Prescription drug costs steadily soar, yet price transparency is lacking
After reviewing tens of millions of insurance claims for the country’s 49 most popular brand-name prescription drugs, a team from
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‘Gut-on-a-chip’ system shows intestinal barrier disruption is the onset initiator of gut inflammation: ‘Once the gut barrier has been damaged, probiotics can be harmful just like any other bacteria’
The first study investigating the mechanism of how a disease develops using human organ-on-a-chip technology has been successfully completed by
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Nail polishes with ‘n-free’ labels are not necessarily free of toxic compounds
Consumers are growing more knowledgeable about the potential health effects of nail polish, and manufacturers have taken action. They have
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New soft bioelectronic mesh tested on human wrist and pulsating pig’s heart: Elastic, biocompatible, conductive mesh monitors electrophysiological signals and delivers thermal and electrical stimulations
A research team at the Center for Nanoparticle Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), has succeeded in developing
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Wearable device measures cortisol in sweat
The hormone cortisol rises and falls naturally throughout the day and can spike in response to stress, but current methods
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