Prudes, Rejoice! A Study Links Number of Prior Sexual Partners to Cancer
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Understanding the Numbers Behind COVID-19
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Predicting an epidemic requires understanding a few simple metrics.
Read MoreThe Dirty Secret Behind FDA's "Open Public Hearings"
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They are supposed to give the public a voice in the drug approval process, but they may have been co-opted by Pharma.
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence Unleashed on the Brain: Using Machine Learning to Predict Alzheimer's
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The novel algorithm promises new insights into the biology of dementia, but one small feature tempers my enthusiasm.
Read MoreStudying Psychedelics in the Wild: Researchers Go to Music Festivals
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The new study suggests that “transformative experiences” are common while under the influence of hallucinogens.
Read MoreThe Real Problem with Goop: It's Deeper than You Think
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Herbs and supplements are unregulated, true, and stories of adverse effects abound. But the real problem with alternative medicine is that its business model depends on sowing mistrust in the scientific method itself.
Read MoreMisinterpreting this Depression Study May Lead Doctors to Treat the Wrong People
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The study claims to predict response to escitalopram treatment - but that is a potentially dangerous interpretation.
Read MoreWhy the "Hospital at Home" May Be How You Get Care In the Near Future
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A new randomized trial finds that providing hospital-level care at home is more effective, and cheaper than traditional in-hospital care.
Read MoreHuge Genetic Study Reveals Common Threads Across Psychiatric Disorders
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The 750,000-individual study suggests that our common diagnostic criteria may need substantial revision.
Read MoreIntermittent Fasting May Help Treat Metabolic Syndrome
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The study in cell metabolism finds that restricting eating to a 10-hour period improves a variety of parameters of the metabolic syndrome.
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