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Hawaii Urged Equal Access To Fertility; Set To Be First American State With This Law
By Gerard Black | Apr 12, 2017 03:30 AM EDTHawaii is set to be the first American state with a law requiring insurance companies to cover costs of in vitro fertilization in surrogates and single women.
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NHS Scotland Approves Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis For HIV Prevention; Here's The Details
By Gerard Black | Apr 11, 2017 11:44 PM EDTThe NHS Scotland approved funding PrEP drugs for people at risk of contracting HIV.
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How Long-Term Memories Are Formed Can Shed Light On Alzheimer's Research [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 10, 2017 11:42 AM EDTAn MIT study on how long-term memories are formed may shed light questions in Alzheimer's research.
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Having Pets Lowers Risk Developing Allergies Later In Life, Prevent Obesity In Children [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 10, 2017 11:41 AM EDTCanadian researchers have found a link between pet ownership and developing allergies later in life and helping prevent obesity in children.
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FDA Approves Genetic Test for Disease Risk [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 10, 2017 08:16 AM EDTThe FDA has approved the sale and marketing of a genetic test for disease risk called the Personal Genome Service Genetic Health Risk from the company 23andME.
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Mutant Gene Disrupts Internal Biological Clock In Humans [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 08, 2017 11:16 AM EDTNight owls have a variant gene that messes up the internal body clock of humans that is why they have irregular sleeping patterns.
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Harmless Virus Key To Understanding How Celiac Disease Develops
By Gerard Black | Apr 08, 2017 11:13 AM EDTUnderstanding how celiac disease develops is an urgent area of study as an increasing number of Americans are being diagnosed with the disease.
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Testing Side Effects Of New Male Contraceptive Injection [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 07, 2017 09:23 AM EDTA new male contraceptive injection is close to have clinical trials in humans after being found to be reversible in the laboratory and have minimal side effects.
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Beginning Of The End Of The Cassini Space Probe Mission [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 07, 2017 08:25 AM EDTNASA will soon begin the final flight plan of the Cassini space probe mission this April and crash into Saturn in September.
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GlaxoSmithKline recalls 500,000 defective inhalers in US [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 06, 2017 08:10 AM EDTPharmaceutical giant has announced a voluntary recall of over 500,000 inhalers produced from their North Carolina plant.
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Get Paid To Stay In Bed for Sixty Days [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 06, 2017 08:08 AM EDTThe Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology are looking for volunteers who will stay in bed for sixty days.
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FDA Nominee Too Close To The Pharmaceutical Industry, Democrats Say [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 06, 2017 07:59 AM EDTThe US Senate will discuss the nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb to the Food and Drug Administration but Democrats believe he is not fit for the job as he is deemed too close to the pharmaceutical industry.
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UN Population Fund, Aid Agencies Affected By US Funding Cuts [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 06, 2017 07:25 AM EDTThe US funding cuts is set to remove budget earmarked for the UN Population Fund and international aid agencies.
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Experimental Zika Virus Vaccine Trial Moves To Phase 2 In Multiple Countries [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 05, 2017 07:15 AM EDTThe NIH has given the go signal for an experimental Zika virus vaccine trial that will make use of a DNA vaccine of the virus.
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Bionic Leaf: Scientists Create Fertilizer From Natural Sources [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 05, 2017 07:13 AM EDTScientists have created the bionic leaf that can produce its own fertilizer from natural sources.
