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Mashup Score: 4Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million. Terrorists Can Now Create Synthetic Version of the Virus. - 4 month(s) ago
A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists.
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Mashup Score: 2The Futility of Financial Incentives in Kidney Care - 10 month(s) ago
The CMS’s End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices model, launched in 2021, aimed to address disparities in transplantation and the use of home dialysis with financial incentives. However, after two years, the expected improvements in home dialysis and transplantation rates have yet to materialize.
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Mashup Score: 0AHA's New Risk Calculators Puts Heart Meds on a Diet - 11 month(s) ago
In 2013, the American Heart Association (AHA) thought they had heart disease prevention all figured out with their trusty “risk calculator.” Fast forward a decade to the new and improved PREVENT equations, promising to reflect a more diverse and current US population. While the old calculator had us popping statins like candy, the new equations suggest many of us might not need them after all. Welcome to the latest chapter in the never-ending saga of heart health guidelines.
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Mashup Score: 26Podcast: Dr. Paul Offit Explains Lessons Learned From COVID-19 - 1 year(s) ago
Unlike previous public health emergencies, the COVID-19 pandemic had unmistakably partisan overtones. Politics exerted an unhealthy influence on how governments, scientists, reporters and ordinary
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Mashup Score: 0Can Fasting Reverse Aging? - 1 year(s) ago
A recent study published in Nature suggests that the key to a longer, healthier life is not achieved by stuffing our faces around the clock. Instead, starving ourselves for a bit might be the ticket
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Mashup Score: 1Radiating the failing heart - 1 year(s) ago
Congestive heart failure (CHF) refers to the inability of the heart to perform its basic function, pumping blood throughout your body. It comes in various forms, causing swelling of the legs and
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Mashup Score: 0Every Picture Tells A Story – COVID Comes For Republicans - 2 year(s) ago
A study confined to COVID deaths in Florida and Ohio suggests that the Grim Reaper’s “excess” deaths, when stratified by political party, came for Republicans more often than Democrats.
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A professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic under FBI supervision to see how easy it was to get the necessary equipment and biomaterials. As it turns out, it was easy: https://t.co/ifDiXfVzgy https://t.co/6igXA9fwCp