New language guidelines for anatomy aim to improve clarity, but they could reduce understanding instead
Some of us are all too aware that muscle disappears over time, but the removal of the word "muscle" from anatomical names feels like language imitating life.
Jun 24, 2024
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Modern surgery began with saws and iron hands: How amputation transformed the body in the renaissance
The human body today has many replaceable parts, ranging from artificial hearts to myoelectric feet. What makes this possible is not just complicated technology and delicate surgical procedures. It's also an idea—that humans ...
Jun 18, 2024
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Johnson & Johnson reaches $700 mn talc case settlement
US pharmaceutical and cosmetics giant Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $700 million to settle allegations it misled customers about the safety of its talcum-based powder products, New York's attorney general announced ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Community health centers' new crisis: The need for backup power
The 2017 Tubbs Fire, which killed 22 people and destroyed 5,600 buildings, was already a stressful time at Alliance Medical Center's clinic here, as workers who picked grapes in the nearby vineyards streamed into the nonprofit ...
Jun 11, 2024
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Only 1.6% of US doctors were Black in 1906—the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased
Fueled by the Supreme Court's June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that ...
Jun 8, 2024
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Pandemic preparedness policy statements: A step toward global health resilience
The patchwork systems of global and domestic monitoring for the next infectious disease threat should be expanded, linked and better funded; and public and private health agencies must improve coordination to be prepared ...
Jun 7, 2024
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New study sheds light on the effects of humor in medical practices
A humorous remark at just the right time can go a long way. Benevolent humor helps medical assistants (MAs) cope positively with their stressful working day, according to a new study published in BMC Primary Care by the Martin ...
Jun 3, 2024
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Top US government scientist grilled on COVID
Former US government scientist Anthony Fauci angrily denied covering up the origins of COVID-19 Monday in his first public congressional testimony since retiring as the face of the fight against the pandemic.
Jun 3, 2024
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Internationally trained female oncologists face many discrimination challenges in the US, find researchers
Coral Olazagasti expected a relatively smooth transition when she moved to New York to start her residency after graduating from medical school in her native Puerto Rico. But that proved wishful thinking.
May 24, 2024
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Q&A: What's at stake with the U.S. Supreme Court case on misinformation?
Concerns over medical misinformation are not new, but the COVID-19 pandemic magnified long-simmering tensions over two fundamental concepts: Freedom of speech and the federal government's responsibility to protect people ...
May 23, 2024
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Rural placements lead allied health, nursing students to consider relocation, study shows
Allied health and nursing students at metropolitan campuses are open to working rurally after undertaking a rural or regional placement, a University of Melbourne study has found.
May 23, 2024
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Cyberattack forces Michigan hospitals to switch to paper documentation, divert some patients elsewhere
A cyberattack against Michigan Ascension hospitals continues to cause issues, forcing it to divert some ambulances to other hospitals for certain medical issues, delay diagnostic imaging and affecting its ability to fill ...
May 21, 2024
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UK report finds cover-up of decades-long infected blood scandal
A decades-long UK scandal in which thousands of people died after being treated with infected blood was covered up and largely could have been avoided, according to a bombshell report published Monday.
May 20, 2024
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AstraZeneca to build $1.5 bln cancer drug facility in Singapore
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday that it planned to build a $1.5 billion plant in Singapore to manufacture next-generation drugs to treat cancer.
May 20, 2024
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People with disabilities have sex too—so why do some doctors think otherwise?
Disabled people have sex. They even enjoy it.
May 16, 2024
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UN nears landmark deal on combating biopiracy
The fight against biopiracy—plundering genetic resources and the traditional knowledge surrounding them—could soon be based on an international treaty which is being finalized at negotiations that began on Monday.
May 13, 2024
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Suspended UK climate activist physician will not stop protesting
Last month, Dr. Sarah Benn became the first UK doctor to be suspended from the medical register after being convicted and jailed for actions relating to climate activism.
May 8, 2024
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Power imbalances and hierarchy prevent doctors from working effectively in teams, research shows
Doctors under pressure are being prevented from working effectively in teams by power imbalances and negative hierarchies, a new study has found.
May 8, 2024
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