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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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Myocarditis: A COVID Vaccine Side Effect

Federal authorities say a heart inflammatory condition can be a rare side effect of the MRNA vaccines, especially in adolescent boys and young men. But they say most often the cases are mild and the patients recover within a few days.  Authorities are studying this side effect to determine if they should change the vaccine…...
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Game Changers in Asthma Treatment

Millions suffer every day with asthma symptoms and treatments especially for the most severe forms of the disease can often fall short. But an asthma expert talks about a new category of asthma treatments that are changing the game and ushering in a new golden age in treating this debilitating disease...
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Battling Against Male Infertility

Conditions that cause a low sperm count can lead to infertility in men. But a surgical procedure that finds sperm hidden in tissue may help infertile men become fathers...
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