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💓 Microcatheter delivers therapies to the tiniest blood vessels
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-microcatheter-therapies-tiniest-blood-vessels.html

Microcatheter delivers therapies to the tiniest blood vessels
EPFL researchers have invented a remarkably small and ultraflexible neurovascular microcatheter. Powered by blood flow, it can safely navigate the most intricately branched arteries in a matter of seconds.

Good transplant results.
#Medicine #MedicalScience #RejectionSuppression

Scientists Reverse Human Rejection of Pig Organ Transplant for First Time Ever
Facing a shortage of organs needed by tens of thousands of patients, scientists have been studying pig organs as a potential solution. Genetically …

🐦‍⬛ Why strange cures made sense in mysterious times
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Why strange cures made sense in mysterious times
Feeding bread to a donkey to treat whooping cough, rubbing a black snail on a wart and impaling it on a thorn are two of the hundreds of remarkable rural Irish remedies once believed to cure ailments.

🫣 Rare tissue samples reveal where HIV hides in different parts of body
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Rare tissue samples reveal where HIV hides in different parts of body
Researchers at Western and the University of Calgary have discovered how HIV hides in different parts of the body by embedding itself into the DNA of cells in a tissue-specific manner, offering new insights into why the virus is so difficult to eliminate and cure—even decades after infection and treatment.

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fascist
not sure there is a medical procedure for that, but all the best to doctors.
#fascism #bolsonaro #brazil #medicine #heapth #hiccup
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⚖️ Weight loss alone not enough to boost men's fertility
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Weight loss alone not enough to boost men's fertility
How men lose weight could affect their chances of having a baby, with new research from the University of Adelaide revealing healthy lifestyle behaviors seem more beneficial for improving fertility than weight loss itself.

Update: the insurance person figured out that it was the family deductible that was still $1,000 which is why insurance didn’t take more off.
But she was lovely and found me a way to get a co-pay card for Paxlovid through the manufacturer - I used it and it made the medication FREE. From $1,000 to $0.
Link for anyone else in my predicament (you gotta have private insurance to be eligible): #COVID #US #USPol #healthcare #insurance #medicine

"Rx Inspector". Look Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made:
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💗 Nanomedicine researchers restructure common chemo drug to boost its power by 20,000-fold
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Nanomedicine researchers restructure common chemo drug to boost its power by 20,000-fold
In a promising advance for cancer treatment, Northwestern University scientists have re-engineered the molecular structure of a common chemotherapy drug, making it dramatically more soluble and effective and less toxic.