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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby twister » Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:36 am

sandman: Absolutely! So many diseases that were untreatable in the past have become treatable thanks to medical advances, but there are still so many diseases that still can't be treated. The lucky ones are those that don't get sick at all and the semi-lucky ones just get something that can be cured or treated without extreme hardship.
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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby Sparky of SoCal » Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:15 pm

Medical advancements have both good and bad ramifications. Mother Earth use to be able to clean up the gene pool and keep over population in check with big flushes occasionally. Now not so much, we altered nature again.
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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby camel » Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:57 pm

Sparky of SoCal wrote:Medical advancements have both good and bad ramifications. Mother Earth use to be able to clean up the gene pool and keep over population in check with big flushes occasionally. Now not so much, we altered nature again.

True, but I don't think anyone seriously wants to go back to the "good ole days" when people routinely died from things which are easily treatable now. As for our gene pool, scientists will soon be able to edit out the bad stuff and so that problem will most probably be solved in the not too terribly distant future. However, the future is always full of surprises -- some good, some bad -- and so who knows how things will turn out!
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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby panamint_patty » Wed Mar 28, 2018 7:19 pm

Scientists Say They’ve Discovered A New Human Organ
Can you point to your interstitium? :shrug:
Researchers believe they have discovered an elaborate path of fluid-filled tissues that make up the interstitium, a previously unknown organ — a finding that could have major impacts on how serious diseases are treated.

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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby twister » Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:19 pm

The scientists behind the most innovative cancer research
I think everyone knows someone somewhere who has struggled with cancer.
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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby surfsteve » Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:23 pm

This could replace x-rays and the MRI machine.

How we can use light to see deep inside our bodies and brains
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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby camel » Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:09 am

Study shows promise for peanut allergy sufferers
Good news for kids with peanut allergies and their parents possibly sometime in the future.
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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby cactuspete » Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:28 am

The $35 billion race to cure a silent killer that affects 30 million Americans
Various drugs are being developed and tested in hopes of curing this disease. A big problem is that the condition is asymptomatic through most of its development and not noticeable until later stages.
For many the culprit is a serious form of fatty liver disease called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, also known as NASH. An outgrowth of the obesity epidemic in the Western world and around the globe, it causes scarring and inflammation that can lead to liver cirrhosis, cardiac and lung complications, liver cancer and death. Yet few people know about it.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/the-35-billion-race-for-a-cure-for-a-liver-disease-that-affects-millions.html
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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby wildrose » Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:52 pm

At-home tests effective for colon cancer screening
Great alternative for people who don't want to undergo a colonoscopy! :scared:
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Re: Medical Breakthroughs

Postby surfsteve » Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:12 am

I was worried I had colon cancer but it was just Dr. Gregor yelling "Don't eat meat!" from the bottom of the toilet bowl as I was flushing it. I tried to stop but it was too late. Poor guy! :toilet:
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