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Getting Some Sun Can Help Certain Skin Conditions

Direct sunlight has been used to treat some difficult-to-control skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema, but patients should be careful they don’t get too much sun and put themselves at risk for skin cancer...
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A New Way to Treat Emphysema

Surgeons using new valves in the lungs can improve the quality of life for patients with advanced emphysema without the risks of complex lung surgery...
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Working to Cure the Coronavirus

Researchers are working to “cure” the Coronavirus in the same way HIV and Hepatitis C viruses have been managed with drugs...
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Radioactive Seeds That Battle Brain Cancer

Radioactive seeds have been used to treat prostate cancer in the past but now neurologists are using these seeds to successfully treat brain cancer...
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Heart Cells in Space

Cardiologists working with NASA scientists are trying to grow human heart cells in a zero-gravity environment in space and are having some success...
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Will the Fully Vaccinated Need Booster Shots?

With dangerous virus variants circulating around the world, many wonder how long COVID-19 vaccine immunity will last.  A vaccine expert discusses that and when booster shots might be required...
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Finding Medications That Work Against COVID-19

Scientists are exploring existing drugs and new medications to find treatments that can stop COVID-19 and possibly prevent the next pandemic.  If these medications are given early enough, they offer the potential of keeping the virus from replicating and never becoming a global disease...
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A New Non-Surgical Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer treatments have been available for many years but there are often difficult side effects. Now doctors are having success with a relatively new procedure that uses ultrasound rather than surgery or radiation...
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