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Flabby heart keeps pumping with squeeze from robotic sleeve

WASHINGTON—Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping. …

Sweat it out! Skin patch aims to test sweat for health

WASHINGTON—Breaking a sweat? Researchers are creating a skin patch that can test those droplets while people exercise and beam results …

Organ transplants have come a long way but hurdles remain

WASHINGTON—Brenda Hudson recalls weeks spent in a glass-enclosed isolation room after her first kidney transplant, her family allowed to visit …

Still many questions about Zika’s threat to pregnant women

WASHINGTON – Zika may stand convicted of causing devastating birth defects but there still are lots of questions about how …

Hopkins begins nation’s first HIV-positive organ transplants

WASHINGTON—Surgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients, a long-awaited new …

Scientists debating boundaries, ethics, promise of human gene editing at international summit

WASHINGTON – Rewriting your DNA is getting closer to reality: A revolutionary technology is opening new frontiers for genetic engineering  …

Healthbeat: Doctors, families seeking more medical devices built just for kids

WASHINGTON—Improvise isn’t a word parents want to hear from their kid’s doctor. Yet pediatric specialists too often have to jury-rig …

Panel backs low dose aspirin for certain older adults to prevent heart attacks, maybe cancer

WASHINGTON — A government task force says a daily low-dose aspirin could help certain people in their 50s and 60s …

Obese at 50? Research finds middle age waistlines matter in risk of Alzheimer’s later in life

WASHINGTON — One more reason to watch the waistline: New research says people’s weight in middle age may influence not …

Lifestyle changes may guard aging brain against memory loss

WASHINGTON – The latest Alzheimer’s research has a clear theme: Change your lifestyle to protect your brain. It will take …

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