Obstetrics & gynaecology
Healthy twins born to woman who was pregnant in each of her two uteruses
When Kelsey Hatcher's twins share their birth story someday, their tale will truly be one in a million.
Dec 31, 2023
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Health
'Financial ruin is baked into the system': Readers on the costs of long-term care
Thousands of readers reacted to the articles in the "Dying Broke" series about the financial burden of long-term care in the United States. They offered their assessments for the government and market failures that have drained ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Medical research
Using mathematics to enhance kidney exchange programs
Danny Blom researched advanced models and their impact on the practice of kidney exchange.
Dec 21, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
HIV drugs might help prevent multiple sclerosis, large new study suggests
Over the last decade, several case studies have reported that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who started antiretroviral therapy for HIV (to keep the virus in check) subsequently found that their MS symptoms had either ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Addressing racial disparities key to eliminating TB, researchers say
Progress toward the elimination of tuberculosis in the United States has been stalled by significant racial and ethnic disparities often masked by state- and national-level data, say University of Michigan researchers.
Dec 14, 2023
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Medical economics
SNAP recipients may struggle to meet dietary goals, especially in food deserts
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation's largest nutrition program, helping 41 million participants afford "nutritious food essential to health and well-being."
Dec 14, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social phobia amid COVID-19 pandemic? You're not alone
The trend of increased social phobia in the modern era, especially among youth, has become a topic that researchers have been pursuing and tackling in the long term. Simultaneously, almost three years after the outbreak of ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Health informatics
AI chatbot shows potential as diagnostic partner, researchers find
Physician-investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) compared a chatbot's probabilistic reasoning to that of human clinicians. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, suggest that artificial intelligence ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Health informatics
How a failure to understand race leads to flawed health tech
A new study focused on wearable health monitors underscores an entrenched problem in the development of new health technologies—namely, that a failure to understand race means the way these devices are developed and tested ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Health
Abortion opponents push state lawmakers to promote unproven 'abortion reversal'
Anti-abortion organizations are pushing state lawmakers to promote a controversial and unproven "abortion reversal" treatment—flouting the objections of medical professionals who point out it is not supported by science.
Dec 6, 2023
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