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Wearable Tech Can Detect Life-Threatening Heart Problems

Medikoe HealthTech Expert |      3 weeks ago

Cardiogram last week announced that it has developed a preliminary algorithm to use with the Apple Watch and Android Wear devices to detect atrial fibrillation with higher accuracy than previously validated detection methods.Atrial fibrillation, or AF, affects

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Researchers unlock a new means of growing intestinal stem cells

Medikoe HealthTech Expert |      3 months ago

Studying these cells could lead to new treatments for diseases ranging from gastrointestinal disease to diabetes.Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have shown that they can grow unlimited quantities of intestinal stem cells, then stimula

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"How a Light Touch Can Spur Severe Itching "

Medikoe HealthTech Expert |      7 months ago

For some people, particularly those who are elderly, even a light touch of the skin or contact with clothing can lead to unbearable itching. What's worse, anti-itch treatments, including hydrocortisone, don't provide much relief for this type of itch

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Study links brain anatomy, academic achievement, and family income

Medikoe HealthTech Expert |      8 months ago

In middle-schoolers, neuroscientists find differences in brain structures where knowledge is stored.Many years of research have shown that for students from lower-income families, standardized test scores and other measures of academic success tend to lag behi

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New test can predict spread of breast cancer

Medikoe HealthTech Expert |      9 months ago

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Your brain reveals who your friends are

Medikoe HealthTech Expert |      9 months ago

You may perceive the world the way your friends do, according to a Dartmouth study finding that friends have similar neural responses to real-world stimuli and these similarities can be used to predict who your friends are.The researchers found that you can pr