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Anchor lead: Brain electrodes can help move a prosthetic arm, Elizabeth Tracey reports Electrodes implanted into the brain have helped Nathan Crone and colleagues at Johns Hopkins identify precise areas where movement begins, even down to the individual fingers on …
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Anchor lead: Can releasing modified mosquitoes stem the Zika tide? Elizabeth Tracey reports Genetically modified mosquitoes are being used in many areas of the world to combat mosquito-borne illness, and are now being released in the hopes of stemming the …
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This week’s topics include the obesity paradox, early peanut feeding, incompatible kidney transplants, and ultraprocessed food consumption. Program notes: 0:35 Ultraprocessed foods 1:35 NHANES data 2:31 Contributed 90% of added sugar 3:31 Culinary ingredients 3:52 Feeding peanuts to infants 4:50 …
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Anchor lead: Can a very simple quiz assess sexually transmitted infection risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Sexually transmitted infections are rampant, and new organisms capable of causing them are being identified by federal agencies. Charlotte Gaydos, a sexually transmitted diseases expert …
