Neuroscience

Are avid exercisers at higher risk for ALS?

(HealthDay)—A new study may allay concerns that strenuous exercise could up the risk for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable neurological disease.

Medical economics

Using electronic health records to predict physician departure

Physician turnover is disruptive and costly. It affects patients' continuity of care, strains healthcare organizations, and can take a toll on physicians and their families. By some estimates, each departure can also cost ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO issues call for experts to help with COVID origins probe

The World Health Organization has issued a call for experts to join a new advisory group it's forming, in part to address the agency's fraught attempts to investigate how the coronavirus pandemic started.

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