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Health Dec 21

U.S. releases more flu medicine from national stockpile as cases increase

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Health Dec 17

Janis Herrera gets her blood pressure measured on the first day of the new Pueblo del Rio Housing Projects Wellness Center...
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How racial biases in medical algorithms lead to inequities in care

Hospitals across the country are using software powered by algorithms with racial biases, according to a new report from a coalition of healthcare providers. This can cause physicians to misdiagnose medical conditions or delay critical treatment. Dr. Jayne Morgan, a…

Arts Nov 18

Paris' Museum of Orangerie reopen, Monet's Nympheas enjoy natural lighting again in Paris, France on May 02nd, 2006.
How Monet’s artistic vision shone through ailing eyes

Imagine the horror of being an artist of light and color who starts to lose their sight.

By Dr. Howard Markel

Health Oct 02

Svante Pääbo
WATCH: Swedish scientist wins Nobel Prize in medicine for human evolution discoveries

Svante Paabo spearheaded the development of new techniques that allowed researchers to compare the genome of modern humans and our closest extinct relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans.

By David Keyton, Frank Jordans, Laura Ungar, Associated Press

Health May 24

Examination room
To improve patient care, doctors are rethinking longstanding biases around obesity

Research has long shown that doctors are less likely to respect patients who are overweight or obese — terms that now apply to nearly three-quarters of adults in the U.S.

By Lauren Sausser, Kaiser Health News

Nov 03

Detroit just decriminalized psychedelics and ‘magic mushrooms.’ Here’s what that means

By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Voters, including the city’s incumbent mayor who won a re-election, passed Proposal E on Tuesday night to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi. Just more than 61 percent of voters supported the measure, with nearly 39 percent of voters opposing it,…

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Oct 12

Advice shifting on aspirin use for preventing heart attacks

By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press

Older adults without heart disease shouldn't take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, an influential health guidelines group said in preliminary updated advice released Tuesday.

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Oct 01

WATCH: Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian

By Associated Press

They were cited for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch.

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Jun 01

Scientists hope they’re closing in on a cure for COVID-19

By Corey Meador

Doctors have some medications they can use to treat the effects of COVID-19, but scientists are searching for effective drugs that target the virus itself. Two promising drugs in the pipeline offer hope for a cure.

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May 18

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Examining the American Medical Association’s racist history and its overdue reckoning

By Yamiche Alcindor, Claire Mufson

The national calls to action over racial justice have brought new awareness of past injustices in many parts of our society, including the fields of science and medicine. Yamiche Alcindor speaks to Dr. Aletha Maybank, the American Medical Association's chief…

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