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Curtailing California’s oil production will improve health but affect jobs

As society reckons with climate change, there's a growing call to keep fossil fuels right where they are, in the ground. But the impact of curtailing oil production will depend on the policies we implement to achieve this.

18 May 2023

NYU Grossman School of Medicine celebrates achievements of new doctors at 2023 graduation ceremony

NYU Grossman School of Medicine celebrated the achievements of 111 new doctors at its graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 17, at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.

18 May 2023

Wayne State University faculty member awarded grant to focus on the health of incarcerated older adults

Wayne State University faculty member Rodlescia Sneed, Ph.D. has been awarded a five-year Career Development grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.

18 May 2023

The abortion pill goes back to court

The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone remains in jeopardy, as an appellate court panel during a hearing this week sounded sympathetic to a lower court’s ruling that the FDA should not have approved the drug more than two decades ago.

18 May 2023

Increasing rates of induction of labor of pregnant women in the UK may have unintended consequences

A new study suggests that increasing rates of induction of labour (IOL) of pregnant women and people in the UK, without considering the accompanying, real-world impact on staffing workloads and patient care, may have unintended consequences.

18 May 2023

Review: Quality improvement advances in stroke care

Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke. Every 3.5 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies of a stroke.

18 May 2023

Shared decision policies lead to high rates of PSA testing and inequity with minimal benefit

Most high income countries, including the UK, do not have a national prostate cancer screening programme, but instead allow men without symptoms to get a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test if they wish, after talking to their doctor.

18 May 2023

Regular aerobic exercise may help reduce influenza and pneumonia mortality risk

Regular aerobic exercise, popularly known as "cardio," is linked to a significantly lower risk of death from flu or pneumonia, even at weekly levels below those recommended, finds US research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

18 May 2023

Investigating the changes in severity and epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children

Shifting Epidemiology and Severity of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

18 May 2023

Individuals with a long-term high tea consumption trajectory may have lower risk for all-cause mortality

Researchers investigated whether consuming tea against hypertension and mortality interact with alcohol intake among Chinese individuals.

18 May 2023

Can chatGPT pass a radiology board-style examination?

Researchers assess the performance of artificial intelligence (AI)-based ChatGPT on radiology board–style examination questions.

18 May 2023

Researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 directly infects hepatocytes that cause hyperglycemia

Researchers investigate whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused hyperglycemia.

18 May 2023

Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina

Until recently, Jonathon Murray relied on Medicaid to pay for treatments for multiple health conditions, including chronic insomnia. Murray, a 20-year-old restaurant worker from the college town of Brookings, South Dakota, said that without his medication, he would stay awake for several nights in a row.

18 May 2023

A covid test Medicare scam may be a trial run for further fraud

Medicare coverage for at-home covid-19 tests ended last week, but the scams spawned by the temporary pandemic benefit could have lingering consequences for seniors.

18 May 2023

Is there an association between long-term plasma caffeine intake and adiposity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases?

Investigate the effects of long-term exposure to higher plasma caffeine concentrations on T2D, adiposity, and cardiovascular diseases.

18 May 2023

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Curtailing California’s oil production will improve health but affect jobs

NYU Grossman School of Medicine celebrates achievements of new doctors at 2023 graduation ceremony

Wayne State University faculty member awarded grant to focus on the health of incarcerated older adults

The abortion pill goes back to court

Increasing rates of induction of labor of pregnant women in the UK may have unintended consequences

Review: Quality improvement advances in stroke care

Shared decision policies lead to high rates of PSA testing and inequity with minimal benefit

Regular aerobic exercise may help reduce influenza and pneumonia mortality risk

Investigating the changes in severity and epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children

Individuals with a long-term high tea consumption trajectory may have lower risk for all-cause mortality

Can chatGPT pass a radiology board-style examination?

Researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 directly infects hepatocytes that cause hyperglycemia

Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina

A covid test Medicare scam may be a trial run for further fraud

Is there an association between long-term plasma caffeine intake and adiposity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases?

Study claims that mask-wearing is still as necessary in healthcare settings

Roche partners with Social Value Portal to measure its social value impact on societies across the UK

Majority of people in the UK would consider taking part in a clinical trial, survey reveals

New sustainable ECG patch aims to reduce the carbon footprint of wearable electronics

Policy overhaul needed: Food industry's impact on global brain health

The Proteoform Puzzle: Unlocking the Next Frontier

Synthetic Biology and the Pursuit of Living Diagnostics

Modular, Scalable, Intelligent: How n6 Is Rethinking NGS Library Prep

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