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First human-pig embryos made, then destroyed (CNN) To grow human organs within animal bodies has long been the dream of scientists wanting to provide transplantable hearts, lungs, kidneys and other organs for patients in need.
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New Prospects for Growing Human Replacement Organs in Animals A pig embryo at four weeks, which had been injected with human stem cells. Credit Salk Institute. For the first time, biologists have succeeded in growing human stem cells in pig embryos, shifting from science fiction to the realm of the possible the ...
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Human Muscle Cells Are Growing Inside of a Pig It sounds like the plot of a science fiction film, but it's real: scientists have now managed to get human cells to grow inside a pig embryo, according to an experiment reported in the journal Cell.
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Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants For the first time, scientists have grown an embryo that is part-pig, part-human. The experiment, described Thursday in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo in the uterus of a sow ...
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Al Gore Revives Climate Summit The CDC Abruptly Canceled Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at a news conference with a gathering of U.S. State Attorney's General to announce a state-based effort to combat climate change in the Manhattan borough of New York City, March 29, 2016.
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Software as good as doctors at diagnosing skin cancer Paris (AFP) - Image-scanning software developed at Stanford University can distinguish deadly skin cancers from benign ones as accurately as top dermatologists, according to a study published Wednesday.
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Artificial intelligence used to identify skin cancer In hopes of creating better access to medical care, Stanford researchers have trained an algorithm to diagnose skin cancer. Facebook; Twitter; Email.
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CDC's canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore It turns out there will be a conference in Atlanta next month about climate change and its effects on public health. It just won't have the federal government behind it.
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White House stops ads, outreach for last days of 2017 ACA enrollment The White House on Thursday ordered federal health officials to immediately halt all advertising and other outreach activities for the critical final days in which Americans can sign up for 2017 health coverage through Affordable Care Act marketplaces.
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Gore, others revive canceled US climate and health confab FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
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BALLER: E-cigarettes are more dangerous than they appear I have always found the saying, "Find what you love, and let it kill you," to be both intriguing and frightening. In today's world, that task is becoming easier and easier as we're finding that just about anything can cause cancer or lead to terminal ...
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Washington state mumps outbreak: 278 cases reported in 5 counties (CNN) Washington state reported Wednesday that there have been 278 confirmed and probable cases of mumps across five counties since October: King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane and Yakima.
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Washington state mumps outbreak nears 300 cases A mumps outbreak in Washington state has grown to about 290 cases in five counties, health officials report. Mumps is a viral infection spread through infected saliva.
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Study: After decades of anti-smoking campaigns, 1 in 4 Americans still use tobacco Fifty-three years after the US Surgeon General's report on smoking launched countless anti-tobacco laws and campaigns, new challenges have emerged in the fight against nicotine use, according to a new study that tracks use of not just traditional ...
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Far out: UNC scientists may have discovered why an LSD acid trips lasts so long Center: A molecule of LSD bound to a larger serotonin receptor. The "lid" that keeps LSD bound so long is the orange bar running through the center.
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'Automated dermatologist' detects skin cancer with expert accuracy (CNN) Even though the phrase "image recognition technologies" conjures visions of high-tech surveillance, these tools may soon be used in medicine more than in spycraft.
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Could certain opioids lead to amnesia? Dr. Jed A. Barash, a neurologist, was the first to notice something puzzling was going on. Four patients over the course of three years came to Lahey Hospital & Medical Center with mysterious cases of short-term memory loss.
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Young Girls Are Less Apt To Think That Women Are Really, Really Smart Girls in the first few years of elementary school are less likely than boys to say that their own gender is "really, really smart," and less likely to opt into a game described as being for super-smart kids, research finds.
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Living without lungs for six days saves woman's life In what's believed to be a world first, Canadian doctors removed the severely infected lungs from a dying woman, keeping her alive without them for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive a life-saving lung transplant.
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Cervical surgery for pre-cancer tied to preemies and small babies (Reuters Health) - - Women who get surgery to treat precancerous abnormalities on their cervix are more likely to have premature or low-birth weight babies than women who don't have these procedures, a recent study suggests.
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New Jersey Leads The Way In Helping to Combat Infant Mortality MILLBURN, NJ - The United States has a staggering infant mortality rate, with 6.5 infant deaths per 1,000 births, landing at 23rd behind other industrialized nations.
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Skeleton offers clues to medieval spread of leprosy A medieval skeleton found at a UK burial site has revealed clues to the history of leprosy, say researchers. The remains were excavated from the site of one of UK's earliest known hospitals, near Winchester, Hampshire.
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Soon, artificial intelligence could check your skin for cancer A new algorithm can visually discern malignant skin lesions from less dangerous ones. Stanford/Matt Young. Artificial intelligence that diagnoses skin cancer as well as a dermatologist could one day rest in the palm of your hand.
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What's wrong with this picture? Pregnancy test ad goes viral, again A 2011 Dutch advertisement for an early pregnancy test for the company named Predictor is making the rounds on social media after a man posted on Twitter what either looked like a very obvious mistake or clever advertising.
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Why Doomsday Is Closer Than You Think Two and a half minutes to midnight. That's the new setting of the Doomsday Clock, the iconic symbol that attempts to show just how close humanity is to inadvertently ending the world.
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Doomsday Clock Insider Tells What It Will Take To Push Back Those Hands The mushroom cloud rises from the first test of a hydrogen bomb, "Ivy Mike," as photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain 1352d Photographic Squadron.
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New Jersey gives out free baby boxes in move to lower infant mortality rates (CNN) Babies born in New Jersey this year will go home with a sturdy, safe box to sleep in and additional newborn essentials -- all for free.
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Trump admin cancels ObamaCare ads The Trump administration has cancelled any remaining ObamaCare advertising and outreach planned for the final days of the sign-up period, according to Politico.
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CDC: Tennessee flu cases on the rise Jan. 26, 2017: Flu season is peaking across the U-S right now according to the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC is raising Tennessee's level of influenza-like activity from low to high after seeing an increase in people with flu symptoms.
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Trump on Their Side, Conservatives See Hope in Lengthy Abortion Fight Anti-abortion and abortion-rights protesters faced off outside of the Supreme Court in Washington last March. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times.
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Hawaii bill would classify homelessness as medical condition FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2015, file photo, a homeless man drinks water while sitting on the beach at Ala Moana Beach Park located near Waikiki in Honolulu.
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Report States 'Fat Shaming' May Lead To Greater Risks Than Obesity PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Millions of Americans struggle with their weight. It's known to increase the risk of things like diabetes and heart disease.
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There Are More Secretly Recorded Planned Parenthood Videos Anti-abortion group Live Action on Monday released a video of secretly recorded phone calls and in-person meetings at 14 Planned Parenthood clinics across America that do not provide prenatal care.
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California fights Monsanto on labels for popular weed killer FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A battle over the popular weed killer Roundup is playing out in California, where officials want the product to carry labels warning that it may cause cancer.
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Ali Larter Speaks Out at Planned Parenthood Rally in Philly Ali Larter is taking a stand in support of Planned Parenthood and hopes others will follow suit. The actress and author made an appearance at the 2017 Philadelphia Action Forum on Wednesday, along with Cecile Richards, president of the Planned ...
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Shocking Percent Of US Men Are Infected With HPV HPV, that's the thing woman get right? Well, not really. It's one of the more common STDs out there and it does not discriminate based on gender.
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3 left in race to become UN health agency's next leader GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization has narrowed down the list of candidates to be its next leader to three: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a former Ethiopian health minister, Dr.
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Planned Parenthood leader in Indiana, Kentucky set to retire INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky's president says she will be stepping down from the position this summer.
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