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California’s dark history of forced sterilizations comes into focus as it seeks victims to pay reparations

04.01.2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — About 600 people alive today can’t have children because California’s government sterilized them either against their will or without their knowledge, and now the state is …

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Coronavirus / Health

Paying research participants — a lot — may be a key to increasing diversity in studies

03.01.2023

Paying people to participate in medical research has been proposed as a way to narrow racial and ethnic gaps in who signs up for clinical trials and other research studies. …

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In the Lab

Science, Cell issue notices of concern on challenged papers co-authored by Stanford president

15.12.2022

The leading journals Science and Cell on Thursday issued “expressions of concern” on papers co-authored by Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who is under investigation over allegations of research misconduct. …

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In the Lab

Amid criticism, Stanford turns over review of its president to outside investigator

08.12.2022

Stanford University has hired an outside law firm to lead the investigation of its president over allegations of research misconduct, a decision that comes in the wake of criticisms over …

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Coronavirus / Health Tech

Twitter has spent years trying to combat health misinformation. Will Musk’s takeover make that harder?

01.11.2022

In the years since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, many health care professionals have turned to Twitter as a way to share news and advice about public health. But …

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Health

Harassment prompts children’s hospitals to strip websites, threatening access to gender-affirming care

03.10.2022

Children’s hospitals that have been targeted on social media for providing gender-affirming care — and even some that haven’t — are stripping information about those services from their websites. Advocates …

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First Opinion

Opinion: People with terminal cancer need to know they are dying. Doctors shouldn’t withhold that information

02.09.2022

I have worn many hats professionally. The most uncomfortable one is “doctor friend.” At best, it’s a request for a recommendation for a gynecologist or for advice on which antihistamine …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Nazi-tainted Pernkopf’s Atlas: A case for acknowledgement, not removal

23.08.2022

I was slouched in my lab seat during a lecture on osteopathic principles and practices, doing my best to pay attention but admittedly thinking more about lunch than the blood …

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First Opinion

Opinion: ‘Is an abortion medically necessary?’ is not a question for ethicists to answer

15.08.2022

Abortion raises many ethical questions. Determining whether an abortion is needed to save a pregnant person’s life or health is not among them. That’s a factual question requiring medical — …

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