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New Algorithm Uses Online Learning for Massive Cell Data Sets
The method enables researchers to analyze millions of cells with the amount of memory found on a standard computer.
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Most Young People Eager for COVID-19 Vaccine, Poll Shows
Teens and young adults are increasingly eager to get vaccinated against coronavirus but a minority, including many Black teens, express the same vaccine hesitation as older adults.
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Attacking Aortic Aneurysms Before They Grow
New basic science research shows what happens when you inhibit JMJD3 through both genetics and pharmacology.
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Unique Heart Failure Service Equips Patients with Lifesaving Tools
The program, designed to provide treatment and education, reduces hospital readmissions.
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Virus is ‘Not Done with Us’: Latest COVID Wave Fills Beds, Hammers ER Workers
A variant is spreading and more young Michiganders are being hospitalized, pushing the system’s limits.
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Delaying Cardiovascular Surgeries Due to COVID-19 Has Serious Psychological Effects on Patients
Postponing procedures during the pandemic sparked anxiety and fear among patients, with many concerned about dying of their conditions before getting surgery.
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Epidemic of Firearm Injury Spurs New Wave of Research
Firearm injuries and deaths, from mass shootings to suicides, are a public health epidemic, but research on gun injury and death has lagged. New injury prevention studies could change that.
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Biomarker Could Help Identify Difficult-to-Diagnose Kidney Cancer Subtype
MiTF renal cell carcinoma can masquerade as other subtypes and may not respond as well to front-line therapies.
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Two Blood Thinners at Once: More Risk with the Same Reward
For some patients, adding aspirin to a direct oral anticoagulant rarely adds up, a new study finds.
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Does Public Policy Affect Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Deaths?
With alcohol-related liver disease cases on the rise in the U.S.., lver experts are examining how public policy impacts the mortality rates of those in this otherwise young, healthy population.
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So You Got Vaccinated Against COVID-19. Now What?
After your vaccinated can you go out in public? Could you still get sick? Do you have to quarantine? Answer to common questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
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Convenience Over Reputation: Study Looks at How Older Adults Pick a Doctor
Online doctor ratings may promise a better way to find a doctor but a poll shows most older adults don’t consider them very important when choosing a physician.
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Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer and High Mutational Burden Benefit from Pembrolizumab
Study findings support the recent FDA approval of the immunotherapy agent for patients whose cancers have high number of mutations.
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What You Should Know About the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Vaccine Pause
The Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine has been paused. What a blood clotting specialist wants you to know.
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Mask Use Low When People Visit With Friends
While nearly all Americans use a mask at some point each week, very few consistently wear their mask during many common potentially risky activities, study shows.