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Intense magnetic stimulation could reduce severe depression, new study shows

...of 90,000 pulses per treatment course. This new experimental therapy delivers 18,000 theta-burst pulses across a day in a patterned schedule over five days, the study said. TMS is a...

...of 90,000 pulses per treatment course. This new experimental therapy delivers 18,000 theta-burst pulses across a day in a patterned schedule over five days, the study said. TMS is a...

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...was neck deep in building a rank list; as an ophthalmology applicant, mine was due in early January. Every day, I oscillated back and forth, moving programs up my list...

...was neck deep in building a rank list; as an ophthalmology applicant, mine was due in early January. Every day, I oscillated back and forth, moving programs up my list...

A med student’s Christmas wish list

...all the holiday joy and cheer I personally felt I was missing out on while I forced myself to pore over textbooks, lecture notes, and practice exams over the past...

...all the holiday joy and cheer I personally felt I was missing out on while I forced myself to pore over textbooks, lecture notes, and practice exams over the past...

Too high: Side effects hamper many blood pressure medications

...ACEIs, cause side effects. Calcium channel blockers, like amlodipine, can cause swelling in the feet and ankles that's greatest at the end of the day and often worse for women....

...ACEIs, cause side effects. Calcium channel blockers, like amlodipine, can cause swelling in the feet and ankles that's greatest at the end of the day and often worse for women....

To prevent altitude sickness, same-day medication may help

...exposure and it is not prohibitively expensive. And he was glad to point out another key benefit of same-day dosing of acetazolamide: "Morning of dosing also means that you can...

...exposure and it is not prohibitively expensive. And he was glad to point out another key benefit of same-day dosing of acetazolamide: "Morning of dosing also means that you can...

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On transitions and identity: A reflection by Stanford’s Philip Pizzo

...people. In fact, roughly 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day, Pizzo writes. Life expectancies, here and elsewhere, are climbing as societal norms about aging and retirement are shifting. "The promise...

...people. In fact, roughly 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day, Pizzo writes. Life expectancies, here and elsewhere, are climbing as societal norms about aging and retirement are shifting. "The promise...

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Taking painkillers with sleeping pills is an increasingly risky business

...risk of overdose. Ninety-one Americans die every day from an opioid overdose -- a number that has quadrupled since 1999, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A...

...risk of overdose. Ninety-one Americans die every day from an opioid overdose -- a number that has quadrupled since 1999, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A...

Do MRI scans damage your genes?

...fields pose a health threat. A multi-institutional research team recently explored this issue by reviewing the literature published between 2007 and 2016. Specifically, the group considered three questions during their...

...fields pose a health threat. A multi-institutional research team recently explored this issue by reviewing the literature published between 2007 and 2016. Specifically, the group considered three questions during their...

Snails can travel far, spreading disease, researchers find

I would expect it to take all day for a snail to get across my backyard and its entire life to get around my neighborhood. But according to a new...

I would expect it to take all day for a snail to get across my backyard and its entire life to get around my neighborhood. But according to a new...

Immunotherapy: New hope in treating cancer

...of patients with uncontrolled infections ‑ of course, in those days, there weren't antibiotics like we have today ‑ who would sometimes have remissions or regressions of their tumors. So...

...of patients with uncontrolled infections ‑ of course, in those days, there weren't antibiotics like we have today ‑ who would sometimes have remissions or regressions of their tumors. So...

Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: How gamers have advanced the RNA field

...Time to register for Big Data in Biomedicine 2016, Playing to win: Gamers will compete to save lives, Gamers: The new face of scientific research? and Mob science: Video game,...

...Time to register for Big Data in Biomedicine 2016, Playing to win: Gamers will compete to save lives, Gamers: The new face of scientific research? and Mob science: Video game,...

Men’s typically taciturn Y chromosomes tell colorful tale of conquests, expansions

...chromosome. Starting with 1,244 Y chromosomes from modern-day men, the scientists used the differences between them to construct an extended family tree. They focused on a type of mutation that's...

...chromosome. Starting with 1,244 Y chromosomes from modern-day men, the scientists used the differences between them to construct an extended family tree. They focused on a type of mutation that's...

Eating for good blood: Tips for boosting iron levels and hemoglobin

...of donors are deferred for this reason. When a donor is deferred, that means they're unable to donate blood that day. You've probably wondered why this happens and if there's...

...of donors are deferred for this reason. When a donor is deferred, that means they're unable to donate blood that day. You've probably wondered why this happens and if there's...

New research shows how to keep diabetics safer during sleep

Life with type 1 diabetes requires an astonishing number of health-related decisions - about 180 per day. But patients' vigilant monitoring of their daytime blood sugar, food intake, insulin and...

Life with type 1 diabetes requires an astonishing number of health-related decisions - about 180 per day. But patients' vigilant monitoring of their daytime blood sugar, food intake, insulin and...

Mind-reading in real life: Study shows it can be done (but they’ll have to catch you first)

..."the day before yesterday." This pattern, first identified in more-standard experimental circumstances, could be observed even when the experimental subjects were more or less just going about their everyday lives....

..."the day before yesterday." This pattern, first identified in more-standard experimental circumstances, could be observed even when the experimental subjects were more or less just going about their everyday lives....

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Is the worm turning? Early stages of schistosomiasis bladder infection charted

...Schistosoma haematobium, caught in flagrante delicto. The result of this union is likely to be several hundred eggs per day, deposited in the bladder wall of any one of the...

...Schistosoma haematobium, caught in flagrante delicto. The result of this union is likely to be several hundred eggs per day, deposited in the bladder wall of any one of the...

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