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Read This Now; Don't Wait Apr. 12, 2023
No one thinks procrastinating is a good thing. Well, almost no one. But a new study shows how it rea... Read More
Judge Had a Basis for His Attack on FDA, but Not Regarding Mifepristone Apr. 12, 2023
The chiefs of more than 400 pharmaceutical companies signed a scathing letter this week blasting fed... Read More
Beyond AI, Our Cyborg Future Apr. 10, 2023
How worried should we be about artificial intelligence? Popular culture is rife with terrifying tale... Read More
The Fall Season, Year-round Apr. 05, 2023
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is 81 years old. His recent fall, resulting in a concussion a... Read More
Vaping and Oral Health Mar. 29, 2023
There's a growing body of evidence that vaping (e-cigarettes) is associated with poorer health, incl... Read More
Life Is a Marathon Mar. 22, 2023
But extending it might just involve short bursts of activity. A recent study found that brief bouts ... Read More
A Different Kind of Twindemic Mar. 15, 2023
Twin births have been in decline in the U.S. for the last decade, falling roughly 3% per year, after... Read More
At-home Flu Tests Mar. 01, 2023
By now, many (perhaps most) Americans have used and become comfortable with the idea of at-home test... Read More
Losing Sleep Over Glaucoma Feb. 22, 2023
When glaucoma is undetected and untreated, it can lead to blindness from the progressive loss of ret... Read More
Seeing Dog Days Ahead for Science Feb. 03, 2023
American humorist Dave Barry once observed that "you can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog... Read More
Drug Price Cap, but Not Hospital or Doctor Bills Feb. 01, 2023
More than 63 million Americans are covered by Medicare. Here's the good news: By 2025, they'll pay n... Read More
The 'M' in MD Doesn't Mean 'Man' Jan. 25, 2023
A recent study found that women physicians were more than twice as likely as their male colleagues t... Read More
Resist the 'Climate Change' Power Grab Jan. 19, 2023
The World Economic Forum insect overlords have convened in Davos, Switzerland for their annual confa... Read More
The Scoop on Scoping Jan. 18, 2023
The first randomized trial of colonoscopy screening is out and, well, it's a complicated picture. Th... Read More
The Great Winter Hexagon Jan. 17, 2023
Week of January 22-28, 2023 If you've ever quit an evening of stargazing in frustration because you... Read More
Windows to the Heart Jan. 11, 2023
Using artificial intelligence tools, researchers studied retinal scans of 88,000 participants in a s... Read More
Good Things Come to Those Who Weight Jan. 04, 2023
OK, it's a new year, so this probably means you're back at the gym reintroducing yourself to staff. ... Read More
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star... Jan. 03, 2023
Week of January 8-14, 2023 It began as a five-verse poem called "The Star" that appeared in the 180... Read More
TB Effects TBD Dec. 28, 2022
This is one of those silver lining sorts of things: The COVID pandemic appears to have at least temp... Read More
