Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
Dec 9, 2021
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Pediatrics
Black children overlooked in scar tissue disorder tests, study says
An immune disease that can damage vital organs—and is supposedly rare in young people—is more common than previously thought among Black children, a study suggests.
Dec 8, 2021
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Other
UK to probe 'systematic bias' in medical devices tech
Britain's health secretary announced Sunday he has launched an independent review to examine if "systematic bias" exists in the development of medical devices, after COVID-19 brought the issue "to the fore".
Nov 21, 2021
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Genetics
Connecting the dots for health data
Precision medicine requires big data. In order to improve the treatment of individuals with cancer, or to understand rare diseases, scientists and clinicians, as well as AI technologies require access to larger sets of health ...
Nov 18, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC investigating case of monkeypox in traveler from Nigeria
A case of monkeypox in a traveler who returned to the United States from Nigeria is being investigated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Maryland Department of Health.
Nov 17, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical training takes a mental toll, but less than a decade ago
A 13-year effort to track the mental health of new doctors in their most stressful time of training shows signs that things have gotten better.
Nov 15, 2021
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Health
With Vectura acquisition, tobacco giant Philip Morris will profit from treating the illnesses its products create
Cigarettes are the only legal consumer product that kill up to half of their users when consumed exactly as the manufacturer intended. The diseases they cause cost Australia's health system A$136.9 billion a year.
Sep 30, 2021
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Vaccination
Israel was a leader in the COVID vaccination race, so why are cases spiraling there?
Israel has been one of the focal points of the pandemic in 2021 owing to its rapid rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. By late February, authorities had administered at least one dose to 50% of the population, with much of Israel's ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Medications
'Stop prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19'
In 2021, in the United States alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention, post-exposure and treatment of COVID-19. Since the onset in February 2020, the U.S. has been the ...
Aug 30, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experts on WHO team say search for COVID origins has stalled
The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organization to find out where the coronavirus came from said Wednesday the search has stalled and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the ...
Aug 25, 2021
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