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Get Gutsy About Your Digestive Health
By Sara G. Miller published
Gut health affects everyone, whether they have a chronic condition or an occasional tummy ache.
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Can a 'Poop Transplant' Change Your Weight?
By Sara G. Miller published
Studies in mice have garnered attention for a remarkable result: When the feces of one mouse was transplanted to another mouse, the recipient mouse either gained or lost weight.
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Opioids After Surgery: Which Patients Don't Stop When They Should
By Sara G. Miller published
The first time many patients in the United States take prescription opioid painkillers is following surgery.
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Fetus Brought Partway Out of Womb for Tumor Surgery
By Amanda Onion published
While the procedure was underway, the team constantly monitored the fetus's heart.
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Infant's Rare 'Parasitic Twin' Successfully Removed with Surgery
By Rachael Rettner published
A 10-month-old girl who was born with a rare "parasitic twin" attached to her body has undergone a successful surgery.
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Reviving Frozen Organs: Nanotech May Pave the Way
By Charles Q. Choi published
Scientists have found a way to thaw out frozen organs that won't destroy the organs in the process.
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Human-Pig Chimeras Created, Could One Day Aid in Organ Transplants
By Rachael Rettner published
Researchers recently succeeded in making embryos that contained both pig and human and pig cells.
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