Medical
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Genetically informed brain atlases help identify hundreds of genomic loci
An international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci. Loci is plural...
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For burned-out health workers, exhaustion from Covid-19 surges mixes with a sense of betrayal
Beneath the bone-deep exhaustion, burned-out health care workers say they are grappling with another feeling: betrayal. Many clinicians have...
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STAT+: The unexpected forces behind thousands of comments about Medicare’s limits on a new Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON — Medicare has already received more than 4,300 comments on its recent proposal to limit coverage for Biogen’s...
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STAT+: A San Diego biotech’s massive valuation turned heads. Now, mass layoffs raise questions
Biosplice, once the world’s most valuable biotech startup, is laying off nearly a quarter of its workforce and has stopped internal...
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Opinion: Development of clinical practice guidelines ‘is a mess’
The world of clinical practice guidelines is a mess. Regardless of what medical field you look at — oncology, cardiology, urology...
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Opinion: Medicare can help fix the nurse shortage in hospitals
There’s no polite way to say this: The U.S. health care system failed the American people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unless we admit to...
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‘Good, not great’: Some long Covid patients see their symptoms improve, but full recovery is elusive
How long does long Covid last? And what does it mean to achieve full recovery? If you ask Joni White, she’ll tell you she just wants to...
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STAT+: Health insurers, turning to tech to pinpoint needy patients, risk leaving some behind
Health insurers are leaning more heavily on machine learning to predict which patients will miss out on care because they can’t get a ride...
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Eric Lander resigns — potentially imperiling the rest of Biden’s scientific agenda
WASHINGTON — When President Biden tapped Eric Lander as White House science adviser in January 2021, he tasked the renowned genomics...
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STAT+: ‘Caught in the middle’: Some patients say they’ve lost out in unusual battle over a rare disease drug
An unusual, decade-long fight over an orphan drug market appears to be at an end after a small, family-run company was defeated in a bruising...
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Spinal Cord Implant Allows Paraplegics to Walk Again, Scientists Say
Three men paralyzed with severe spinal cord injuries were able to walk again days after receiving a spinal cord implant that stimulates trunk and...
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Ottawa Declares State of Emergency Over Truckers COVID Protest
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency in the Canadian capital as trucker-led protests over COVID-19 pandemic safety measures spread...
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Brain Implant for Adults With Epilepsy Can Help Kids, Too
New research suggests a brain implant that helps control severe epilepsy in adults may do the same for children who get seizures.
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Ketamine May Be Emergency Deterrent for People at Risk of Suicide
Researchers found adults hospitalized for severe suicidal thoughts who were given two doses of ketamine often saw those disturbing ideas go away...
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New Research into What Causes Long COVID
The first-of-its-kind study has identified four main risk factors for long COVID.
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Sugar Overload: Could Warnings on Kids' Drinks Fight Obesity?
A new study found that parents were 17% less likely to buy sugary drinks for their kids when the beverages had picture health warnings on the...
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It's All Relative: How Much Dilated Cardiomyopathy Is Familial?
A large, multicenter cohort study supports phenotype-based screening of first-degree family members of patients with confirmed DCM without input,...
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Study Parses Out Merits of Short DAPT, De-escalation in ACS
Results from the meta-analysis should put the alternative strategies on par with each other or even dethrone standard DAPT in current guidelines,...
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Patients With CKD May Feel Hindered in Research Participation
Patients and caregivers may avoid clinical research participation due to stigmatization and unfamiliarity with the research setting, finds a new...
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Death Rates Stay High Among Patients With Acute Kidney Injury
More than one in four patients who develop acute kidney injury die within 1 year of being hospitalized, with little improvement in survival over...
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New CDC Webpage Aims to Reduce Maternal Deaths
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is providing new online materials in a comprehensive campaign to reduce maternal mortality and...
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Stopping MS Med in Pregnancy Tied to High Disability Risk
Women with MS who stop taking natalizumab during pregnancy are at a significantly increased risk of relapse-related disability up to 1 year after...
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Climate Change Is Causing a Shift in the World’s Growing Regions
As the earth warms, the ability of some regions to continue to grow crops such as coffee, cashews, and avocados is declining, according to a...
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Marijuana Use Linked to Nausea, Vomiting of Pregnancy
Women who said they used cannabis during pregnancy reported more nausea and vomiting in a new study, but the direction of the association was...
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Aspirin Risks Unclear for Postpartum Bleeding
Low-dose aspirin was linked to an increased risk of postpartum bleeding in women who did not stop taking the drug at least seven days before...