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Living in Poor Neighborhoods Ups Risks for Dementia, Early Aging

Drugs.com

FRIDAY, March 15, 2024 -- Doctors looking to help their patients head off dementia may want to ask for their address.An international team of researchers has linked accelerated brain aging and a higher risk of thinking declines to living in a.

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Explore psilocybin and other psychedelics for women’s cancer distress, urge doctors

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

It’s time to stop prevaricating and explore the use of psilocybin—the active ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’—and other psychedelics to ease the often overwhelming distress faced by women with late stage gynaecological cancers, urge doctors in a commentary published online in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer.

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Top Russian doctor quits over questionable ethics that rushed through coronavirus vaccine

The Pharma Data

According to the MailOnline , Chuchalin said to them: “Have you passed all the necessary paths approved by the Russian Federation legislation and the international scientific community? This job has not been done. Thus, one of the ethical principles of medicine has been grossly violated – to do no harm.”.

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Few Adults Report Having Firearm Safety Discussions With Doctors

The Pharma Data

Few Adults Report Having Firearm Safety Discussions With Doctors. 22 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. MONDAY, Jan. 4, 2021 — Less than 10 percent of U.S. adults living in homes with firearms report having discussed firearm safety with a clinician, according to a research letter published online Dec. 11, 2019.

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Can a heartburn drug help doctors treat COVID-19?

The Pharma Data

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors in Wuhan noticed something surprising. “There’s often a phenomenon that doctors report anecdotally, or that’s mentioned in passing in a particular research paper, and that provides a clue – a hook,” he said. That’s where data scientists come in.

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Call for speakers: Showcase your probiotic products and innovations at the 2024 Probiotic Prescribing Practices Workshop

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

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Up Close and Personal With Ashley (Schnider) Mahoney, Study Director, Scientist

Alta Sciences

Along with managing non-GLP nonhuman primate (NHP) studies at our Sacramento, CA, site, Ashley coordinates study logistics with sponsors and internal departments, monitors study conduct, and maintains steady communication with sponsors. Before becoming a study director, Ashley held the position of Research Technician II.

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