Make sure your planning prevents sticker shock in these major spending categories.
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Study: Women treated differently after heart attack
‘The findings from this study suggest that there are clear and simple ways to improve the outcomes of women who have a heart attack’
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Washington state bill would make hard-to-repair electronics illegal
It would ban sales of such products starting next year.
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The first electric aircraft to enter serial production takes flight
Slovenia-based Pipistrel has announced series production of the Alpha Electro electric aircraft. The first serially-built unit took its first flight earlier this month.
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Revolve: The wheel in foldable form
Revolve was invented and designed by Andrea Mocellin with the aim to be the first modular wheel, which in turn will open new frontiers for the present and future of foldable vehicles.
Fed up with drug companies, hospitals decide to start their own
Generic drugs at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah. Intermountain Healthcare is spearheading an effort by a group of hospitals to create a nonprofit generic drug company.
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The end of root canals: Stem cell fillings trigger teeth to repair themselves, research study claims
Wouldn’t it be great if your teeth could heal themselves without the need of a painful root canal?
Cancer jab that eliminates tumours from body even after they’ve spread to start human trials
Stanford University said the drug combination worked ‘startlingly well’
Newly FDA-approved platform will rapidly “manufacture” stem cells to repair our bodies
Doctors at the Mayo Clinic have received FDA approval for a platform that can manufacture stem cells by the billions in just days, in contrast to previous methods of making stem cells that took months.
China now publishes more research than the U.S.- a shift in global influence?
In 2016, for the first time ever, China published more scientific papers in one year than the U.S. did. This could suggest that the balance is beginning to shift in terms of each country’s global scientific influence.
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Where are India’s millions of missing girls?
India’s 2011 census shows a serious decline in the number of girls under the age of seven – activists fear eight million female foetuses may have been aborted in the past decade. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi explores what has led to this crisis.
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Urban ‘shrooming: This startup is putting mini mushroom farms inside restaurants
The urban farming scene is diversifying, and instead of growing veggies and greens, Smallhold is fruiting fungi in minifarms located right in the restaurants where they’ll be served.
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