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28 news posts in Frontiers in Medicine

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22 Mar 2021

Having a single personal doctor may sometimes lead to unnecessary tests

Having a single personal doctor may promote overtesting for prostate cancer: Frontiers in Medicine

Health

17 Feb 2021

CT scans of Egyptian mummy reveal new details about the death of a pivotal pharaoh

How did Egyptian pharaoh Seqenenre-Taa-II die? Frontiers in Medicine

Featured news

05 Jun 2020

France has won the R-number battle, but the COVID war rages on

Lockdown succeeded in reducing transmission, but existing cases and lack of herd immunity means the risk of a second wave is high: Frontiers in Medicine

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25 May 2020

Fatal cases of Covid-19 deepen our understanding of disease progression

Mortality risk factors include old age, underlying health conditions, and bacterial and respiratory co-infections: Frontiers in Medicine

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08 May 2020

New antigen test for detecting COVID-19 could help triage patients during the pandemic

Test can identify an infected person in 15 minutes at point-of-care sites that lack facilities or time for sophisticated testing: Frontiers in Medicine

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15 Jan 2020

Be wary of online probiotic health-benefit claims

Most probiotic information online originates from unreliable sources: Frontiers in Medicine

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06 Aug 2019

Online information on how to boost immunity based on commercially biased sources

Just 12% of search engine results for “boost immunity” mentioned vaccines, the most proven and effective method of boosting immunity; Frontiers in Medicine

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27 Mar 2019

Can you ‘catch’ cancer?

Parasitic worms cause cancer – and could help cure it; Frontiers in Medicine

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19 Jun 2018

Swabbing cesarean-born babies with vaginal fluids potentially unsafe and unnecessary

Microbiome differences in cesarean and vaginally born babies are most likely due to antibiotics given to mothers delivering by C-section: Frontiers in Medicine

Health

09 Feb 2018

Severe and lingering symptoms occur in some after treatment for Lyme disease

Research suggests fatigue, pain, insomnia and depression persist for some people, despite normal physical exams and laboratory testing: Frontiers in Medicine

Featured news

13 Nov 2017

Dental filling failure linked to smoking, drinking and genetics

A study in Frontiers in Medicine suggests that personal factors influence the chance of dental filling failure, and not the choice of filling material.

Frontiers news

15 Mar 2017

Frontiers in Medicine launches new specialty section – Innovative Therapies.

New section will focus on the use of gene editing in gene therapy, dealing with the ethical issues in the field, and making gene therapy more widely available.