Tennessee recently made national headlines for passing legislation that penalizes adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent. This move has sparked intense debates and drawn criticism from various groups. The bill, which mirrors language from an anti-abortion trafficking proposal, has raised concerns about the potential implications it may have on the rights
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Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” has sparked discussion among medical professionals on social media platforms such as X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Medical student @NDAcademic found the lyrics, “I love you, it’s ruining my life,” to be particularly relatable, shedding light on the emotional toll of working in the medical field.
A recent study conducted by Chinese researchers has demonstrated a groundbreaking strategy for the treatment of relapsed or refractory hematologic cancers. The approach involves the use of sequential CD7 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy followed by haploidentical hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), without the need for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. This novel treatment regimen has
The lingering effects of COVID-19 on taste and smell dysfunction have been a topic of significant interest among healthcare professionals and researchers. A recent national cross-sectional study shed light on the long-term consequences of the virus on these sensory functions. While taste dysfunction appeared to resolve within a year after exposure to COVID-19, smell loss
The recent death of Marsha Certain, MD, an interventional cardiologist from Georgia, in an apparent murder-suicide, has shocked the medical community. This tragic event serves as a stark reminder of the mental health challenges that healthcare professionals face, particularly during these stressful times. The release of genetic sequences of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1
The recent actions taken by the New England Journal of Medicine in cutting off advanced access to certain publications have raised concerns within the medical community. The comparison made by Ivan Oransky, MD, likening it to a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, brings attention to the issue of transparency and equal access to medical information.
In today’s society, the constant influx of negative news has desensitized us to important trends that often get overlooked. One such trend is the alarming increase in abuse and neglect of dependent persons, whether they be children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. Neglecting the care of a dependent person can have severe consequences, leading
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has recently made the decision to restrict certain publications from advanced access to its embargoed journal articles. This new policy comes as a surprise to many news outlets that cater to physician readers as they will no longer meet the criteria for embargoed access. The Director of strategic
A recent phase IIb trial, known as PARADIGM, has shown promising results for a novel treatment candidate for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The treatment, called PrimeC, is a formulation of two FDA-approved drugs: ciprofloxacin and celecoxib. Led by Dr. Merit Cudkowicz of Massachusetts General Hospital, the study reported that ALS patients treated with PrimeC had
A recent population-based matched cohort study conducted in the U.K. revealed that the use of antipsychotics in dementia patients is associated with a wider range of adverse outcomes than previously recognized. The study, which included over 170,000 adults with dementia, found that those prescribed antipsychotics were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with