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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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200 years after the creation of braille, blind people in Mali say it has allowed them to fit in
Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see.
Mar 20, 2025
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When patients are harmed in hospital, issues aren't always addressed to prevent recurrence
Over the past two weeks, the media has reported several cases of serious "adverse events," where babies, children and an adult experienced harm and ultimately died while receiving care in separate Australian hospitals.
Mar 10, 2025
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The role of pharmacists in identifying and addressing domestic violence
Integrating domestic violence (DV) education into pharmacy curriculum is a vital step to equipping pharmacists with the necessary skills to effectively address DV, according to a new Monash study published in the journal ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Pfizer and BioNTech COVID vaccine broke patent: German court
A German court found Wednesday that American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German firm BioNTech violated a patent to make their COVID-19 vaccine.
Mar 5, 2025
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COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren't enough to eliminate a disease
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people regard today as a tolerable annoyance that doesn't require precaution. Nonetheless, ...
Mar 5, 2025
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Representation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations in the US health workforce
A new study by researchers from The George Washington University highlights the critical need for disaggregating data on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations in the U.S. health workforce ...
Mar 4, 2025
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Addressing workplace violence for student nurses
In light of growing pressures on the nursing profession, including staff shortages, more needs to be done to combat workplace violence, say Flinders University researchers.
Feb 11, 2025
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Actor David Tennant has an extra toe. Two anatomists explain what's so fascinating about polydactyly
A common anatomical variation is being born with more than ten fingers or more than ten toes.
Feb 6, 2025
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What is sexsomnia? And how can it be used as a defense in court?
Over the past decade, "sexsomnia" has been used as a defense in a number of Australian sexual assault trials.
Feb 6, 2025
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What the 'moral distress' of doctors tells us about eroding trust in health care
I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System in New York state, where doctors and nurses frequently bring us fraught questions.
Feb 4, 2025
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Leonardo da Vinci's incredible studies of human anatomy still don't get the recognition they deserve
The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last Supper are considered works ...
Feb 3, 2025
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The runaway alligator and other bizarre calls that hampered UK ambulance dispatchers
If your pet alligator escapes, don't call for an ambulance—unless it has sunk its teeth into someone.
Feb 1, 2025
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Experts publish framework for global adoption of digital health in medical education
A group of 211 international experts from 79 countries has published a new framework to facilitate the design, development and implementation of digital health curricula in medical education worldwide.
Jan 31, 2025
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Survey reveals multidisciplinary workshops enhance respectful communication among community pharmacists
Assertive self-expression, a communication style that involves expressing oneself frankly while respecting others, is considered beneficial for enhancing medical safety. Researchers at University of Tsukuba, through a questionnaire ...
Jan 28, 2025
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FDA warns Sanofi of manufacturing irregularities at key facility
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned the pharmaceutical company Sanofi about significant deviations from Current Good Manufacturing Practice for active pharmaceutical ingredients at their Genzyme manufacturing ...
Jan 24, 2025
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Trump administration puts freeze on release of health info from government agencies
President Donald Trump's administration has placed a freeze on information being released from government health agencies.
Jan 24, 2025
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Sacklers, Purdue to pay $7.4 bn over opioid crisis
Several US states have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and their pharmaceutical company Purdue over the opioid crisis that has ravaged the lives of millions of Americans, officials said Thursday.
Jan 23, 2025
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Will we have fewer doctors of color?
Medical schools have experienced a steep decline in enrollment among Black and Hispanic students since the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions.
Jan 14, 2025
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Drugmaker GSK buys US firm focused on gastro cancer
British pharmaceutical company GSK on Monday said it had agreed to buy a US company that specializes in the treatment of rare gastrointestinal cancer GIST.
Jan 13, 2025
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Mature-aged students are the rural health workforce of tomorrow
We have known for some time now that people living in rural areas experience poorer health than their metropolitan counterparts, largely due to uneven distribution of the health workforce and inequitable access to health ...
Jan 8, 2025
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Nurses need care, too—how curbing self-sacrifice can prevent burnouts
Reflecting on my mother's decade-long nursing career, I often wonder why so many nurses leave the profession after just a few years.
Dec 25, 2024
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