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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Researchers in 2019 developed a machine learning method to accurately quantify immune cells in the vicinity of oral cancer cells. Smart toothbrush While AI helps dental professionals provide better treatments, smart toothbrushes enable all of us to take better care of our teeth. And there are so many such devices on the market.

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This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful for Family and Food(borne Illness Prevention)

FDA Law Blog

Reported illnesses began just three days before Thanksgiving in 2017, but due to the unknown source of the turkey at the center of the outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not conclude the outbreak investigation until April 2019. Two days before Thanksgiving the following year, the CDC warned U.S.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

In the United Kingdom (UK), primary care practitioners are the first-line clinicians which most patients encounter, providing initial assessment and treatment of a wide variety of conditions. Over one billion prescriptions per year are signed in the UK by these general practitioners (GPs) in primary care.

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What RFK Jr. Isn’t Talking About: How To Make Vaccines Safer

Physician's Weekly

In 1999, Chen, the CDC scientist, published an article suggesting that to speed studies and boost public confidence, vaccine safety should be moved to an independent agency, perhaps modeled on the National Transportation Safety Board, which can subpoena records from industry or other government agencies for its crash investigations.