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FDA warns of tattoo ink tied to dangerous infections
“I’ve seen several different infections from tattooing, and they are from organisms that tend to contaminate things in damp, liquid-type...
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The road to weight loss is paved with collusion and sabotage
Plus: Taiwanese mosquitoes face a robotic foe, and surgical knots face the cold eye of physics.
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The evolving pulmonary landscape in HIV
“Should management be tailored for people with HIV infection?”
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Is ChatGPT a friend or foe of medical publishing?
Experts agree that the use of AI tools is here to stay. “This is going to become a common tool. I don’t think there’s a way out of that at this...
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Should antibiotic treatment be used toward the end of life?
Around 50% of patients develop an infection in the final months, weeks, or days before their deaths.
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The enemy of carcinogenic fumes is my friendly begonia
Also: Driving the gastrointestinal highway and pulling the plug on an unsupervised chatbot.
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Menopause and long COVID: What women should know
Women at midlife who have long COVID seem to get specific, and severe, symptoms, including brain fog, fatigue, new-onset dizziness, and difficulty...
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We may need a new defense against new COVID variants
Immunologists continue to search for new targets to synthesize broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies.
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Ancient plague, cyclical pandemics … history lesson?
Plus: AI detects invisible concussions and a janitor does more than clean.
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States move to curb insurers’ prior authorization requirements as federal reforms lag
Doctors and patients in several states would get some relief from burdensome prior authorization requirements if reform legislation becomes law....
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People still want their medical intelligence in human form
Plus: Finding humor in the temporal lobe and comparing reproductive inequality in mammals.