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Ketamine is comparable to ECT for patients with treatment-resistant depression, study shows

25.05.2023

When seriously depressed patients don’t respond to antidepressants, the alternatives are limited. Now a new study has found that ketamine performs at least as well as the current gold standard …

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Routine screening for kidney disease would be cost-effective, study argues

23.05.2023

In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force convened to determine whether it should recommend kidney disease screening for all Americans. Advocates had been pushing for it, citing ballooning …

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‘We’re failing to make progress’: Studies show ongoing toll of premature Black deaths

16.05.2023

In the last two decades, Black Americans have suffered 1.63 million excess deaths and lost more than 80 million years of life compared to white Americans, according to a new …

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In the Lab

Study: Rare genetic mutation appears to have protected second person from early Alzheimer’s

15.05.2023

For the second time in one extended family, researchers have identified a person who seemed genetically destined to develop early Alzheimer’s, but remained cognitively sound for several more decades. Like …

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Health Tech

Ask STAT: What do you want to know about ChatGPT in medicine?

10.05.2023

From medical note-taking to analyzing X-rays and mammograms, new artificial intelligence tools are swiftly gaining traction in the world of science and medicine. STAT is reporting on the use of …

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In the Lab

Human ‘pangenome’ published, with goal of making genomics more useful for diverse populations

10.05.2023

An international team of scientists has assembled the first human “pangenome” — an attempt to make a more representative reference genome, one that captures almost all the genetic variability residing …

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U.S. backs study of safe injection sites, overdose prevention

08.05.2023

For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin …

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Rare-disease doctors support expanded newborn genomic screening, survey finds

08.05.2023

Plummeting costs of DNA sequencing technologies are injecting urgency into the longstanding debate over whether to dive deeper into the genomes of more infants — even apparently healthy ones. Experts …

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Biotech

‘Are we better off with the information?’: Experts spar over the benefits of liquid biopsy to catch cancer

04.05.2023

New technologies are making it possible to detect cancer earlier than ever — but the field is still fiercely divided on whether these liquid biopsy tests are yet ready for …

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