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Medical Notes: Your New Robotic Bestie, an Uptick in Cases of Treatment-Resistant Malaria, and Why Cancer Patients Should Practice Meditation

Cancer treatments are taking a more holistic approach New national guidelines say cancer patients should practice more mind-body techniques to ease anxiety and depression. These include mindfulness meditation, yoga, hypnosis, and music therapy. Supplements …
ListenMedical Notes: Your New Robotic Bestie, an Uptick in Cases of Treatment-Resistant Malaria, and Why Cancer Patients Should Practice Meditation

Medical Notes: One Pill Could Replace Your Daily Workout, How Your Hometown Contributes to Your Diet, and a Less-Invasive Alternative to Injections

Have we found an alternative to injecting medicine? Needles are a fear for many people, but some necessary medications can’t be taken any other way. In an effort to update this delivery system, scientists have created a new, suction cup method. The small …
ListenMedical Notes: One Pill Could Replace Your Daily Workout, How Your Hometown Contributes to Your Diet, and a Less-Invasive Alternative to Injections

Medical Notes: Rodents May Be the Key to Immortality, New Treatments for Muscular Dystrophy, and Why Dogs Are Great for Your Health

A new hope for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy The FDA has recently given accelerated approval to a new drug for the neuromuscular disease. It’s a gene transfer therapy for pediatric patients age four and five years old who still have …
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Medical Notes: Kids Using Weight Loss Drugs, Adding Insects to Your Next Meal, and Why You Should Stop Putting Bananas in Your Smoothies

Covid-19 may have left babies vulnerable to disease New research published in Scientific Reports tested the gut microbiome of infants born during the pandemic. The findings show that these kids have fewer species of bacteria in the gut – a factor that could …
ListenMedical Notes: Kids Using Weight Loss Drugs, Adding Insects to Your Next Meal, and Why You Should Stop Putting Bananas in Your Smoothies