Discovery reveals potential way to prevent heart attacks, strokes
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a potential way to head off heart attacks and
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We must better protect wildlife to prevent future pandemics
Understanding animal disease is essential if we want to prevent future pandemics, writes Keith Hamilton. As the first WHO-organized joint
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Biomedical device can prevent deaths caused by blood clots
New portable technology that visualizes clots forming in flowing blood in a 3-D holographic livestream promises to dramatically improve screening
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Consuming omega-3 fatty acids could prevent asthma
New research suggests that a higher dietary intake of long chain omega-3 fatty acids in childhood may reduce the risk
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Looking back decades shows hospitalized patients need more than movement to prevent dangerous clots
Based on a systematic review of scientific studies dating back nearly 70 years, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and collaborating
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A possible way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease: Editing a key gene in human nerve cells
A team of researchers at Laval University has found evidence that it might be possible to the chances of developing
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How wearable sensor algorithms powered by machine learning could prevent injuries that sideline runners
A trans-institutional team of Vanderbilt engineering, data science and clinical researchers has developed a novel approach for monitoring bone stress
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High fat or ‘ketogenic’ diets could prevent, reverse heart failure
Research from Saint Louis University finds that high fat or “ketogenic” diets could completely prevent, or even reverse heart failure
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Weight-reduction surgery for severely obese adults may prevent second heart attack, death
People with severe obesity (BMI >35) and a prior heart attack who undergo weight-reduction surgery may lower their risk of
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Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19
With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs
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