What’s my real identity?’: As DNA ancestry sites gather more data, the answer for consumers often changes
(By Damian Garde for STAT) NEW YORK — 23andMe caused Leonard Kim not one identity crisis but two. The first
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(By Christina Jewett for Kaiser Health News) Faced with the possibility that a bout of abnormal heartbeats could end his
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(By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review) A new gene therapy developed for the treatment of malignant glioma, a rare
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(By Sharon Begley for STAT) It has been 27 years since an attack on a U.S. military convoy in the
Read more3 new AI-enabled FDA ‘Breakthrough Devices’: an Alzheimer’s-detecting retinal scanner, a kidney disease diagnostic & more
(By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review) Since the beginning of the month, the FDA has granted several artificial intelligence-powered
Read moreFDA To End Program That Hid Millions Of Reports On Faulty Medical Devices
(By Christina Jewett for Kaiser Health News) The Food and Drug Administration announced it is shutting down its controversial “alternative
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(By Richard Harris for NPR) Scientists continue to speak out against the prospect of producing engineered embryos that could lead
Read moreDrone delivers kidney for transplant at U of Maryland
(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review) An unmanned aircraft system transported a donor kidney for the first time to Baltimore-based University
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(By Patti Neighmond for NPR) When women get a mammogram they may be offered one of two types. The older
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