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Plant-Based Diet Quality Key to Reducing Heart Disease
A review of health surveys going back to the 1980s reveals individuals consuming healthier plant-based diets are less likely to encounter heart disease than people eating less-healthy foods from plants or animals.
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FDA Grants Priority Review for Gene Therapy
A biotechnology company making gene therapies to treat rare diseases says the Food and Drug Administration granted an accelerated review for its treatment of an inherited eye disorder.
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Arizona Medical Marijuana Operators Merge to Create Super Dispensary
Two of the biggest medical marijuana operators in Arizona – Modern Flower and Harvest – have merged to create a super dispensary.
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Grant Funding Automated Genome Editing System
A consortium of companies and university in the U.K. and U.S. are developing an automated desktop genome editing system using the emerging Crispr technique.
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America’s Overdose Epidemic In Perspective
This chart, from Statista, compares the rate of drug-induced deaths in the U.S. with other countries.
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Start-Up Applying Artificial Intelligence to New Drug Uses
A new enterprise is being formed to apply artificial intelligence to connect drugs in development to treatments for rare diseases and other unmet medical needs.
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Students Design Prototype Soft Artificial Heart
Two graduate students in materials science and engineering designed and tested an artificial heart made with soft plastics for eventual use as an implanted device.
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Report: Long, Complex Effort Needed to Stem Opioid Abuse
A report released today says years of coordinated public health efforts are needed at all levels to contain and reverse the current opioid abuse epidemic.
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Easiest Ways To Boost Your Hotels Occupancy Rates
Knowing how to attract more guests to your hotel and keep that shiny, revolving door of yours spinning all year round is no easy feat.
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Nanotech Treatment Studied for Brain Tumors
Medical researchers and engineers designed and tested in mice a way to deliver gene-silencing therapies in nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.