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Is two weeks long enough to determine if someone will recover consciousness? Elizabeth Tracey reports
How long should someone remain on life support? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Deciding when to stop life sustaining treatment for someone who’s unconscious after brain injury may be …
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Sleep spindles may help discern who may regain consciousness, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Something called sleep spindles are spikes that show up in an electroencephalogram, or EEG, and may …
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It’s always a challenge when someone is unresponsive to determine how active their brain is, Elizabeth Tracey reports
The shingles vaccine is on the do not miss list, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Shingles is a skin infection that results from reactivation of the virus that causes chicken pox. …
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Vaccines against human papilloma virus reduce cancers, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Vaccines against human papilloma virus or HPV have been shown to dramatically reduce the rates of …
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After billions of doses, mRNA vaccines have demonstrated their safety, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Why are mRNA vaccines effective? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The technology that produced the vaccines against Covid relies on a type of RNA known as …
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What is RNA and how is it used in vaccines? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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RNA stands for ribonucleic acid, and since the development of Covid vaccines a class of it …
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