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Prince Charles and Camilla launch first royal visit to Cuba
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Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are beginning the first official trip to Cuba by the British royal family in a pomp-filled display of disagreement with the Trump administration's strategy of economically
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Funders Supporting Disease Prevention
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Concussion
With the Right Mindset, Your Setbacks Can Set You Up for Success
Entrepreneur - David Meltzer
Merril Hoge, former NFL running back and football analyst, discusses how his own experiences with concussions spurred him to research chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur
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Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A 300-year-old cyclone persists but is shrinking
Salon - Donna Pierce
This composite image of photographs made by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 29, 2000 shows the planet Jupiter. The photographs taken during the Cassini's closest approach to the gas giant at a distance
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Night parrot finding in Australia not backed up by evidence
bbc.co.uk
An Australian conservation group has been forced to retract published research on the discovery of an endangered bird.
Cats
Heart Disease in Cats — What to Know
catster.com - Angela Lutz
We all know heart disease is widespread in humans – in fact, it is the leading cause of death for both men and women. But this chronic condition can …
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Single-Payer Drug Pricing In A Multipayer Health System: Does Germany Offer A Model For The US?
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An increasing number of presidential hopefuls, most recently Senator Kamala Harris, are proposing “single payer” or “Medicare for All” proposals that …
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Medicine
Can AI Make Medicine More Personal?
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When you go to the doctor’s office, it can sometimes seem like wait times are getting longer while facetime with your doctor is getting shorter. In …
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Parents should be wary of Fraser Institute's school ranking system
cfjctoday.com - Two & Out
THE FRASER INSTITUTE'S annual rankings of BC elementary schools was released earlier this month, and Kamloops schools didn't do so hot. Nearly 1,000 …
Scott Gottlieb
At A Post-Gottlieb FDA, What Does The Future Hold For Public Health?
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Scott Gottlieb, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner of nearly two years, announced his resignation earlier this month. The news …
ObamaCare
ACA Litigation Round-Up: Take Care, Contraceptive Mandate, Section 1557, And HIT
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There’s never a dull moment when it comes to litigation over the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This post provides a status update on the “Take Care” …
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Universities spooked by Trump order tying free speech to grants
nature.com - Sara Reardon
White House policy will require universities to certify that they protect free speech to remain eligible for research funding. US President Donald …
Scientific Method
Curiosity — Curiosity Daily Podcast: Scientific Method...
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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Scientific Method Inventor, America’s First Beach, and How Many Faces You Can Recognize Learn about the man who invented the …
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What’s Going on Between Priyanka Chopra and Meghan Markle?
Vanity Fair - By Kenzie Bryant
“Oh my God,” Chopra said, “No, it’s not true.” Friendship is tough. Especially female friendship, I’ve heard. We’re still trying to understand exactly how to navigate them. The Grand Poobah in Hollywood’s
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ATLAS experiment finds evidence of three massive vector boson productions
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Since weak bosons are unstable, they are reconstructed in the detector via their decays to pairs of leptons (including invisible neutrinos) or quarks …
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Parkinson's Disease
Do people with Parkinson's disease smell different?
Medical News Today - By Tim Newman
Using the skills of a "super smeller," researchers have identified how Parkinson's disease alters the way a person smells. They hope that the …
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine Women of Science
bcm.edu - Ana Rodríguez
From the Labs celebrates Women’s History Month with a series of posts highlighting the work of Baylor Women of Science. Here is the third post in the …
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bloomberglaw.com - By Jeannie Baumann
Billions of dollars in biomedical research grants could be stripped from universities under a new White House executive order on free …
Medical Research
Understanding The Burning Platform Of Health Care Spending Growth
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In January, we were honored to co-chair the inaugural meeting of the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value. This diverse group of …
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CURTIS, Doris
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In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 12th, 2019, Doris Curtis passed away peacefully.
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Vaccine Exemptions And The Federal Government’s Role
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been 228 confirmed measles cases in 12 states so far this year. In …
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Bayer AG
Jury finding upends Bayer's Roundup defense strategy: experts
investing.com - By Tina Bellon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bayer AG (DE:BAYGN) had hoped a new trial strategy focusing jurors on scientific evidence could stem a burgeoning tide of U.S. …
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Evidence that humans prefer genetically dissimilar partners based on scent
phys.org - Bob Yirka
A team of researchers at Université Paris Diderot has found evidence that suggests humans are able to detect via smell which partners are genetically …
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Earth-changing asteroid impact theory gets new evidence
futurity.org - Sonia Fernandez-UCSB
Researchers have discovered new evidence to support the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, which postulates that a fragmented comet slammed into the …
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Ancient Bird Fossil Includes Evidence of an Unlaid Egg
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
Paleontologists in China have detected traces of an unlaid egg in a 110-million-year-old bird fossil from the Cretaceous period, in what’s considered …
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The right to know, or not know, the data from medical research
aeon.co - Emily Willingham
A familiar scenario: as part of having your cholesterol checked, your clinician also orders a standard blood panel – a red blood-cell count, and then …
Medical Research
As Home Care Expands, Let’s Make It Safer For Everyone
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If you live in the United States, chances are you know someone who is receiving or has received care at home. It could be an aging parent or …
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Edinburgh
Skin swab test for Parkinson’s on horizon
ed.ac.uk
A study has identified chemicals in the skin responsible for a unique scent in people with Parkinson’s disease. The chemicals can be detected in an …
New Jersey
NJ Planned Parenthood advocates criticize federal abortion ‘gag rule’
njtvonline.org - Brenda Flanagan
A federal rule change scheduled to take effect May 3 could deny reproductive health care to tens of thousands of New Jersey women who depend on Title …
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Ahmedabad: Badruddin Shaikh threatens legal action if Pirana solution not found in 2 months
DNA India - dna Correspondent
To bring a solution to the garbage on Mt Pirana, the former leader of the opposition party of AMC, Badruddin Shaikh has written a letter to the …