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Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxemia) give ...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shortlisted 11 medical institutions across the country for a study to ...

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Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

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According to new research, people with prediabetes who lower blood sugar to normal levels cut their heart disease risk in half. New research on people with prediabetes investigated whether bringing ...

This exploratory study in healthy young adults found that plasma sodium levels within the normal clinical range are significantly associated with resting motor threshold, an indirect measure of ...

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