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Climate change hurts women more

Extreme weather is linked to pregnancy complications, increased violence, and inescapable exposure to pollution and heat.

  • June 6, 2024
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Medical schools work to end student mistreatment

From public humiliation to sexist remarks, medical trainees often experience faculty mistreatment. Here’s how institutions are working to stop bad behaviors.

  • June 4, 2024
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Could giving low-income patients cash improve their health?

Guaranteed income programs have been successful in low-income countries. Now, researchers hope to test their effectiveness in the U.S.

  • May 30, 2024
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Women are changing the face of medicine in America

Data from the past 18 years show how women have driven growth in the supply of physicians and expanded their presence in some of the largest specialties.

  • May 28, 2024

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As drug overdoses soar, more providers embrace harm reduction

Among other firsts, the U.S. government is funding syringe programs. Here’s how harm reduction for people who use drugs is at work on streets and in hospitals.

  • Feb. 15, 2022
Hansel Tookes, MD, MPH, exchanges sterile needles for used ones as part of a University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine harm reduction effort.
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The future of CRISPR is now

CRISPR is revolutionizing experimental therapies, but where should society draw the line?

  • Dec. 2, 2021
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing complex and cells, illustration. The CRISPR-Cas9 protein (blue and pink) is used in genome engineering to cut DNA and uses a guide RNA sequence (orange) to cut DNA (purple) at a complementary cleavage site.
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8 medical advances you may have missed during COVID-19

From a possible cure for sickle cell disease to portable MRIs, check out medical breakthroughs that happened while the pandemic absorbed the world’s attention.

  • Nov. 17, 2021
A medicine doctor is analyzing coronavirus covid-19 via technology virtual reality interactive
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Making science serve humanity: Jennifer Doudna, PhD, says CRISPR gene-editing technology should be accessible to all

Jennifer Doudna, PhD, discusses her work on CRISPR gene editing, diversity in science, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Nov. 8, 2021
Larry Jameson and Jennifer Doudna appear on a laptop screen
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Three-year medical school programs are growing. Here’s why

Student debt and physician shortages are fueling three-year med school options. One leader explains how they work and how to know if you’re a good candidate.

  • Oct. 14, 2021
Joan Cangiarella, MD, director of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s accelerated three-year MD pathway, and John Colavito, MD, a program graduate and NYU resident, examine pathology slides.
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Report urges major reforms in the transition to residency

The residency application, selection, and transition process is complex and stressful. Now, a committee of key stakeholders proposes dramatic changes.

  • Aug. 26, 2021
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Clinical trials seek to fix their lack of racial mix

Most drugs are tested primarily on White men, casting doubt about their efficacy for others. Researchers are trying to diversify who participates in studies.

  • Aug. 20, 2021
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Tech can set you free: How computer power can fuel creativity and human connection in medicine

A research dean says the tech revolution provides tools to help researchers and clinicians use their problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

  • Aug. 10, 2021
Antony Rosen, MBChB, MS, in his lab at Johns Hopkins Medicine
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Children, COVID-19, and the vaccines

As scientists test vaccines in children, evidence indicates how COVID-19 harms kids, how immunizations of others can protect them, and the impact of a vaccine.

  • July 1, 2021
A masked doctor prepares a masked child patient for a vaccination
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Five ways that clinical trials might change for good

COVID-19 forced researchers to try new ways of running clinical trials. Now they want to make some of those changes permanent.

  • May 20, 2021
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