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With a big boost from supercomputers, hospitals are shifting more of their focus to identifying people who need their help staying healthy
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A startup has developed a custom-fit tool that can brush the entire surface of your teeth all at once
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
The same genes that dictate whether or not you can accept an organ transplant may guide your choice in a romantic partner
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With polio on the verge of eradication, a career immunologist explains the medical marvel of vaccination and the pioneers who made it possible
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Researchers are analyzing chemicals naturally present on human skin that disrupt mosquitoes' ability to smell us
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From “i-limbs” to artificial organs, advances in technology have led to an explosion of innovation in the increasingly critical field of prosthetics
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Will 100 become the new 60? And do we really want that to happen?
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Researchers pinpointed the molecule responsible for the searing pain of a burn, and may have found a new way of eliminating it entirely
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Is a club where you train on walls while sensors track your body's performance just another fitness trend? Or is it real innovation?
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With so much interest in what's in our meals, food innovators are focusing on making the healthy palatable.
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An invention called the solarclave could help prevent millions of annual infections that result from improperly cleaned medical equipment
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Just posting calorie counts isn't very effective. What may work, though, is framing overeating in terms everyone understands
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Scientists are testing drugs that can sharpen our brain. But will they give some people an unfair advantage?
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With a possible pandemic in our future, immunologist John Wherry is racing to develop a once-a-lifetime vaccine
In an innovative program, prison inmates are raising puppies to be guide dogs for the blind
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