Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Obsessively scrolling through the latest polling averages? Overwhelmed by campaign ads about threats to democracy? Paralyzed with nerves about Election Day and what comes next? You’re…
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Coroner’s reports shed light on assisted death in Ontario
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Earlier this month, the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario released news reports highlighting some of the reasons Canadians have chosen medical assistance in dying…
Researchers identify deletions in long noncoding RNA that lead to severe neurodevelopmental disorder
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Broad Institute-led research has revealed that deletions in the CHASERR gene cause a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder resulting in severe encephalopathy, cortical atrophy, and cerebral hypomyelination. Developmental…
What is stereotactic radiation therapy for prostate cancer? How does it compare to other treatments?
Prostate cancer is Australia’s most commonly diagnosed cancer. One in six men will be diagnosed by the time they turn 85. Cancers are abnormal groups of cells that grow uncontrollably…
How Curiosity Styles Shape Wikipedia Use and Learning
Summary: A study of global Wikipedia browsing patterns reveals three curiosity styles: the focused “hunter,” the exploratory “busybody,” and the creative “dancer.” Data from 482,760 readers in 50 countries shows…
South Africa has amended its research guidelines to allow for heritable human genome editing
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the country on an ethical precipice. The newly…
Doula support found to be significant and impactful for Medicaid patient outcomes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cesarean deliveries were 47% less likely among Medicaid enrollees who received doula care, according to research conducted by US health care insurance provider Elevance Health, Inc.…
Researchers integrate multiple protein markers to predict health outcomes in individuals with chronic kidney disease
This image shows a cross section of a kidney. Credit: Holly Fischer/Wikipedia Prior efforts to identify novel kidney biomarkers as risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression have typically…
Archaeologists uncover traces of a Lusatian longhouse
Archaeologists from the Olomouc Archaeological Centre have uncovered an early Lusatian longhouse in Nová Dědina, a municipality and village in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The site is…
E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s quarter pounders widens to 75 cases in 13 states as 22 hospitalized
An outbreak of E. coli illness linked to onions used in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has expanded to now include 75 cases across 13 states, U.S. health officials announced Friday. That’s…
