Delivering aid to pregnant women in Gaza an ‘impossible equation’
Some 50,000 pregnant women are among the 2.2 million people in besieged Gaza, and 5,500…
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Food provides much more than nutrition: UN expert on right to health
During the COVID-19 pandemic, some households missed out on food aid “simply because their family…
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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’ Sudan: World ‘scandalously silent’ on dire…
ADHD and Substance Abuse: The Link Parents Need to Know
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What We Know–and Still Don’t Know–about Menopause
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4 Types of Common Anxiety Disorders
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children
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Managing Delirium in Older Adults
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What Is Kawasaki Disease?
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How Can I Worry Less?
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To Heal a Wound: Helping the Skin Fix Itself
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New dates for landslides reveal past Seattle fault earthquakes
New maps of more than 1,000 deep-seated landslides in the Puget Lowlands of Washington State…
Measuring skin water loss predicts anaphylaxis during food allergy tests
Measuring skin water loss during food allergy tests may help predict anaphylaxis and keep patients…
Maps reveal biochar’s potential for mitigating climate change
Twelve countries have the technical ability to sequester over 20% of their current total greenhouse…
Opinion: Alternative Medicine Can Be Like Fast Food for the Brain – Houston Press
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Introducing Leilani Alvarez – DVM 360
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When It Comes to Cancer Care, Not All Medicare Plans Are The Same – Curetoday.com
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Surescripts buys drug alternatives company ActiveRADAR – Healthcare Dive
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STAT+: FDA’s Woodcock, other experts highlight persistent issues plaguing pharma, biotech in the wake of Covid-19
WASHINGTON — Current and former government officials proffered a clear eyed, and often depressing, take…
Russians not collectively to blame for Ukraine war: Human rights expert
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the human rights situation within Russia…
Mind-altering ketamine becomes latest pain treatment, despite little research or regulation
WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option…
Senate confirms NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli
Longtime cancer doctor Monica Bertagnolli is finally heading to the National Institutes of Health director’s…
Window to the past: New microfossils suggest earlier rise in complex life
Microfossils may capture a jump in the complexity of life that coincided with the rise…
Congenital syphilis cases in the U.S. have skyrocketed, CDC says
The number of babies born with congenital syphilis in the United States has soared over…
STAT+: FTC challenges several big drugmakers over inaccurate or improper patent listings
Making good on a recent threat, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is challenging more than…
Evolving use of recreational drugs in UK—nitazenes and xylazine
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STAT+: FTC’s Lina Khan makes a stop at Y Combinator, how telehealth helps rural America
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More action needed to write ‘final chapter’ of TB
Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but more…
STAT+: FDA cites cancer links in seeking to withdraw approval of antibiotic used in pigs
After years of trying, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is again seeking to withdraw…
French love letters confiscated by Britain finally read after 265 years
Over 100 letters sent to French sailors by their fiancées, wives, parents and siblings —…
Sen. Bernie Sanders moves toward another hearing with pharma CEOs
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Martha’s rule: parallels with acute oncology
Cooksley and colleagues discuss how the careful implementation and evaluation of Martha’s rule are essential.1The…
What is the meaning of cancer?
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STAT+: Drug shortages and the supply chain are a matter of national security, experts say
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Vertex and U.K. at odds over value of CF meds; French authorities probe Sanofi over alleged market manipulation
Top of the morning to you. Gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus right…
When I use a word . . . Medicines regulation—apothecaries, quacks, chemists, druggists, pharmacists
ApothecariesIn the 18th and 19th centuries, when the Medicines Stamp Acts were being passed,1 medical…
450-million-year-old organism finds new life in Softbotics
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering used fossil evidence to engineer a soft…
Studies of geologic faulting on icy moons aid exploration of extraterrestrial watery worlds
Earth and space scientists document and reveal the mechanisms behind strike-slip faulting on the largest moon…
Want the secret to less painful belly flops? These researchers have the answer.
Researchers investigated belly flop mechanics and found surprising insights about air-to-water impacts that could be…
The fascinating relationship between mice and a plant that flowers once a century in terms of seed dispersal
Researchers have discovered several factors that affect field mouse behavior using seeds from dwarf bamboo…
Two fins are better than one: Fish synchronize tail fins to save energy
They say two heads are better than one. But in the world of fish, it…
Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy
Almost every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center. An international research…
Long-distance weaponry identified at the 31,000-year-old archaeological site of Maisières-Canal
The hunter-gatherers who settled on the banks of the Haine, a river in southern Belgium,…
Anastrozole: Repurposed drug could prevent thousands of breast cancer cases
Hundreds of thousands of women in England deemed at increased risk of breast cancer could…
Gaza: WHO calls for ceasefire as child death toll exceeds 4000
Health and humanitarian leaders have called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” after 30 days of…
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Rammya Mathew: Is the GP’s professional opinion no longer valued?
Our practice manager recently asked me and my colleagues to review a list of patient…
Medicine is blind to body diversity—and it’s limiting doctors’ examination skills
In my last year of medical school, I eagerly signed up to act as a…