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Jan. 23, 2024 – You’ve got the symptoms, but your test for COVID-19 isn’t positive. You’re not alone. JN.1, the now-dominant variant that accounts for nearly 86% of all circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains, may take longer to show a positive result on home antigen tests. Some infectious disease doctors and patients have reported that tests taken days …
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A new study discovered how to identify an elusive protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease, neurofilament light chain (NfL), using a blood-based test. This breakthrough could eliminate costly diagnostic scans and increase diversity in clinical trials for the condition. Photo Credit: Pexels Currently, Alzheimer’s diagnosis requires the identification of three distinct features in the brain: plaques …
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Dec. 27, 2022 — Artificial intelligence has achieved another milestone: Discerning the sound of an unhealthy bowel movement. A design for a “Diarrhea Detector” that could alert health officials to disease outbreaks like cholera was recently presented by engineers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Someday, the AI could even be used with home smart …
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We don’t always choose our gifts. Joy Milne’s superpower, one she inherited from her mother’s side of the family, was having a highly acute sense of smell. Milne might have never used her olfactory talent as a force for good, had it not been for her late husband, Les Milne. According to NPR, Les and …
