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Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics
Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support her developing fetus. ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Escape rooms provide fun, help teach anatomy concepts creatively
Virtual escape rooms focusing on anatomy education concepts provide medical students with a fun, creative and challenging way to engage with classroom material, improve their critical thinking, and identify gaps in knowledge. ...
Jun 17, 2025
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Supreme Court will hear case on NJ probe into anti-abortion clinics
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next term involving a New Jersey nonprofit that runs anti-abortion pregnancy centers and is fighting a state investigation.
Jun 17, 2025
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ALS care: Global differences in life support decisions
A new study reveals striking international differences in how doctors approach the sensitive issue of tracheostomy invasive ventilation (TIV) for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Cultural norms and health ...
Jun 12, 2025
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Attrition rates high among lesbian, gay, bisexual medical students
Medical school attrition rates are high among lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) medical students, according to a research letter published online June 10 in JAMA Network Open.
Jun 11, 2025
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Endocrinologists asked to step up efforts to reduce carbon footprint of health care
Modern medical practices make widespread use of plastics, flame retardants, and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of long-lasting chemicals used to make materials water and stain-resistant. These substances contribute ...
Jun 4, 2025
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Doctors struggle with empathy in a high-pressure work environment, researcher finds
Empathy is often seen as a natural and essential part of the patient encounter—but reality tends to look quite different. A new doctoral thesis from Umeå University describes how not only time pressure but also the structure ...
Jun 2, 2025
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US health boss Kennedy calls medical journals corrupt
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has attacked major medical journals, accusing them of collaborating with the pharmaceutical industry and threatening to bar government scientists from publishing in them.
May 28, 2025
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Regeneron to buy 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 mn
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said Monday it will buy genetic testing company 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million, a deal that provides the US biotech company with data on millions of clients.
May 19, 2025
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Top FDA inspection official to retire amid staff frustration
The official in charge of federal food and drug safety inspections will retire May 14.
May 7, 2025
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Trump orders curb on virus research he blames for Covid pandemic
US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered new limitations on a form of biological research his administration says caused the COVID-19 pandemic through a lab leak in China.
May 6, 2025
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Police officers fire more shots than civilians in homicides, research shows
An analysis using data from the US National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) has found that in homicides with police shooters, victims have been shot far more times than in homicides with civilians as shooters. The ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Federal prosecutor questions medical journals over alleged bias
At least three medical journals have received letters from a top federal prosecutor questioning whether they mislead readers or allow political bias to influence what they decide to publish.
Apr 23, 2025
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Assertive pharmacists can play key role in minimizing unnecessary drug prescriptions
Assertiveness—a communication style that involves frank self-expression while respecting others—is considered a teachable skill and has been regarded as useful in improving the safety of medical care. Researchers at the ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Trump administration withdraws key ADA documents
The Trump administration has removed 11 guidance documents that helped businesses follow the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a new report says.
Apr 9, 2025
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Firings at federal health agencies decimate offices that release public records
Public access to government records that document the handling of illnesses, faulty products, and safety lapses at health facilities will slow after mass firings at the federal Department of Health and Human Services swept ...
Apr 7, 2025
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FDA's top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
The Food and Drug Administration's chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post as sweeping cuts hit the agency and staffers across the federal health workforce Tuesday.
Apr 1, 2025
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Layoffs begin at the nation's health agencies
Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices just days after ...
Apr 1, 2025
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Comparing virtual and in-person learning among medical students
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, when much of medical education shifted from in-person to virtual settings, Yale School of Medicine (YSM) researchers have sought to understand how virtual learning environments impact medical ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Exploring care professionals' perspectives on education, awareness of health issues for TNBI individuals
A recent study by KI-researchers Nadia Davoody and Sravya Katta reveals significant gaps related to health care professionals' awareness of gender diversity, proper communication strategies, the specific needs of transgender, ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Job loss, mental health, and the fate of federal workers
The National Institutes of Health employee said she knew things would be difficult for federal workers after Donald Trump was elected. But she never imagined it would be like this.
Mar 31, 2025
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LLMs like ChatGPT are ready to teach medical ethics, researchers argue
Perhaps no profession has stricter ethical standards than medicine, and ethics is considered essential in the education of any respected medical school. A new essay by researchers at Hiroshima University (Japan) provides ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Amid plummeting diversity at medical schools, a warning of DEI crackdown's 'chilling effect'
The Trump administration's crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical school students, even in states like California, where public universities have been navigating bans ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Will mummy make it better? The curious case of mummified remedies in early modern medicine
The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright macabre. Among these is "mumia"—a medicinal substance derived from mummified human remains.
Mar 24, 2025
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Swiss meditech Alcon inks eyecare deal with US's Lensar
Swiss eyecare firm Alcon said on Monday it has agreed to a deal worth a potential $430 million with US counterpart Lensar, which offers advanced laser solutions for cataract treatments.
Mar 24, 2025
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