air Pollution Causes Cancer: WHO Says We Must Act “Without Further Delay”
Outside air pollution causes cancer and is a major risk to health…
Gene Mutations That Cause Dementia and ALS Successfully Targeted in New Experiments
The idea behind ‘personalized’ medicine is to target the precise mutation in…
7 Ways Caregivers Can Prevent Readmissions
Today’s health care system is facing a new crisis: how do we…
Understanding Cancer: It’s Getting More Complicated
A diagnosis of cancer is the last thing anyone wants to hear.…
A Ludicrous Colonoscopy Rule and the ACA
“An ounce of prevention” we all know is good medicine. An…
Neuroscientists Discover Roots of Empathy: What Part of the Brain Helps Us Feel for Others?
(Public domain) Researchers from the Max Planck Institute discover how the supramarginal gyrus…