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Medical Notes: The Miracle of Synthetic Blood, How Having a Choice Increases Vaccine Acceptance, and Why Warm Winters Worsen Allergy Season

Do you know your blood type? It might not matter anymore thanks to new research published in Science Translational Medicine. Scientists have created synthetic platelets, which are small cell fragments in our blood that form clots and stop bleeding. Many …
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Medical Notes: Opioid-Alternative For Nerve Pain, Robots Are Taking Over The Operating Room, And How To Accurately Measure Sleep

Treating pain without opioids Thousands of people die from opioid-related overdoses each year. Many of them started their addiction with prescriptions for pain. A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may have found an …
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Medical Notes: Overcoming Your Fear Of The Dentist, Solving Severe Food Allergies, And Why Teenagers May Be Too Busy

Are food allergies on the rise? About one in 13 kids have a severe food allergy, but an injectable medication could help change that. Results from a study in the New England Journal of Medicine show that the FDA-approved drug substantially reduces …
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Medical Notes: Staying Safe During the Solar Eclipse, Why You Should Constantly Talk To Your Newborn, and Are You Over-Medicated?

Are you over-medicated? The University of Michigan’s national poll on healthy aging reports that one in four older adults take aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes. However, more than half of these adults don’t have any history of heart disease. …
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Should We Embrace Dementia?

Many people view dementia as a death sentence, but Dr. Tia Powell says we need to rethink our perspective. You can prepare today for a possible future of declined mental health. She details how to invest in your future by learning certain skills and activities …
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