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Cannabis legalization may drive innovation, but commercialization does not always work in public health’s favour
04/20

Cannabis legalization may drive innovation, but commercialization does not always work in public health’s favour

Cannabis legalization may drive innovation, but commercialization does not always work in public health’s favour Cannabis legalization is often presented as a binary choice: either it represents a rational alternative to prohibition, or it opens the...

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Exercise and ibuprofen are emerging as hypotheses for easing cancer-related ‘brain fog’ — but the evidence provided does not confirm the claim
04/20

Exercise and ibuprofen are emerging as hypotheses for easing cancer-related ‘brain fog’ — but the evidence provided does not confirm the claim

Exercise and ibuprofen are emerging as hypotheses for easing cancer-related ‘brain fog’ — but the evidence provided does not confirm the claim Among the less visible — and often more frustrating — effects of cancer and its treatment is what clinician...

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Antibiotic resistance genes may appear in newborns very early — and birth, antibiotics, and feeding seem to shape what that first microbial burden looks like
04/20

Antibiotic resistance genes may appear in newborns very early — and birth, antibiotics, and feeding seem to shape what that first microbial burden looks like

Antibiotic resistance genes may appear in newborns very early — and birth, antibiotics, and feeding seem to shape what that first microbial burden looks like Antimicrobial resistance is usually discussed as a problem of hospitals, overused antibiotic...

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HIV treatment may improve some signs of biological aging — but claims of becoming ‘nearly four years younger’ still need caution
04/20

HIV treatment may improve some signs of biological aging — but claims of becoming ‘nearly four years younger’ still need caution

HIV treatment may improve some signs of biological aging — but claims of becoming ‘nearly four years younger’ still need caution For decades, the biggest success in HIV care was turning a potentially fatal infection into a chronic, treatable conditio...

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Math and statistics are becoming a core language of neuroscience — but elegant models still have to answer to the brain’s messy biology
04/19

Math and statistics are becoming a core language of neuroscience — but elegant models still have to answer to the brain’s messy biology

Math and statistics are becoming a core language of neuroscience — but elegant models still have to answer to the brain’s messy biology For a long time, thinking about the brain was almost the same thing as thinking about anatomy: neurons, synapses,...

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A new mouse model may help explain why chronic muscle inflammation resists standard drugs — but the evidence provided does not yet confirm that mechanism
04/19

A new mouse model may help explain why chronic muscle inflammation resists standard drugs — but the evidence provided does not yet confirm that mechanism

A new mouse model may help explain why chronic muscle inflammation resists standard drugs — but the evidence provided does not yet confirm that mechanism Chronic muscle inflammation sits in a particularly frustrating corner of medicine. It is biologi...

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An international consensus on robotic systems for stroke care could help bring order to a fast-growing field — but the evidence provided supports rehabilitation more than stroke treatment as a whole
04/19

An international consensus on robotic systems for stroke care could help bring order to a fast-growing field — but the evidence provided supports rehabilitation more than stroke treatment as a whole

An international consensus on robotic systems for stroke care could help bring order to a fast-growing field — but the evidence provided supports rehabilitation more than stroke treatment as a whole Few areas of health technology are growing with as...

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A reproductive justice framework may be crucial for addressing inequities in high-risk pregnancy care — but only if it becomes real access, not just rhetoric
04/19

A reproductive justice framework may be crucial for addressing inequities in high-risk pregnancy care — but only if it becomes real access, not just rhetoric

A reproductive justice framework may be crucial for addressing inequities in high-risk pregnancy care — but only if it becomes real access, not just rhetoric Few areas of health care expose the gap between medical technology and equity as clearly as...

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mRNA cancer vaccines may still destroy tumours even when one expected immune piece falters — but the exact mechanism is still unclear from the evidence provided
04/19

mRNA cancer vaccines may still destroy tumours even when one expected immune piece falters — but the exact mechanism is still unclear from the evidence provided

mRNA cancer vaccines may still destroy tumours even when one expected immune piece falters — but the exact mechanism is still unclear from the evidence provided Few areas of oncology are generating as much excitement right now as mRNA cancer vaccines...

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