Researchers behind test using biomarkers say it could ‘revolutionise’ early diagnosis of disease
Source: Blood test could detect Parkinson’s disease before symptoms emerge
Encouraging.
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Researchers behind test using biomarkers say it could ‘revolutionise’ early diagnosis of disease
Source: Blood test could detect Parkinson’s disease before symptoms emerge
Encouraging.
by Leo
A flexible, semi-autonomous robot could potentially locate disaster victims trapped under rubble and deliver medication within the human body.
Source: Not Science Fiction: This Tiny Robot Crawls Through Your Body To Deliver Medicine
This just seems so cool.
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Today’s good news story comes from Mineral, Virginia. Every year since 2016, Louisa County High School English teacher Kate Fletcher has laced up her running shoes and hit the pavement—not just for fitness, but for her students’ futures.
Source: She Runs So Her Students Can Go to College – And She’s Raised Over $100,000 Doing It
Inspiring.
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source After years of studies and improvements, one has arrived that could potentially change the lives of those who have completely lost the ability to speak: a new algorithm… by newsfocus
Source: A new, much more efficient system gives back the voice to patients who have lost it — Hive
Absolutely fascinating.
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Researchers suggest troponin tests could help detect ‘silent’ harm and predict the risk of future cardiovascular events
Source: Simple £5 blood test could help prevent thousands of heart attacks, study says
Very promising.
by Leo
A trading card game consisting of real-life ojisan (middle-aged men) are going viral with kids in the city of Kawara in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Source: Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town
Fun.
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A metro Detroit family is sharing gratitude after track coaches at Allen Park High School helped save a young life.
Source: ‘Very grateful’: Allen Park track coaches help save student who suffered cardiac arrest
Wow!
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Tyler Sowden was on a phone call in his family’s Cleveland home Friday when he heard a scream. Sowden, 16, rushed outside and saw black smoke pouring from a nearby house. He ran to his garage, grabbed a ladder — and filled with adrenaline — raced with the roughly 100-pound ladder past about 10 houses until he reached the one on fire.
Source: Teen grabbed ladder, ran to neighbor’s burning home: ‘I’m saving the baby’
Well done!
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Tamie Konzier’s simple lunch outing with her son led to a viral TikTok that raised more than $328,000 for Betty, an 81-year-old waitress struggling to retire
Source: An 81-Year-Old Waitress Said She Couldn’t Afford to Retire. Then a Stranger Raised $300,000 for Her
Very cool.
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It will boost one of the area’s largest economic outputs and relieve farmers of irrigation pressures whenever the next dry period comes around
Source: Sunshine Coast Recycles Wastewater to Irrigate Farms–Instead of Dumping into a River
A great idea.