Health: Stem Cells, Research, and Abortion
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President Trump's recent treatment at Walter Reed for the Covid-19 infection has raised once again an evergreen issue: about the use of stem...
Health: Georgia’s “Pathways to [Medicaid] Coverage”
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The Governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp (R), has announced a plan for the expansion of Medicaid in his state. He calls the plan...
Health: Bone Tissue Benefits from Sugar
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Sugar has a bad reputation in the discussion of healthy nutrition. It causes weight gain and increases the likelihood of diabetes, heart trouble,...
Health: Biogen Invests in ALS Project
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Last week, pharmaceutical giant Biogen Inc. and start-up Scribe Therapeutics announced a joint project to develop therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also...
Health: The 2020 Nobel Prizes, Medicine and Chemistry
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The Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2020 went to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of the...
Health: Dr. Eric Ruby’s Retirement as Micro Crisis
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Eric Ruby, a pediatrician practicing in Taunton, Massachusetts -- a town about 40 miles south of Boston -- is one of the few...
Health: Medicine and Insurance in the Netherlands
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The health insurance system in the Netherlands is rare in western Europe: private for-profit insurance companies play a large role. The system looks...
Health: Renee C. Fox, Rest in Peace
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One of the founders of the academic study of medical sociology, Renee C. Fox, passed away quietly last month at a hospice in...
The President Tests Positive for Covid-19
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US President Donald J. Trump has tested positive for the presence of the Covid-19 virus in his system. The test was administered on...
Health: EPA Reconsiders Whether Pesticide Harms Brains
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Five years ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency found that a certain pesticide, chlorpyrifos, is linked to serious health problems including the stunting...
