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Putting radiation to the test to heal irregular heartbeat

Doctors are zapping the heart with radiation normally reserved for cancer in a bid to better treat a dangerous kind of irregular heartbeat

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023

Patients scramble to secure gender-affirming care in Missouri before April 27 restrictions

ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood held a pop-up clinic at its Central West End location on Monday for people seeking gender-affirming care, 10 days before new rules that would make Missouri the first state to greatly restrict care for transgender adults go into effect.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 18, 2023

This map of volcanoes on Venus is best we've ever made (image)

Scientists have built the most detailed map of the distribution of volcanoes on Venus, which is also the most complete volcano map of all planets in the solar system.

Space · Apr 4, 2023

Constipation, bloating and diarrhoea join list of Long Covid complaints, say scientists

Research based on medical records of millions of people who contracted coronavirus during the pandemic

Wales Online · Mar 10, 2023

Dogma-defying biology

New findings are revealing how dogma-defying disordered proteins work — and their role in diseases and potential treatments.

Axios · Feb 11, 2023

Creating a safer fentanyl. How UF researchers are making the deadly drug less addictive

MIAMI — A group of scientists say they’ve created a safer version of fentanyl that could potentially diminish the drug’s addictive side effects, which have resulted in annual deaths of tens of thousands of people across the United States.

Miami Herald · Jan 21, 2023

It turns out that chimpanzees and gorillas can form lasting friendships

Two decades of research in Nouabalé-Ndoki Park in the Republic of Congo found the primates foraging alongside each other, wrestling, seeking out their pals — and occasionally making threats.

WEKU · Nov 11, 2022

Animals: Evidence of social relationships between chimpanzees, gorillas

The first evidence of lasting social relationships between chimpanzees and gorillas in the wild has been found during a long-term study led by primatologist Crickette Sanz at Washington University in St. Louis. Read more on Dynamite News

Dynamite News · Oct 1, 2022

India and China clear needle-free COVID-19 vaccines

India and China have cleared two needle-free options for COVID-19 vaccinations

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2022

‘A collective trauma’: Covid keeps its grip on mental health of many patients

Rates of anxiety and depression have decreased since first year of the pandemic but there still aren’t enough therapists

The Guardian - US · Aug 27, 2022