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Diabetes Trends: National and by State
Frank Magliochetti Report – Diabetes Trends The rates of diabetes across the United States have nearly doubled within the past 20 years, skyrocketing from 5.5 percent in 1994 to 9.3 percent in 2014. While diabetes prevalence is increasing, there is some good news on the horizon in regards to complication rates and access to preventive […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner for Medicine – Yoshinori Ohsumi
Dr. Yochinori Ohsumi Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine Frank Magliochetti Report Yoshinori Ohsumi is the sole winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Ohsumi is a cell biologist who specializes in autophagy, which is the process cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components the cells no longer use. Ohsumi […]
Smoking Statistics: Focus on the Northeast
Smoking Statistics: Northeast USA Cigarette smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), claiming more than 480,000 lives each year. Despite decades of anti-smoking campaigns, which have been largely successful at reducing the number of cigarette smoking and death rates […]
Teen Use of E – Cigarettes
Teen Use of E-Cigarettes on the Rise – Good or Bad News? Teen use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has more than tripled since 2011, according to a recent report by the U.S. Surgeon General, with 40 percent of high school students saying they had used the product at least once in their lives. In that report, 16 […]
Genome Editing – Progressing Trend
The Rush for Genome Editing Frank Magliochetti Report The Rush for Genome Editing Gene-editing technology has sparked a frenzy of competitors fueled to develop the first of what may be thousands of treatments for genetic disorders. From science fiction of movies like Jurassic Park to the reality of GMO foods, the concept of customizing plants, […]
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