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A diversity lag in U.S. medicine includes stalled progress for Black men

Author June 14, 2022

As female representation rose dramatically in U.S. medical schools, the number of Black men in academic medicine stagnated or decreased, according to

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Infertility history linked with increased risk of heart failure

Author June 14, 2022

A new study finds that women who had experienced infertility had a 16 percent increased risk of heart failure compared with women

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Genetic risk scores developed for six diseases

Author June 14, 2022

A team of researchers has developed a genetic risk score for six common diseases, which could assist doctors and patients when making

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It may be increasingly legal but doesn’t mean cannabis is safe

Author June 14, 2022

A recent CBS News/YouGov survey found that two-thirds of Americans want recreational marijuana use to be legal. Nearly 70 percent of states

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In Alzheimer’s, DNA errors stress cells, create dysfunction

Author June 14, 2022

Inside brain cells, errors in DNA can accumulate as we age. But in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, these errors — known as