Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios Questions are mounting about the safety and efficacy of American sunscreens — for good reason, Carly writes. Why it matters: Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the country, so protection against sun damage is key to reducing risk.“People on social media are saying: ‘I don’t need sunscreen,'” says Henry...
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People with SARS-CoV-2 most infectious in days 0-5, no evidence of transmission after day 9
By Sally Robertson, B.Sc. A study conducted by researchers in the UK and Italy suggests that individuals with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are probably at their most infectious during the first week of illness. The systematic review and meta-analysis of data available on the viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 found that although viral...
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UBC research shows hearing persists at end of life
Hearing is widely thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. Now UBC researchers have evidence that some people may still be able to hear while in an unresponsive state at the end of their life. This research, published recently in Scientific Reports, is the first to investigate hearing in humans...
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Differences in lung cancer tumors found between East Asians and Europeans
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress A team of researchers from a host of institutions in Singapore and China has found that there are genetic differences between some lung cancer tumors in East Asians versus Europeans. In their paper published in the journal Nature Genetics, the group describes their analysis of tumors from East Asian...