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Automation in cell-based workflows
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: In this interview, industry expert Dongmin Choi explains the importance of automated imaging and colony picking. He dives into how they improve consistency, reproducibility, and data quality in cell-based workflows, enabling more efficient research and better…
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Health care’s biggest cybersecurity vulnerability is structural
On April 6, cancer patients at Brockton Hospital in Massachusetts showed up for chemotherapy infusions and were told to go home. The hospital’s information systems had been hit by a cyberattack. The ER closed. Ambulances were diverted. Staff switched to paper records. Patients were told to call back later to reschedule their treatment. This wasn’t the first time that this…
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Psychedelic use is associated with major life changes across 10 domains
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A new survey suggests psychedelic experiences may influence major shifts in goals, values, relationships, and beliefs, raising important questions about long-term effects, informed consent, and who is most likely to report these changes. Study: Major life…
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Nantucket Current | Islanders Pack Board Of Health Meeting On Turf…
The Nantucket Public Schools (NPS) and Nantucket Land and Water Council (NLWC) are negotiating a testing regimen for a proposed artificial turf field slated for installation at Vito Capizzo Stadium. The parties are still far apart on several points, and representatives of both groups expressed serious concerns with an early draft of a portion of the agreement at a Board…
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20 Years After Reform, Massachusetts Health Care Faces a New Test
They got the band back together. Twenty years after Massachusetts passed landmark health care reform legislation that gave the state the highest rate of insurance coverage in the country, the leading players behind the law gathered in the same storied meeting hall where the 2006 bill was signed to celebrate their uncommon achievement. Legislators greeted the activists who pushed them to…
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NC lawmakers recommend reforms to mental health system
by Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf, North Carolina Health news April 16, 2026 By Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf After spending six months examining the state’s involuntary commitment process, a special North Carolina House committee released a list of recommendations on Tuesday aimed at improving the state’s intertwined mental health and criminal justice systems. The House Select Committee on Involuntary…
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Higher stress and BMI tied to earlier puberty in girls
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: New research reveals how stress, body weight, and hormone patterns interact to influence when puberty begins, offering fresh insight into long-term health risks and early intervention opportunities. Study: Steroids, stress, and body mass index interact to…
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Ads for GLP-1 drugs are flooding the internet – here’s how to know if it’s safe to buy them online
If you watched the Super Bowl in 2026, you likely saw Serena Williams share her weight loss journey on GLP-1 medications in a commercial. Like millions of others around the country, if you’ve ever considered taking one of these drugs, you probably went online to learn more about where you can get them and how much they cost. Online searches…
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Herbal ‘contraceptive rings’ pique interest in Nigeria
[ABUJA, SciDev.Net] When Mutiat Ibrahim, a pharmacognosy researcher at the University of Lagos, began surveying traditional medicine practitioners across Nigeria, she was cataloguing something many in formal medicine had long dismissed—the use of herbal rings and waist beads as contraceptives. Unplanned pregnancies are a critical public health issue in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. The rate of unintended pregnancies ranges…
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Can processed meats fit into a healthy diet?
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A new review argues that processed meats deliver high-quality protein and key micronutrients, while claiming the health risks may be less clear-cut than many guidelines suggest. Review: Processed meat in the diet: general nutritional profile–protein quality…
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