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WHO review finds no link between mobile phones and brain cancer, debunking long-standing concerns

TechSpot

Many mobile phone users have been concerned about a possible link between the use of these handsets and cancer ever since the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency, classified radio wave exposure as a possible carcinogen to humans in 2011 – they can now stop worrying.

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Phones don’t cause brain tumors, experts say

Digital Trends

A growing body of evidence shows that mobile phones don’t cause brain cancer. The use of mobile phones does not increase brain tumor incidence, according to a new study. The research bolsters previous findings that show mobiles aren’t linked to brain cancer.

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These 10 biotech companies are changing how we discover new drugs and treat complex diseases

Fast Company Tech

Currently, AD is typically diagnosed via cognitive testing alongside expensive PET brain scans or invasive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests, which are costly and painful. DarwinHealth For matching cancer patients with experimental treatments Today, overall cure rates for advanced lung, breast, and colon cancer are typically less than 50%.

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Resilience is an ambitious bet to improve cancer treatment

TechCrunch

Meet Resilience , a new startup that wants to help cancer treatment institutes as well as cancer patients at every step of the treatment journey. That’s why they chose to focus on one area in particular — cancer care. Cancer treatment facilities face three issues. Cancer treatment facilities face three issues.

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Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain

Ars Technica

The only thing that stood out was a high number of eosinophils white blood cells that become active with certain allergic diseases, parasitic infections, or other medical conditions, such as cancer. The woman was discharged and advised to follow up with her primary care doctor.

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The next healthcare revolution will have AI at its center

TechCrunch

Studies have shown that AI trained on sizable data can outperform physicians in several areas of medical diagnosis regarding brain tumors, eye disease, breast cancer, skin cancer and lung cancer. I anticipate diagnostic AI will surpass all but the best doctors in the next 20 years.

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The Blue Box is betting on the future of at-home breast cancer tests

TechCrunch

You can take a pregnancy test or colon cancer test from your bathroom, or, these days, a COVID-19 test from the comfort of your living room. You might one day be able to get a breast cancer screening at home, too, if you have a urine sample and an artificial nose. .

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