How Japan survived covid-19
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Caffeine Could Help Treat Some ADHD Symptoms: Study
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Ivermectin For COVID-19: Large Study Sets The Record Straight On Horse Dewormer
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Opinion: What health care must learn from meteorology about the importance of R2O
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STAT+: 5 technology trends drawing investment as health care moves into the home
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Should families do more to help with addiction?
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Association of computed tomography screening with lung cancer stage shift and survival in the United States: quasi-experimental study
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Even as medicine becomes more diverse, main authors in elite journals remain mostly white and male
A new analysis of two of the nation’s most prestigious medical journals shows that women…
With pharma still struggling in Alzheimer’s, health tech companies want a swing
In the wake of the first Alzheimer’s drug approval in nearly two decades, pharmaceutical companies…
‘Staggering number’ of unintended pregnancies reveals failure to uphold women’s rights – UN News
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Child asthma risk higher if parents used disinfectants in pregnancy: study – Insider
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Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and decision-making during pregnancy – News-Medical.Net
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6 Bizarre pregnancy myths that are anything but true – Web News Observer
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Two engineers with a love for beer open a microbrewery in Mount Vernon – The Journal News
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Ayurvedic medicine: For ED, diabetes, GERD, constipation, and more – Medical News Today
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Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds – The New York Times
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What are the healing arts? – Medical News Today
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The Question of Alternative Medicine – ANCA Vasculitis News
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STAT+: By narrow margin, FDA advisory panel concludes Amylyx ALS drug hasn’t proven effectiveness
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A third of the world remains totally unvaccinated against COVID: Tedros
A third of the world’s population has yet to receive a single dose of COVID-19…
Why are people with allergic asthma less susceptible to severe COVID?
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STAT+: Pharma companies face shareholder proposals to widen access to medicines, rework business plans
Over the next few weeks, several major pharmaceutical companies will face a fresh crop of…
Researchers’ novel tool to help develop safer pesticides
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Ukraine: UNESCO’s response to children’s education needs
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled…
When a band falls flat: Searching for flatness in materials
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Record broken: Hubble spots farthest star ever seen
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Deserts ‘breathe’ water vapor, study shows
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Hands, feet, and fins: The connection that explains acral melanoma
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When worlds collide: Studying impact craters to uncover the secrets of the solar system
While for humans the constants might be death and taxes, for planets the constants are…
Oxytocin treatment can take lions from ferocious to friendly
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Researchers discover new model for ‘global’ DNA repair
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Molecular ‘blueprint’ illuminates how plants perceive light
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Argon found in air of ancient atmosphere
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Covid-19: NHS staff will still have access to free tests
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STAT+: CVS, Teva, and Allergan reach massive deal with Florida over the opioid crisis
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Eating two servings of avocados a week linked to lower risk of cardiovascular disease
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Obesity can turn a helpful immunotherapy into a harmful one, mouse study shows
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Roche immunotherapy fails its first test; key U.S. senators move closer to bill to cap insulin prices
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Postnatal care: WHO highlights urgency of physical and mental support
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Medical schools should include climate change in their curriculum, says report
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Covid-19: Americans who are over 50 or immunocompromised are advised to have second booster
Second booster doses against covid-19 for Americans aged over 50 and for certain immunocompromised people…
STAT+: Roche anti-TIGIT cancer immunotherapy fails in first late-stage clinical trial
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Kids Afraid Of Getting Shots? Here Are 3 Easy Ways For Parents To Help Them
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Omicron Subvariant BA.2 Becomes Dominant Strain In US; Experts Don’t Know What To Expect
The latest data showed that BA.2 has officially become the dominant coronavirus strain in the…