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Category: Medicine

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Using nanoparticles to treat osteoporosis

Posted on April 4, 2022June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

The cells in our bones play a crucial role in maintaining our bone health. Diseases such as osteoporosis can damage the health of our bones.…

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    Simulating cancer patients’ organs in the lab to test treatments

    Posted on April 4, 2022March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

    Scientists were able to combine the patient's cancer cells and immune cells in a culture "Petri dish" to simulate the patients’ bodies,…

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      A novel way to detect mutated DNA in blood of cancer patients

      Posted on March 31, 2022August 30, 2024 by Sciworthy

      Scientists test a new way to "type" cancers using a blood test, by irradiating the tumor to make the tumor DNA more detectable in the blood.

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        Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccine brands?

        Posted on March 24, 2022December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

        In the United States, three vaccines were granted emergency use authorization against the COVID-19 virus between December 2020 and February…

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          Preliminary results of using CBD to inhibit SARS-CoV-2

          Posted on March 21, 2022March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

          Early, non-peer reviewed results suggest the possibility that CBD inhibits the virus that causes COVID-19 but in cell culture. Whether this…

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            The connection between puberty, body mass, and nutrition

            Posted on December 9, 2021June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

            How does the body connect our nutrition to our development? A receptor in the brain plays a key role in puberty and growth!

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              Can the Mediterranean Diet reduce Alzheimer’s Disease risk?

              Posted on November 15, 2021June 25, 2025 by Nathan Gock

              Eating more seafood, fruits, and vegetables, and less red meat and dairy is good for your brain health. #neuroscience #health #brain

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                Is your child a picky eater?

                Posted on September 27, 2021June 13, 2025 by Sciworthy

                In an effort to find out if breastfeeding was related to eating behaviors during childhood, researchers studied a group of children for 6…

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                  Medicare eligibility improves health care access

                  Posted on September 20, 2021December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                  Becoming eligible for Medicare at age 65 in the USA is associated with reductions in the gap in health care coverage, access to health care,…

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                    Are mRNA vaccines safe for pregnant women?

                    Posted on August 26, 2021June 13, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    So far, it seems that the mRNA vaccine platform does not produce many side effects in pregnant women. It passes some immunoglobulins to the…

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