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| 03.10.2024 | Causal Inference: прозрение и практика. Лекция 2. Рандомизированные контролируемые испытания | Предыдущая лекция.
Рандомизированные контролируемые испытания (РКИ) представляют собой наиболее объективную, прозрачную и эффективную методологию для проведения экспериментов. Они пользуются огромной популярностью и применяются в самых разн... |
| 16.09.2024 | Efficiently Sustainable: How Hospitals Can Create Operational Sustainability | Connie Moser, Chief Executive Officer, Navenio
If any sector requires process improvement, it’s healthcare. There are well publicized NHS waiting list woes and A&E delays, but behind these figures are workforce and operational issues th... |
| 09.09.2024 | How to eat for a long and healthy life: These dietary patterns are associated with longer lives | If hit podcasts, best-selling books and influencer culture are any indication, millions of people are obsessed with longevity.
But just as important as your life span is your health span, or the number of years you live in good health, said... |
| 06.09.2024 | Harrison.ai's Radiology Revolution: A New Dawn for Healthcare AI | In the vast landscape of healthcare, a new star has emerged. Harrison.ai has launched Harrison.rad.1, a cutting-edge AI model designed specifically for radiology. This model is not just another tool; it’s a game-changer. It promises to tran... |
| 04.09.2024 | Harrison.ai launches world leading AI model to transform healthcare | Harrison.rad.1 significantly outperforms other major models on radiology tasks
The new model is being made accessible to select healthcare professionals and regulators to open up the conversation on responsible use of AI in healthcare
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| 04.09.2024 | Harrison.ai launches world leading AI model to transform healthcare | Harrison.rad.1 significantly outperforms other major models on radiology tasks
The new model is being made accessible to select healthcare professionals and regulators to open up the conversation on responsible use of AI in healthcare
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| 04.09.2024 | Opinion Columnists | Opinion: Fintan Steele: Humor is everywhere – even in politics and science | Study: “The effect of having Christmas dinner with in-laws on gut microbiota composition.” Published in the Human Microbiome Journal, 2019. The authors begin by noting an earlier study that demonstrated that increased contact with in-laws d... |
| 13.08.2024 | The Human Element in AI Transformation: A Journey from Data to Action | In the age of information, data is the new oil. Organizations are drowning in it. Every day, they collect millions of data points. Yet, the challenge remains: how to turn this flood of data into actionable insights. This is where artificial... |
| 11.08.2024 | From data to insight to action: The very human challenges of AI transformation | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
A few short years ago, the idea of collecting a million data points per day during any process was unfathomable t... |
| 05.08.2024 | Why exactly are ultraprocessed foods so hard to resist? This study is trying to find out | It was 9am on a Friday in March, and Ernest Jones III was hungry. From a hospital bed at a research facility at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, he surveyed his meal tray: Honey Nut Cheerios with fibre-enriched whole milk, a p... |
| 28.07.2024 | Prioritising certain foods can help slow down bone loss as you age | As we age, our bodies break down more bone tissue than they build. This can increase the risk of osteoporosis, a condition defined by weak, brittle bones, which can make them more susceptible to breaks and fractures. And for older adults, t... |
| 26.06.2024 | Новое исследование связало диабет с эмульгаторами, которые содержатся во многих продуктах | Комплексное исследование, проведенное во Франции с участием более 100 тыс. человек, показало, что потребление некоторых пищевых эмульгаторов связано с повышенным риском развития диабета второго типа. Результаты, полученные в ходе исследован... |
| 24.06.2024 | Are you more likely to develop common forms of cancer? | (BPT) - Do you know your cancer risk factors? Even if you’re young, knowing you’re at an increased risk of developing certain diseases is crucial to your health. Multiple studies show a rising trend in cancer diagnosis among younger people.... |
| 20.06.2024 | So, We Have Reached Peak Vegan Sausage? | This is a story about Beyond Meat’s fourth iteration of its plant-based sausage, how we have reached “peak vegan sausage”, and how these “fake vegan meats” are apparently dangerous for our health.
Beyond Meat today unveiled the fourth itera... |
| 18.06.2024 | Perineal cut reduces the risk of serious birth injury | Perineal cut reduces the risk of serious birth injury
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In first-time mothers requiring vacuum-assisted delivery, a lateral episiotomy (angled cut) in the tissue between the vaginal and anal ope... |
| 05.06.2024 | Al Gore Drives Climate Hysteria at WHO - Canada's Contentious Carbon Tax on the Verge of Collapse says Friends of Science Society | Author and energy expert Prof. Emeritus Vaclav Smil evaluates the unlikely outcome of Net Zero targets in a new report from the Fraser Institute.
Al Gore's short address to the WHO pandemic conference was filled with fearmongering rhetoric ... |
| 12.05.2024 | How bad are ultraprocessed foods, really? Here's what scientists know | In the mid-1990s, Carlos Monteiro, a nutritional epidemiologist in Brazil, noticed something alarming: Obesity rates among children in his country were rising rapidly.
To understand why, he and his colleagues at the University of Sao Paulo ... |
| 09.05.2024 | Limit these ultra-processed foods for longer-term health, 30-year study suggests | New research is adding to the evidence linking ultra-processed foods to health concerns. The study tracked people's habits over 30 years and found those who reported eating more of certain ultra-processed foods had a slightly higher risk of... |
| 09.05.2024 | New Research Shows Some Ultra-Processed Foods Are Actually Good for You | John Lopez, Tech Times 09 May 2024, 01:05 pm
Concerns about the health risks associated with ultra-processed foods have dominated headlines in recent years.
However, groundbreaking new research published this week calls traditional knowledg... |
| 16.04.2024 | Redefining grandparenthood: Finding success as an older, yet more involved, grandparent | (BPT) - Young parenthood is becoming a thing of the past. In 2021, the mean age of mothers giving birth for the first time was 27.3, a record high for the U.S. As a result, their parents are becoming grandparents later as well, though thank... |
| 11.04.2024 | The 1 filling snack Michael Pollan swears by to curb his insatiable craving for potato chips | Health The 1 filling snack Michael Pollan swears by to curb his insatiable craving for potato chips
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| 10.04.2024 | Why more Raleigh renters might start buying homes with their BFF | More people see "co-buying" as a way to go from renters to homeowners in this pricey market.
Why it matters: Purchasing a home with a friend or other relation makes homeownership slightly more attainable in a competitive market li... |
| 06.04.2024 | Why Minnesotans are buying homes with friends | Splitting the mortgage with someone who's not your spouse is one way for Minnesotans to become homeowners in this pricey housing market.
Why it matters: Roughly half of Americans are willing to split the bill on buying a home in less tradit... |
| 06.04.2024 | Why some Chicagoans are buying homes with friends | Splitting the mortgage is one way for Chicagoans to become homeowners in this pricey housing market.
Why it matters: Roughly half of Americans are willing to split the bill on buying a home in less traditional ways, Axios' Shauneen Miranda ... |
| 06.04.2024 | More people in the DMV are buying homes together | Co-buying is on the rise across the DMV, especially in Virginia — the state with the highest co-ownership growth year-over-year.
Why it matters: Splitting the mortgage is one way to become a homeowner in this pricey market.
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| 06.04.2024 | More people in Denver are buying homes together | Co-buying has become increasingly common in Colorado, especially in Weld County where residents are among the top in the nation for home co-ownership growth.
Why it matters: Splitting the mortgage is one way to become a homeowner in this pr... |
| 03.04.2024 | Opinion Columnists | Opinion: Fintan Steele: Is working together toward a shared set of truths even possible anymore? | In December 2018, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published an article with the provocative title: “Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial.” The hypothesis that led to this ... |
| 23.03.2024 | Princess of Wales cancer: What is preventative chemotherapy? | Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales announced her cancer diagnosis on March 22, 2024. Image: Adrian DENNIS / AFP
Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced on Friday that she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy to treat cancer discovere... |
| 12.03.2024 | Health | Fact check: Biden is right. The US generally pays double that of other countries for prescription drugs | Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact | (TNS) KFF Health News
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Joe Biden on Feb. 22, 2024, at a campaign reception
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| 29.02.2024 | Short-Term Thinking Is Undermining Healthcare — Here’s What We Need Instead | This past July, the staffing group American Physician Partners (APP), with merely two weeks’ notice to its clients, left health systems scrambling to transition their contracts — a process that ideally should take several months. More cruci... |
| 29.02.2024 | Ultra-processed foods linked to over 30 health issues, from diabetes to heart trouble to cancer, research finds | Who hasn't been tempted by supermarket aisles full of cookies, chips and other snackable treats, or lured by the ease of prepackaged meals? But those highly processed foods come at a cost to your health. Consistent evidence shows diets high... |
| 14.02.2024 | 54% of Europeans Avoid Plant-Based Meat Because It’s Ultra-Processed, with 65% Concerned About Health Impact | 7 Mins Read A new 17-country survey says that 65% of Europeans are concerned about the health implications of ultra-processed foods, with over half of respondents avoiding plant-based meats because they are ultra-processed.
With an increasi... |
| 08.02.2024 | Could testosterone be a useful treatment for menopause? | The world may be getting over the idea that men are from Mars and women from Venus, but public perception still holds that testosterone is the male hormone, and estrogen, the female. That can make the following fact a little puzzling: There... |
| 06.02.2024 | What Primary Care’s “Barnes & Noble Moment” Means for the Future of Digital Health | Impossibly, it’s already been 25 years since Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks fell in love to the soundtrack of dial-up internet in the movie You’ve Got Mail. At the time, independent bookstores (“Shop Around the Corner” in the film) were under threa... |
| 23.01.2024 | Health | ‘Shell game’: When private equity comes to town, hospitals can see cutbacks, closures | Anna Claire Vollers | (TNS) Stateline.org
Peggy Malone walks the quiet halls of Crozer-Chester Medical Center, the Pennsylvania hospital where she’s worked as a registered nurse for the past 35 years, with the feeling she’s drifting through... |
| 23.01.2024 | Not All UPFs are Equal: Green Queen Unveils FAQ Guide for Plant-Based Meat & Ultra-Processed Foods | 6 Mins Read To combat misinformation, ease consumer confusion and offer balance to the discussion around plant-based meat and ultra-processed foods, Green Queen has published a free, comprehensive resource guide on the topic in an easy-to-u... |
| 11.01.2024 | Perinatal depression linked to increased risk of death | Perinatal depression linked to increased risk of death
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Women who suffer depression during or after pregnancy have a higher risk of death by both natural and unnatural causes, a new study of ch... |
| 18.12.2023 | New Study Examines Barbie's Representation in Medical Field, Exploring Impact of the Recent Movie | Inno Flores, Tech Times 18 December 2023, 11:12 pm |
| 13.12.2023 | Study Investigates Coca-Cola's Role in Easing Blocked Esophagus, Debunking the Myth | Inno Flores, Tech Times 13 December 2023, 02:12 am |
| 22.11.2023 | New Research: Not All UPFs Created Equal, Plant-Based Meat Can Be Part of Healthy Diet | 8 Mins Read Two new European health studies suggest that while a plant-rich, minimally-processed whole foods diet is ideal for good health, consuming some processed foods including bread and plant-based meat is perfectly fine.
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| 08.11.2023 | Many Americans receive too much health care. That may finally be changing | The opioid crisis rocked America, bringing addiction and overdose into the spotlight. But it also highlighted the overtreatment of pain: Medical and dental providers alike overprescribed opioids after procedures and for chronic conditions. ... |
| 17.10.2023 | Add Nutritious Ingredients to Ultra-Processed Foods To Get Americans To Pay More for Them | 7 Mins Read For most Americans, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are a big part of their daily diets, but they have been linked with a host of diseases and health detriments. In that light, a new study has found that Americans would be willing ... |
| 30.09.2023 | Почему вы не тренируетесь? | Содержание статьи:
1. Простыми словами: Геном и физиология человека в исторической перспективе
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Преимущества, которые дают регулярные тренировки:
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| 20.09.2023 | Corti, an AI ‘co-pilot’ for healthcare clinicians, raises $60M | Artificial intelligence continues to be a major force in the world of healthcare, and in one of the latest developments, a Copenhagen startup called Corti has raised $60 million to expand its contribution to the field: an AI assistant desig... |
| 09.09.2023 | Pharmaceutical Innovations Are Not Created Equal, As Medicare Will Soon Find Out As It Assesses First 10 Drugs It Selected For Price Negotiation | Pharmaceutical development is a complex and risky process. And If successful in terms of regulatory ... [+] approval, not all drug innovations are created equal. Innovativeness varies enormously.getty |
| 30.08.2023 | Female surgeons have lower rates of long-term adverse outcomes than their male peers, study finds | A new study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery suggests that patients treated by female surgeons have lower rates of adverse postoperative long-term outcomes including death compared to similar patients treated by male surgeons. Long-term ... |
| 07.08.2023 | Doctors need to pay more attention to non-physical side effects of health care | When faced with a new diagnosis, a patient knows that the necessary treatment may make her feel lousy. What she doesn’t always account for, though, is the effect that it will have on the rest of her life.
It’s common for patients and physic... |
| 03.08.2023 | It's good for your health: Be a better neighbor | A Mister Rogers-like approach to being a neighbor could be good for you.
Why it matters: The U.S. is experiencing an epidemic of loneliness, and studies suggest that cultivating better relationships with the people who live nearby is crucia... |
| 03.08.2023 | Danger of Nuclear Catastrophe Is 'Great and Growing,' Warn Over 100 Top Medical Journals | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 03 August 2023, 07:08 am
More than 100 medical journals worldwide issued a joint call on Thursday to address the "great and growing" threat of nuclear catastrophe by eliminating nuclear weapons.
The call... |
| 01.08.2023 | Can Doctor AI predict cancer, save lives? | A patient waits anxiously in the doctor’s office. The specialist walks in to inform them that they have been diagnosed with cancer. But there is good news. It has been discovered at an early stage. They have excellent prospects for a full r... |
| 31.07.2023 | Why Private Equity In Heathcare Is Receiving Closer Scrutiny By Journalists And Government | The phenomenon of private equity (PE) companies purchasing medical practices is receiving greater scrutiny from academicians, journalists, and government regulators. Many recent stories do not portray the private equity model in a favorable... |
| 28.07.2023 | Health
Health | Mayo Clinic Minute: Is there a connection between ultraprocessed food and cancer? | By Deb Balzer | Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS)
There is a growing body of evidence that shows ultraprocessed foods are not only unhealthy but increase the risk of cancers. The term ultraprocessed food was created as a way to categorize food... |
| 24.07.2023 | How do doctors’ personal political affiliations affect how they care for their patients? | This essay is adapted from “Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health,” out now from Doubleday.
“Honey, I forgot to duck,” Ronald Reagan said to his wife as he was wheeled to the ope... |
| 21.07.2023 | Mattel accused by health expert of 'stealth marketing' to children by placing free Barbie dolls in schools | Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie as Ken and Barbie. Courtesy of Warner Bros.
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Mattel has been heavily marketing its new Barbie movie.
Some health experts are angry over a project the firm funded in schools, per The BMJ.
One criticiz... |
| 20.07.2023 | New Study Finds Troubling Mental and Physical Side Effects Are Main Reason Patients Stop Taking Antidepressants | According to comments posted on an online forum, the top reason for discontinuing antidepressants was the distressing mental side effects users experienced, including apathy, anxiety, insomnia, loss of sexual drive, and suicidal thoughts.
A... |
| 20.07.2023 | Extensive review finds private equity owners jack up the cost of medical care | Private equity firms are rapidly buying their way into the U.S. health care system, and as they do, new research finds they tend to increase costs and may also harm quality.
A new BMJ systematic review rounded up 55 studies on the effects o... |
| 15.07.2023 | Avoiding sports or any physical activity because you think you’re clumsy? Here's how to fix that | Carmen Chavez spent much of her life avoiding sports. Her aversion, she said, stemmed from the embarrassment of middle school gym class. As more athletic girls slammed volleyballs across the net, she worried about tripping or being hit by a... |
| 30.06.2023 | Vitamin D could be good for the heart in older adults, a large study finds | Health Vitamin D could be good for the heart in older adults, a large study finds
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| 30.06.2023 | The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision puts lives at risk | The past several months have been grim for health in the U.S. In December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the lowest life expectancy in more than 25 years. Another CDC report in March showed that maternal mortality ... |
| 19.06.2023 | How to separate sound wellness solutions from seductive snake oil | When pandemic lockdowns prevented access to traditional health care facilities, the demand for alternative and complementary health products skyrocketed. Do-it-yourself remedies went viral and biohacking, which is quantifying your biology i... |
| 16.06.2023 | Merck Seeks A `Fair’ Drug Price In Lawsuit Against Department Of HHS, But So Does Medicare: Neither Price Is Fair | FILE - Merck is suing the federal government over its plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, ... [+] calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion. The drugmaker is seeking to halt Medicare's drug price negotiation process, which was ... |
| 07.06.2023 | The Canada wildfires are exposing the harmful effects — and health inequities — of air pollution | Wildfires blazing in and around Quebec are creating hazardous health conditions throughout North America. Over 100 million people were under alerts for unhealthy air quality as of Wednesday, and people in the Northeast and Midwest — areas t... |
| 01.06.2023 | Pharmaceutical Industry Ought To Justify Drug Prices On Value, Not R&D Costs | Lab technician examines microbes through a microscope.getty |
| 01.06.2023 | Check out the 18-slide pitch deck Lindus Health used to convince Peter Thiel to back its clinical trials platform | The Lindus Health team. The Lindus Health. This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel has invested in British health tech startup Lindus Health.
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| 26.05.2023 | Sorry, stevia: Artificial sweeteners get more bad PR | The World Health Organization isn't sweet on non-sugar sweeteners, the agency announced.
Driving the news: It advised against using sugar substitutes like Splenda, stevia and Sweet'n Low for weight loss — and warned about potential long-ter... |
| 26.05.2023 | AI/ML: Considerations of Healthcare’s New Frontier | Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is bringing healthcare into a new frontier with vast potential to improve clinical outcomes, manage resources, and support therapeutic development. They also raise ethical, legal, and o... |
| 25.05.2023 | Primary Care Doctors Advised Not to Prescribe Antidepressants to Patients on First Visit for Mild to Moderate Depression | Researchers suggest that instead of antidepressants, which have limited benefit to patients and carry the risks of serious side effects, doctors could prescribe physical activity first for treating mild to moderate depression.
A landmark 20... |
| 24.05.2023 | What if we’re talking about teens’ mental health too much? | Every day, it seems, is mental health awareness day. In the U.S., there’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week in February. May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, which includes National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. September ... |
| 18.05.2023 | First RSV vaccine to protect infants wins backing of FDA panel | The first vaccine to protect babies from the respiratory virus RSV is a step closer to approval, after a panel of the Food and Drug Administration's outside vaccine advisers voted Thursday to back the safety and effectiveness of a new shot ... |
| 16.05.2023 | ‘We’re failing to make progress’: Studies show ongoing toll of premature Black deaths | In the last two decades, Black Americans have suffered 1.63 million excess deaths and lost more than 80 million years of life compared to white Americans, according to a new analysis that is the first comprehensive attempt to quantify the i... |
| 02.05.2023 | AI’s chaotic rollout in big US hospitals detailed in anonymous quotes | Enlarge
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When it comes to artificial intelligence, the hype, hope, and foreboding are suddenly everywhere. But the turbulent tech has long caused waves in health care: from IBM Watson's f... |
| 01.05.2023 | The apparent poisoning of schoolgirls is just one part of Iran’s health crisis | On the first day back to school in April, after time off to celebrate the Persian New Year, students in Iran were greeted with another apparent chemical attack. This was just the most recent in a monthslong series of reports of students, in... |
| 26.04.2023 | Как ИИ пытались бороться против ковида (и почему у них не получилось) | Автор оригинала: MIT Technology Review |
| 25.04.2023 | Правда о кофеине: как кофе на самом деле влияет на наш организм | Каждый день в мире выпивается 2 млрд. чашек кофе. Но что на самом деле происходит после того, как вы проглотили первую порцию кофе? Вот всё, что вам нужно знать
Кофе. Живительная жидкость. Жидкое золото. И все его психоактивные свойства. Ко... |
| 18.04.2023 | CCHR Urges Government to Investigate Link Between Psychopharmaceutical Drugs and Senseless Violence | Louisville, Kentucky suffered its second largest mass shooting on April 10th, 2023, when a 25-year-old shot and killed five people and wounded eight others at Old National Bank.
History tragically repeats itself in Louisville, Kentucky
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| 08.04.2023 | Climate Hysteria In The Dark Age: Are We Seeing Glimmers Of Light? | Arthur's Hall, Dover Castle, 14th century, (c1990-2010). Interior view. Reconstruction drawing of ... [+] Arthur's Hall, table feast in the 14th century. A a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, founded in the 11th century and described as the K... |
| 08.04.2023 | Meniscus tear, ACL rupture: How to decide if you should undergo surgery or physical therapy | Growing up as a competitive soccer, basketball and volleyball player, Lindsey Plass was familiar with minor injuries, aches and pains. But it wasn’t until she was 26, after getting into running, that she received a diagnosis of femoroacetab... |
| 04.04.2023 | Eli Health Raises $3.6 Million To Improve Women's Health With Saliva-Based Continuous Hormone-Monitoring Technology | Thomas Cortina and Marina Pavlovic Rivas, cofounders of Eli HealthEli Health |
| 27.03.2023 | Strengthen science by funding living evidence synthesis | A recent high-profile paper suggesting that science is becoming dramatically less disruptive set the academic world abuzz. One interpretation of this finding — though by no means the only one — is that the exponential growth of the scientif... |
| 23.02.2023 | The Unexpected Winners Of The ChatGPT Generative AI Revolution | 3D illustration of multimedia contentgetty |
| 22.02.2023 | More Than Half Of Long Covid Patients Suffer From Organ Damage Up To One Year After Covid Infection | Washington DC, USA- September 19th: Protestors lay down outside the White House to call attention to ... [+] those suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and âlong Covidâ on September 19th, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nathan Posner... |
| 14.02.2023 | The X-waiver for buprenorphine prescribing is gone. It’s time to spread the word | Signing into law a change that can prevent thousands of Americans from dying of opioid overdoses should have been met with fanfare. Instead, it not only slid under the media radar but hasn’t been communicated to the people who need to know ... |
| 13.02.2023 | ChatGPT-assisted diagnosis: Is the future suddenly here? | The notion that people will regularly use computers to diagnose their own illnesses has been discussed for decades. Of course, millions of people try to do that today, consulting Dr. Google, though often with little success. Given the low q... |
| 10.02.2023 | Pregnancy complications heighten heart risks in later life. It’s time to pay attention | The American Heart Association has released its 2023 Statistical Update and the results are grim: In 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, more people died from cardiovascular-related causes than ever before: a staggering 928,741 d... |
| 09.02.2023 | State of the Union highlights America’s awkward conversation on financing the development of new medicines | Science, medicine, health care, and paying for medicines featured prominently in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. What I found interesting — and symbolic of the health policy dilemma facing the United States — was how these... |
| 01.02.2023 | Latin America can lead the way on a new public health model | The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that countries of the Global South cannot rely on the international system or rich countries in the Global North to help them through health crises.
When Bolivia struck an agreement w... |
| 27.01.2023 | How a checklist can help decolonize global health research | When institutions in the United States and other high-income countries embark on collaborations to improve health or the delivery of health care in low-income countries, they do it with the best of intentions. But intentions aren’t good eno... |
| 27.01.2023 | Study finds seafood’s omega-3s may lower risk of chronic kidney problems | Omega-3s found in seafood have been shown to improve kidney health, according to a recent study published in the BMJ, a peer-reviewed medical trade journal published by the British Medical Association.
The study, “Association of omega 3 pol... |
| 25.01.2023 | Making naloxone available over the counter won’t solve the overdose crisis — but it will help | The Food and Drug Administration aims to conduct priority reviews of at least two product applications for granting over-the-counter status to intranasal formulations of naloxone, an overdose-reversal drug.
Naloxone prevents overdose deaths... |
| 25.01.2023 | Ketamine is being sold as a depression wonder drug. For some, it's making everything worse. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Three years ago, Jared* a 31-year-old venture capitalist, sat in a purple recliner wearing an eye mask, ambient music pulsing through his B... |
| 24.01.2023 | Children Born at Less Than 34 Weeks Show Cognitive Deficits in Adolescence | TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Compared with adolescents born at 40 weeks of gestation, those born at |
| 24.01.2023 | It’s time to retire ‘poor historian’ from clinicians’ vocabularies | Should we pity the “poor historian” — the individual or family member who can’t give a clear accounting of their illness or symptoms — or embrace them? They have important stories to offer their clinicians, but can’t tell them. Who is reall... |
| 20.01.2023 | The WHO’s new pandemic treaty is good for the world — and the U.S. | In December, delegates from more than 180 countries met in Switzerland to discuss the International Treaty for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, which had initially been proposed in December 2021. Support for it gained tracti... |
| 19.01.2023 | Preterm Birth Tied to Lower IQs, Poorer School Grades | THURSDAY, Jan. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- By the time they're teenagers, babies born prematurely may be getting poorer school grades than their non-preemie peers.
Researchers found that babies born before 34 weeks of pregnancy had lower s... |
| 17.01.2023 | Stop blaming Biogen for putting profit at the expense of patients. Blame the systems that enabled it | Two congressional committees recently released damning results of an 18-month investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. The systems that enabled Biogen’s actions, how... |
| 12.01.2023 | FDA allows more vitamin D fortification in cereal and bars | Dive Brief:
The FDA approved increases to the fortification levels of vitamin D in cereal products and grain-based bars in response to a petition filed by Kellogg over three years ago.
According to the Federal Register, 560 IU per 100 grams... |
| 11.01.2023 | For most mild infections, long Covid symptoms clear after a year, large study finds | Since long Covid emerged, how best to define it, predict it, and treat it has been up for debate, but perhaps the most urgent question for patients and providers alike has been how long it lasts. A new study analyzing nearly 2 million patie... |
| 10.01.2023 | ИИ не сдал квалификационный экзамен по радиологии | Искусственный интеллект сдавал экзамен по радиологии в рамках курса лондонского Королевского колледжа радиологов (FRCR). Британские стажёры отвечали правильно в 84,8% случаев, а средняя точность ответов ИИ составила 79,5%. Результаты исслед... |
| 06.01.2023 | A virologist explains why omicron is continuing to dominate | FOTOGRIN/Shutterstock
Where is the next COVID variant, pi? A virologist explains why omicron is continuing to dominate.,photo: getty images
The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has now been around for more than... |
| 05.01.2023 | Hungary just canceled income tax for new moms in their 20s. It's the country's latest attempt to fix its long-term labor shortage. | Hungary PM Viktor Orban Reuters
Hungary is eliminating the income tax for mothers under the age of 30.
It's one of several moves the government has made in recent years to try and boost its birth rate.
The country is already facing a severe... |
