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A researcher is reporting that use of a plastic drape during catheter insertion in very low birth-weight newborn babies can lower the rates of hypothermia, and she is recommending replacing cloth blanket and towels with them.

New research has shown that many of the symptoms in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) are caused by antibodies that increase the activity of pain-sensing nerves throughout the body. The results show that fibromyalgia is a disease of the immune system, rather than the currently held view that it originates in the brain.

A new report raises serious questions about the benefits, risks and ethics of a new service -- which the authors call 'embryo selection based on polygenic scores,' or ESPS -- that allows in vitro fertilization patients to select embryos with the goal of choosing healthier and even smarter children.