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Wild Orangutan observed using first aid on a wound
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mRNA cancer vaccine reprograms immune system to tackle glioblastoma
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How ECMO is redefining death
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The International Olympic Committee published a study comparing trans- and cisgender athletes
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US state North Carolina medical marijuana sales begin at Cherokee nation store
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AI traces mysterious metastatic cancers to their source
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South Africa recalls cough syrup sold in at least six countries
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Hilary Cass' NHS report is rife with debunked theories and falsehoods
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A brief rundown of some of the flaws of the Cass review
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AI assists clinicians in responding to patient messages at Stanford Medicine
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Lyme disease vaccine: Major test underway. All you need to know.
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There is no evidence that CBD products reduce chronic pain, and taking them is a waste of money and potentially harmful to health, new research finds
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US Food and Drug Administration issues report claiming marijuana has legitimate medical uses - proposes rescheduling
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Our bacteria are more personal than we thought, study shows
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The war on recovery: how the US is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the opioid epidemic
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There’s a crisis in male fertility. But you wouldn’t know it from the way many men behave.
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Doctors receptive to AI collaboration in simulated clinical case without introducing bias
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Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer
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Single dose of clinical-grade LSD provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety, wins approval for phase III trials
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German man deliberately receives 217 Covid vaccinations over twenty-nine months, with no adverse events or strong effect on immune system
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Epipens are not usable in space
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A US drugmaker’s feud with the DEA is exacerbating the ADHD meds crisis
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Progress deferred: Lessons from mRNA vaccine development
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AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer – best-selling Tagrisso drug slows progression of most common form of the disease at an early stage
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Niacin has long been a public health darling. But an excess could be bad for the heart, study suggests.
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Sweden has consistently reported some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world – unfortunately these achievements don't extend to foreign-born mothers
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Researchers find response to ketamine depends on opioid pathways, but varies by sex
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Boarding patients in the emergency department while they wait for available beds is a significant problem that increases avoidable US deaths
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Research samples collected over decades at Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet were destroyed when a freezer malfunctioned during the Christmas holidays
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Study reveals why women are at greater risk of autoimmune disease: A molecule made by one X chromosome in every female cell can generate antibodies to a woman’s own tissues
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Fundamental questions about ovaries may unlock longer human lifespan. Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan is spending to find answers.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human
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Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure
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Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research
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Cameroon starts world-first malaria mass vaccine rollout
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AI may spare breast cancer patients unnecessary treatments
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Why are antidepressants so popular in Iceland? | Mindset
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Inside the world's highest tech prison - HMP Fosse Way
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Psychoactive drug ibogaine effectively treats traumatic brain injury in special ops military vets
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Philadelphia health department warns of measles cluster among unvaccinated residents that originated with CHOP patient
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Scientists use transcranial magnetic stimulation to make patients with chronic pain more hypnotizable
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Can Denmark's world-beating drugs maker Novo Nordisk stay ahead after Wegovy propelled them into the big league?
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Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
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Aripiprazole (Abilify and generic brands): risk of pathological gambling
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Lisica - Weekly episodes of a scientist soap opera
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Recommendations for medical history
My dad (a veterinarian by trade) is really into medical history, so I was wondering if folks had any recommendations or favorites. I know he's done a lot of reading about the history of vaccines...
My dad (a veterinarian by trade) is really into medical history, so I was wondering if folks had any recommendations or favorites. I know he's done a lot of reading about the history of vaccines and the Spanish flu epidemic, but it's really not my area of interest, so I'm somewhat at a loss for how to find him something. Ideally it would be something available on audiobook because that's mostly how he consumes books these days.
Edit: Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I am not sure he has the wherewithal to do podcasts, but the book recommendations are great. I'm going with The Emperor of All Maladies and The Ghost Map, assuming he doesn't have them already.
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How two US pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine decongestants don’t work
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Daniel Tosh's new podcast - Episode 1 | Interviewing my wife's gynecologist
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How many of you wouldn't be alive if it weren't for modern medicine?
I very much would not be. My son had a rough birth, but it probably wouldn't have killed him or my wife. Both my brothers had children in the last six months. Neither of the kids would have...
I very much would not be. My son had a rough birth, but it probably wouldn't have killed him or my wife.
Both my brothers had children in the last six months. Neither of the kids would have survived, and one of the mothers would definitely have died.
The better question might be: how many of you can say for sure you'd be alive without modern medicine?
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World's first "self-amplifying" vaccine approved in Japan
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A groundbreaking prosthetic enables amputees to experience sensation. Professor Max Ortiz-Catalan explains the implantation process of these mind-controlled bionic arms.
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Moderna, Merck vaccine with Keytruda cuts risk of deadly skin cancer returning in half, data says
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London hospital cuts waiting lists with innovative system
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US Obstetrics and Gynecology certification examinations are being held in person in Texas
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A pregnant woman in Texas whose fetus has trisomy 18 was granted a court order for an abortion
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Rock Hudson: How a gay truck driver became the biggest star in Hollywood
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Wasabi linked to ‘substantial’ memory boost
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Despite new Respiratory Syncytial Virus shots, most older US adults remain unvaccinated
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The business of bad medicine
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No Fap: A cultural history of anti-masturbation
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The truth behind all that cortisol talk. What exactly is high cortisol? A debunking guide.
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What am I thankful for this year? Amazing scientific discoveries.
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How gender-affirming health care for kids works in Canada
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The bodily indignities of the space life
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The story of when washing hands was considered crazy
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Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies
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Denmark is building on the success of blockbuster drugs – the country's focus on reinvestment is feeding a stream of discovery
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A cast saw can't cut through skin. Find out why in slow motion.
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The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas
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Are colonoscopies worth it?
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Second person to receive experimental pig heart transplant dies
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Chiropractic isn’t what you think it is
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Kidney stone breakthrough procedure at UW called 'game changer' for patients
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'Not of faculty quality': How Penn mistreated Katalin Karikó, the Nobel Prize winner of 2023
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The medical reason a doctor might put sugar on your anus
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Future technology: Twenty-two ideas about to change our world
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Gaza neonatal unit warns babies at risk 'within minutes' if power fails
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Womb transplants are now a life-changing reality. Here’s how the extraordinary procedure works.
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Attosecond lasers explained (2023 Nobel Prize in physics)
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2023 Nobel Prize – This year's Nobel Prize announcements will take place between 2nd - 9th October 2023
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A closer look at Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, the most densely populated place that ever existed
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Rare 1885 photo captures the first licensed women doctors of India, Japan, and Syria
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A blood test for long Covid is possible, a study suggests
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A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy
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New vaccine technology could protect from future viruses and variants
The vaccine antigen technology, developed by the University of Cambridge and spin-out DIOSynVax in early 2020, provided protection against all known variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes...
The vaccine antigen technology, developed by the University of Cambridge and spin-out DIOSynVax in early 2020, provided protection against all known variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – as well as other major coronaviruses, including those that caused the first SARS epidemic in 2002.
The studies in mice, rabbits and guinea pigs [...] found that the vaccine candidate provided a strong immune response against a range of coronaviruses by targeting the parts of the virus that are required for replication.
Professor Jonathan Heeney from Cambridge’s Department of Veterinary Medicine, who led the research, [said] “We wanted to come up with a vaccine that wouldn’t only protect against SARS-CoV-2, but all its relatives.”
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Anti-COVID drug may have led to virus mutations: study
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Surgeons perform the second ever pig-to-human heart transplant
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US Federal Trade Commission sues private equity firm for price fixing anesthesia services in Texas
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Recent neuroscience research suggests that popular strategies to control dopamine are based on an overly narrow view of how it functions
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“Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases
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There's hope for the US opioid crisis — but politics stands in the way
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Human trials of artificial wombs could start soon. Here’s what you need to know
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How to regulate AI? Bioethicist David Magnus on medicine’s critical moment
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‘Our ability to forsee the future and review the past predisposes us to mental illness’
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US Food and Drug Administration approves new Covid vaccine boosters
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Will it slip or will it grip: Scientists ask, “what is snail mucus?”
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Why we didn’t get a malaria vaccine sooner
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What physicians get wrong about the risks of being overweight
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NarxCare score may influence who can get or prescribe pain medication
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