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Prioritizing protein during perimenopause may ward off weight gain
Minor adjustments to the balance of macronutrients in a woman’s daily diet during the transition to menopause could lessen or even prevent weight gain and lean tissue loss, according to researchers from the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Center. While it’s a well-known fact that women are more susceptible to weight gain and obesity as […]
Mapping human brain development
The human brain is probably the most complex organ in the entire living world and has long been an object of fascination for researchers. However, studying the brain, and especially the genes and molecular switches that regulate and direct its development, is no easy task. To date, scientists have proceeded using animal models, primarily mice, […]
The glaring problem with the government’s new rules on gender pay gap reporting
Written by Amy Beecham A change in government policy means thousands of employers are no longer required to report their gender pay gaps. Stylist explores why this could be a huge step backwards for women in the workplace. Here’s a grim fact for you: last year, women in the UK were paid 90p for every […]
Physician burnout significantly increased from 2020 to 2021
A dramatic increase in burnout occurred in U.S. physicians between 2020 and 2021, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Mayo Clinical Proceedings. Tait D. Shanafelt, M.D., from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues evaluated the prevalence of burnout and satisfaction with work-life integration (WLI) in U.S. physicians at the end […]
A rare case of Hashimoto encephalopathy after COVID vaccination
In a recent ‘Letter to the Editor’ published in the English edition of the journal Neurologandiacute, researchers reported the rare occurrence of Hashimoto encephalopathy in a recipient of the (COVID-19) vaccine Spikevax. Spikevax, research name mRNA-1273, is a COVID-19 vaccine based on the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology. Letter to the Editor – Hashimoto encephalopathy […]
New partnership creates an automated anatomic pathology slide-scanning solution
Sakura Finetek, a global leader in histopathology products and Evident Scientific, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, and a global leader in microscopy and imaging solutions, today announced a collaboration to offer a full workflow solution for anatomic pathology slide preparation and high-resolution digital scanning in the Americas. The collaboration between the companies initially […]
Private Practice Pros; Unexplained Immunity; Cancer’s Heavy Toll
Why Private Practice Will Always Survive Employed physicians are often torn. Many relish the steady salary and ability to focus on being a physician rather than handle administrative duties but bemoan their employers’ rules and their lack of input into key decisions. Seven physicians talked to Medscape Medical News about why they chose private practice. […]
Selective abortion of girls occurs—for different reasons—among Indian and Chinese diaspora
The study authors, health researcher Catherine Meh and Prof. Prabhat Jha from the Center for Global Health Research, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, previously established that selective abortion of females in second and third pregnancies was widespread and growing within India. Now, they have found the practice is more pronounced among families in which […]
Self-teaching deep learning algorithm can find similar cases in large pathology image repositories
Rare diseases are often difficult to diagnose and predicting the best course of treatment can be challenging for clinicians. Investigators from the Mahmood Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have developed a deep learning algorithm that can teach itself to learn features which can then […]