In 1959, a young doctor named David Sackett stumbled on a clinical trial that would change his life—and most of ours. The study showed that conventional wisdom on bed rest in medicine was wrong. And it helped lead Sackett ...
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Many health videos on YouTube, even those made by doctors, may not be giving viewers reliable medical information, a new study suggests.
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A recent review of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care underscores the need for expert bodies to produce evidence-based guidance and that Canada should ensure a renewed task force is adequately funded and supported, ...
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Our beliefs about health often unconsciously shape the decisions we make daily. However, not all these beliefs are based on solid scientific foundations. Some, although well-intentioned, are illusory beliefs about health, ...
Jul 18, 2025
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Brighton and Sussex Medical School and Royal Sussex County Hospital researchers have published an analysis of Francis Hauksbee the Younger's 1743 "Experimentum Crucis." In the analysis, the researchers consider the systematic ...
The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and the anecdotal experience of individual ...
Jan 13, 2025
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The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called ChatGPT is a powerful way for Black women to educate themselves about HIV prevention, as it provides reliable and culturally sensitive information, according to a study in The ...
May 3, 2024
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Having a child with food allergies isn't easy to manage, and now new research shows that most of these parents turn to social media for medical advice.
May 1, 2024
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In a position statement issued by the North American Menopause Society and published online June 1 in Menopause, updated recommendations are presented for the nonhormonal management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms.
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Hospitals have begun using "decision support tools" powered by artificial intelligence that can diagnose disease, suggest treatment or predict a surgery's outcome. But no algorithm is correct all the time, so how do doctors ...
Apr 4, 2023
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