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Brain Chip Reverses Man's Paralysis in Arm Ian Burkhart, 24, plays a guitar video game as part of a study with neural bypass technology. A computer chip in Burkhart`s brain reads his thoughts, decodes them, then sends signals to a sleeve on his arm that allows him to move his hand.
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Paralyzed man regains control of hand in 'major milestone' Nearly six years after being paralyzed from his chest down, Ian Burkhart has regained control of his right hand and fingers with the help of a computer chip implanted in his brain and other technology that bypass his spinal injury - what his doctors ...
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Brain Prosthetic Allows Paralyzed Man to Move His Hand Again On June 13th, 2010, college freshman Ian Burkhart was goofing off in the ocean with his friends, when he dove into the wrong wave.
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CDC: Zika definitely causes severe birth defects In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 file photo, Lara, who is less then 3-months old and was born with microcephaly, is examined by a neurologist at the Pedro I hospital in Campina Grande, Paraiba state, Brazil.
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CDC confirms Zika virus causes microcephaly, other birth defects This post had been updated. Federal health officials confirmed Wednesday that the Zika virus causes a rare birth defect and other severe fetal abnormalities, marking a turning point in an epidemic that has spread to more than 40 countries and ...
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CDC confirms Zika causes birth defect; 3 Yakima tests come back negative The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that it has officially confirmed that Zika virus causes microcephaly, and local health officials continue to advise extreme caution when traveling to areas where the virus is rampant.
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Study: Brain implant helps paralyzed man In this March photo provided by Ohio State University, Ian Burkhart plays a guitar video game as part of a study with neural bypass technology at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.
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Zika Virus Causes Birth Defects, Health Officials Confirm A therapist teaching a mother in Recife, Brazil, last month how to massage her baby, who has microcephaly. Credit Paulo Whitaker/Reuters.
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Chip, Implanted in Brain, Helps Paralyzed Man Regain Control of Hand Ian Burkhart, who is paralyzed, playing a guitar video game as Nick Annetta, an electrical engineer at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, watches.
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Differing perspectives on antiviral treatment efficacy in patients co-infected with HIV and HCV Two separate studies presented today at The International Liver Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain have offered alternative conclusions regarding the efficacy of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) among patients co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C virus ...
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Combined HIV and hepatitis C virus vaccination a possibility April 13, 2016, Barcelona, Spain: A combined vaccination against Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV moved a step closer, with the results of a study* presented at The International Liver Congress™ 2016 in Barcelona, Spain today.
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Brain Implant Helps Paralyzed Man Control His Hand Again Using Just His Thoughts An Ohio man who was paralyzed from the mid-torso down after a diving accident six years ago has now regained "functional movement" of his right hand, according to results of a clinical study published online today in the journal "Nature.
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CDC: Zika Virus Definitely Causes Microcephaly We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. {shareThisContent}. {fontSizerContent}.
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As the air gets cleaner, our kids get healthier A jogger takes in a beautiful day, running on Via Escola in Orange in 2013. The lowering of Southern California air pollution levels by as much as half since the early 1990s has led to better respiratory health for the region's children, who are less ...
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'Good fat,' low cholesterol, may not be so good after all (CNN) Diets rich in vegetable oils and low in saturated fat might not be all they are cracked up to be in terms of heart health, according to new research.
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When Air Quality Improves, So Do Kids' Asthma Symptoms Declining levels of air pollution in Southern California were linked to reduced rates of asthma and other respiratory conditions in children, a small longitudinal study showed.
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Experts Say Vegetable Oil May Not Be As Healthful As We Thought Data from an unpublished trial reveals replacing saturated fats with corn oil doesn't help reduce cardiovascular disease or death.
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Kaiser Develops Hepatitis C Innovative Screening and Care Approach to Improve Diagnosis The study found that the new screening approach could potentially improve disease detection for more than 1.5 million U.S. citizens who are unaware they are chronically infected with HCV.
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Federal health regulators seek to revoke license of Theranos blood-testing lab Health regulators have proposed revoking the federal license for Theranos Inc.'s California laboratory and banning the firm's top two executives from the blood-testing business for at least two years.
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Theranos' Future Looks Bloody Grim as Feds Threaten a Shutdown Caption: A laboratory scientist performs an experiment in a Theranos R&D lab in Palo Alto in 2014. Drew Kelly. Skip Article Header.
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Inside Sean Parker's $250 Million Bet To Cure Cancer The Parker Institute will develop cancer immunotherapies, and represents the single largest financial contribution to the field of immunotherapy ever.
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Theranos Under Fire as US Threatens Crippling Sanctions Elizabeth Holmes, the chief executive of Theranos, is facing possible sanctions from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Regulators Propose Banning Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes for at Least Two Years Federal health regulators have proposed banning Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes from the blood-testing business for at least two years after concluding that the company failed to fix what regulators have called major problems at its laboratory ...
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Behold, The First-Ever Brain Scans Of LSD's Mind-Altering Effects Researchers at Imperial College London compared fMRI scans of the brain on LSD (right) with scans of the brain on a placebo (left).
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This is your brain. This is your brain on LSD Cue the Steppenwolf, man, because we've got some heavy news to lay on you. Scientists have published the first images of what the human brain looks like under the influence of LSD, one of the most powerful drugs ever created.
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How LSD Makes Your Brain One With The Universe Some users of LSD say one of the most profound parts of the experience is a deep oneness with the universe. The hallucinogenic drug might be causing this by blurring boundaries in the brain, too.
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China Punishes 357 Officials in Tainted Vaccine Sales China has fired or demoted 357 local government officials for poor performance as it deals with the fallout from a nationwide public health scandal over the sale of improperly handled vaccines.
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Why People 'Lose Themselves' When They Take LSD When people take the psychedelic drug LSD, they may feel as if the boundary that separates them from the rest of the world has dissolved, as if they are connected with everything.
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China says 202 detained in vaccine scandal BEIJING - A total of 202 people have been detained in connection with a scandal over an illegal black market vaccine ring, the Chinese government said on Wednesday, as it vowed to improve supervision of the market.
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Can Silicon Valley cure cancer? Napster founder Sean Parker says yes Silicon Valley thrives on disrupting the traditional ways we do many things: education, consuming music and other media, communicate with others, even how we stay healthy.
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Better mental health treatment would boost nations' economies, WHO reports LONDON - Every dollar spent on better treatment of anxiety and depression produces a return of $4 in better health and ability to work - a big boost for countries' development and economic growth, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
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China Punishes 357 Officials in Tainted Vaccine Sales BEIJING - China has fired or demoted 357 local government officials for poor performance as it deals with the fallout from a nationwide public health scandal over the sale of improperly handled vaccines.
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A Good Night's Sleep Lowers Risk Of Catching Cold, Other Common Infections A new study has revealed results that we might have known all along. A good night's sleep is a secret to lowering risk of diseases including common colds.
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Experts Fear Zika Virus Could Reach 30 States Find out what communities and the military are doing to protect people, especially pregnant women, from contracting the virus. 1:34 | 04/12/16.
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Is raising the smoking age the right thing to do? As more states consider raising the smoking age to 21, science weighs in on the pros and cons. For as long as most people can remember, the legal age to buy and possess tobacco products has been 18 throughout the country.
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Health Officials Call for Less Aggressive Treatment of Pain In a sign of growing alarm about painkiller addiction, a group of U.S. state health officials, doctors and consumer advocates is calling for a stricter approach to treating pain in hospitals and clinics.
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Conjoined sisters undergo rare separation surgery One moment she's dolled up, smiling effortlessly toward the camera. The next she's in bed, in tears, just trying to calm down.
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Officials take steps against mosquitoes to protect from West Nile, Zika WHILE THE GREATER SACRAMENTO REGION IS NO STRANGER TO WEST NILE, ZIKA IS ANOTHER STORY. APRIL SHOWERS ARE GIVING WAY TO SIGNS OF SPRING FROM THIS EAST SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD.
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Mom Shares Important Crib Safety Warning with Parents of Twins "When baby proofing, I never in a million years would have seen this as a potential danger," mom says. Tags: Trending News, Twins and Multiples.
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DNREC urges precautions with standing water as mosquito season approaches DNREC's Division of Fish and Wildlife Mosquito Control Section urges Delaware residents to "Fight the Bite" by helping reduce local mosquito production on their residential, commercial or industrial properties through good water sanitation practices, ...
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Downey High students do part to raise autism awareness To celebrate Autism Awareness Month, students at Downey High School in Modesto are holding lunchtime activities each day during the week of April 11-15.
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With high uninsured rate, Miami-Dade faces health crisis, report says With rising cases of HIV/AIDS, more deaths from heart disease and diabetes than Florida averages, and the greatest number of uninsured working-age adults in the state, Miami-Dade County faces a growing public health crisis that threatens to overwhelm ...
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Painless patch, insulin-producing beta cells control diabetes This smart cell patch, developed at UNC and NC State is a proof of principle to treat millions of people with type-1 and advanced type-2 diabetes.
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Fast food may expose consumers to higher levels of harmful chemicals, study says The next time you add fries to your burger order, you may also be adding extra chemicals. A new study found that people who ate more fast food had higher levels of phthalates than non-consumers, suggesting the quick eats may expose diners to the ...
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Fast food may come with a side of phthalate chemicals Eating fast food may expose a person to potentially harmful chemicals known as phthalates, a new study suggests. People who consumed lots of fast food tended to have levels of phthalates in their urine that were 24 percent to 40 percent higher than ...
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Sallie O'Hara: Want to stop mosquitoes? Nix standing water Water, water, water ... we love our water in which we swim, ski, paddleboard and so much more! This is good news and not so good when it comes to eradicating mosquitoes.
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Spike in positive CWD tests is a cause for concern More than 9% of white-tailed deer tested last year in Wisconsin were positive for chronic wasting disease, according to results compiled by the Department of Natural Resources.
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Current Hepatitis C Virus Testing Guidelines Miss Too Many Cases, Study Suggests A review of blood samples for nearly 5,000 patients seen at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Emergency Department suggests that federal guidelines for hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening may be missing up to a quarter of all cases and argues for updated ...
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High Rate of Cancer Recurrence Found in Certain HCV Patients Scientists call for close monitoring of HCV patients prescribed direct-acting antivirals, particularly for those with a history of liver cancer.
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Study suggests laughter can determine friend or foe (RNN) - Next time you hear a joke, you may want to pay attention to how the people around you react. Laughter can identify whether people are among friends or strangers, a new study suggests.
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