Mapping the exposome: Science broadens focus to environmental disease triggers
After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new framework called “exposomics.”
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Five things to know about staying cool in the heat
Australia is no stranger to hot weather, and Griffith University researchers have compiled five handy things to be aware of so we do not place
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDA
In the sadly continuing story of how Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. is working to eliminate vaccines, we look at a useful idiot
A Tale of Two Interviews: Martin Kulldorff and James Baker
One science-based and the other wish-based The post A Tale of Two Interviews: Martin Kulldorff and James Baker first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids
A new type of lens approved by the FDA promises to slow nearsightedness in children
HIV warning to older women as infections increase
The Blue Sky Trust charity reacts to a rise in HIV infections among heterosexual women.
Trump says he’ll release MRI results; he doesn’t know what part of his body was scanned
President Tweety McTreason says he’ll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October
Report: Nitrous oxide found effective as major depression treatment
Results of a new study show that patients with major depressive order who have not been helped by antidepressants could benefit from nitrous oxide.
Open enrollment begins for Obamacare with huge cost increases
Open enrollment began Saturday for healthcare insurance through Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and policyholders are bracing for big premium increases amid subsidy losses.
Why it’s so easy to choke on fish bones—and the other dangers they pose
Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas recently revealed that she’d “thought that was it” after a fish bone became lodged in her throat. Ballas’s terrifying
Pesticides and other common chemical pollutants are toxic to ‘good’ gut bacteria, lab-based screening indicates
A large-scale laboratory screening of human-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in the healthy human gut. These chemicals stifle
In Settling Fraud Case, N.Y. Medicare Advantage Insurer, CEO Will Pay Up to $100M
This is a MedPage Today story. A western New York health insurance provider for seniors and the CEO of its medical analytics arm have agreed
Fanconi anemia patients show striking metabolic differences
Experts at Cincinnati Children’s have uncovered striking metabolic differences in people with Fanconi anemia (FA), a rare genetic disorder that causes bone marrow failure and
Early-infancy infection with RSV increases the risk of developing childhood asthma
Belgian scientists from VIB and Ghent University (UGent), together with Danish collaborators, have uncovered compelling evidence that early-infancy infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) significantly