WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge study suggests the Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat at least sometimes — but experts say more work is needed to tell if using wearable technology to screen for heart problems really helps. More than 419,000 Apple Watch users signed up for the unusual study, making it the […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ernest Quintana’s family knew he was dying of chronic lung disease when he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, unable to breathe.But they were devastated when a robot machine rolled into his room in the intensive care unit that night and a doctor told the 78-year-old patient by video call […]
myfox8.com First baby born to woman with uterus transplanted from deceased donormyfox8.comSAO PAULO — For the first time, a baby has been born to a woman who received a uterus transplant from a deceased donor, according to Hospital das Clínicas at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine in Brazil. The uterus or womb, […]
TIME An Exotic Tick Is Turning Up In Some Parts of the US Here's What to KnowTIMEA tick that can cause “massive infestations” is spreading across parts of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns. The Asian longhorned tick is not typically seen in the Western Hemisphere. Nonetheless, the pest has […]
Rockford Register Star Could anyone have stopped gene-edited babies work?Rockford Register StarChinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies: twin girls whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. HONG KONG — Early last year, a little-known …Genetically modified […]
Yahoo News A Face Transplant Gave This 26-Year-Old a 'Second Chance at Life' — And Points to a Promising Future for PatientsYahoo NewsCameron Underwood is back to golfing, restoring cars and even sky-diving, less than three years after sustaining a self-inflicted gunshot wound that severely damaged his face and nearly claimed his life. Underwood, now […]
BBC News Cameron Underwood: Face transplant means I can smile againBBC NewsCameron Underwood says he doesn't get as many "stares or questions from strangers" since his face transplant. "I have a nose, and a mouth so I'm able to smile, to speak and eat solid foods again," he says. Cameron was speaking two years after […]
NPR US Life Expectancy Drops Amid 'Disturbing' Rise In Overdoses And SuicidesNPRFor the second time in three years, life expectancy in the U.S. has ticked downward. In three reports issued Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out a series of statistics that revealed some troubling trend lines — including …'We are losing […]
HuffPost World's First Gene-Edited Babies Could Set Genetic Science Backward, Experts WorryHuffPostEthicists and medical experts in the U.S. say that the use of gene editing to make babies resistant to HIV infection is a step too far ― and could be a step back for genetic science. News broke early Monday morning that Chinese scientist […]
Wall Street Journal Chinese Scientist Claims World's First Genetically Modified BabiesWall Street JournalHONG KONG—A Chinese scientist claims to have produced the world's first genetically modified babies, stirring alarm among doctors who warn such experiments using nascent DNA-editing technology pose too many health and ethical risks. He Jiankui, an …Scientists in China Claim First Gene-Edited BabiesHuffPostChinese University […]