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Johnson & Johnson risks UK lawsuit over talc cancer claim
UK claimants announced Wednesday legal action against US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging that women diagnosed with cancers were exposed to asbestos in the company's talcum powder.
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Public humiliation is still a common teaching tool in medical education—here's how it leaves patients worse off
Imagine being questioned about complex technical knowledge in front of your peers, supervisors, and members of the public—knowing that a wrong answer could lead to public ridicule.
Nov 19, 2024
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Study explores patient perceptions of behavioral flags in the emergency department
A study that investigates patient perceptions and the perceived benefits and harms associated with the use of behavioral flags has been published in Academic Emergency Medicine. The study, titled "Patient perceptions of behavioral ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Is it ever OK for scientists to experiment on themselves?
A virologist named Beata Halassy recently made headlines after publishing a report of successfully treating her own breast cancer by self-administering an experimental treatment.
Nov 18, 2024
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Stiff business: Berlin startup will freeze your corpse for monthly fee
Becca Ziegler is only 24, but she already has her death planned out: her corpse will be deep-frozen to minus 200 degrees Celsius (minus 328 degrees Fahrenheit) with liquid nitrogen.
Nov 15, 2024
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New study emphasizes the importance of arts and humanities in neurology training
Art and neurology have long been intertwined. Renaissance artwork depicted the nuances of human anatomy and pathology with remarkable accuracy, while Impressionism, Cubism, and other artistic movements utilized the unique ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Brick by colorful brick: LEGO helps bridge gap between midwifery and medical students
Normally a staple of the childhood toybox, new research has found that LEGO bricks can be an effective ice breaker between midwifery and medical students.
Nov 10, 2024
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Ballot measures to legalize recreational use of cannabis fail in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota
Nov. 5, 2024, was a tough day for cannabis legalization supporters.
Nov 7, 2024
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Experts suggest Michelangelo depicted breast cancer in the Sistine Chapel fresco
Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays a young woman exhibiting ...
Identifying tools that allow the underrepresented in medicine to thrive in residency
Filling an information gap to benefit the greatest number of people. That was the motivation behind a recent Yale study where researchers set out to identify practical steps for the underrepresented in medicine [URiM].
Oct 23, 2024
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Trainee learning tied to team productivity in pediatric inpatient teams
Organizations increasingly use dynamic teams, which are short-lived and have changes in team members over time. Dynamic teams enable more agility to accommodate schedule constraints and adaptively assign experts as new problems ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Ignored, blamed, and sometimes left to die—a leading expert in ME explains the origins of a modern medical 'scandal'
There is a city nearby that we hide from view. Its people are of all ages, ethnicities and classes. What unites them is a disease: all are diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME.
Oct 21, 2024
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Sanofi pursues sale of painkiller after political controversy
Sanofi confirmed on Monday plans to sell a controlling stake in its over-the-counter unit to a US investment fund, after employment and investment guarantees relieved political controversy.
Oct 21, 2024
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American Thoracic Society provides tips for hospitals to manage IV fluid supply amid shortage
The American Thoracic Society is providing tips to help hospitals mitigate impacts on intravenous (IV) fluid supply resulting from manufacturing disruptions due to recent hurricanes.
Oct 15, 2024
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Painkiller sale plan to US gives France major headache
The planned sale of France's best-selling medical drug to US investors has caused the government a splitting headache after an outcry from politicians on all sides.
Oct 14, 2024
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A Georgia biotech firm finds itself fighting the FDA and former workers
MiMedx, a Marietta, Georgia, biomedical company that makes skin grafts and other treatments, is entangled in contentious legal battles with filings in recent weeks by a federal government agency in one court and 10 former ...
Oct 11, 2024
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US scrambles to find hospital IV fluids after Helene damages NC plant
After Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant for a major supplier of IV fluids for U.S. hospitals, officials said the federal government is reaching out internationally to help restore supply.
Oct 10, 2024
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Doctors urging conference boycotts over abortion bans face uphill battle
Soon after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its Roe v. Wade abortion ruling in 1973, Laura Esserman used her high school graduation speech to urge her classmates to vote for the Equal Rights Amendment to expand women's access ...
Oct 10, 2024
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Medical professionals should lead the fight against climate misinformation, say scientists
Medical professionals have a responsibility to lead the fight against climate misinformation to ensure that the public is well informed about the health risks posed by climate change, say experts in The BMJ.
Oct 9, 2024
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Zantac maker GSK agrees to pay $2.3 bn in US settlements
British pharmaceutical company GSK said Wednesday it has agreed to pay $2.3 billion in the United States to put an end to lawsuits alleging that its Zantac heartburn drug caused cancer.
Oct 9, 2024
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Should doctors be suspended for unlawful climate activism?
Former GP Sarah Benn was suspended by the medical practitioners tribunal service (MPTS) after an arrest for her involvement in climate protests. In The BMJ, two experts debate the question of when and whether doctors in such ...
Oct 9, 2024
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The Nobel Prize in medicine opens 6 days of award announcements
The Nobel prizes award season begins Monday with the announcement by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm of the winner of this year's medicine award.
Oct 7, 2024
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Survival rate for avalanche burials has increased by 10% since 1994, finds new analysis
Modern avalanche transceivers, shovels and probes are now standard in ski touring. Along with a rise in the uptake of avalanche courses and increasingly efficient rescue teams, quicker detection and rescue of buried victims ...
Sep 26, 2024
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How history can teach us to prevent deaths at sea
The rapid sinking of the Bayesian superyacht and the loss of seven lives in August 2024, including tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, cruelly emphasized the potentially lethal perils of the sea. This tragedy, although much publicized, ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Jill Biden announces $500 million for women's health research
US First Lady Jill Biden on Monday announced the Pentagon will spend $500 million annually to advance women's health research, as part of a broader White House push.
Sep 24, 2024
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