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Diagnosis, Ep. 4: @AltafSaadiMD of @MGHNeurology on how preconceptions around gender and race can cloud clinical thinking.
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Diagnosis, Ep. 3: How can diagnoses hurt rather than help? @simmons_leighmd of @mghsdm counts the ways.
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Ep. 2 of Proto’s podcast series Diagnosis: A Brief History of Diagnosis by Bedside Rounds host @adamrodmanmd. @massgeneralnews https://t.co/cKUpslodRf

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In the first of Proto’s new four-episode podcast series, Diagnosis: Exploring the 100-year history and continued influence of the Case Records of the @massgeneralnews. https://t.co/QdhLB80u6r
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Gene editing has come quite a way since Proto’s 2010 story about zinc fingers. CRISPR expert Keith Joung offers a clear, compelling overview in a recent lecture at MGH’s Russell Museum: https://t.co/lcVbHDK9t4 @JKeithJoung @slodoena

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Health care workers are burned out. Is on-site childcare a part of the solution? @EHarryMD @BrightHorizons https://t.co/cIKAbXEBVL

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COVID-19 vaccines were in arms in less than a year. Could vaccines for the next pandemic vaccine arrive in as little as 100 days? @CEPIvaccines https://t.co/rdImqR54o8

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Machine learning can now create fake brain scans and patient records that even experts can’t distinguish. Their role in medical research could be transformative. @prpayne5 @UnlearnAI @AI4Pathology https://t.co/uwfzOuDJHY

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The U.S. military is working on a completely autonomous tool for medical triage on the battlefield. The challenges— ethical as well as medical — are many. https://t.co/Wk8Tctnewp

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The arrival of two new obesity drugs promise to change the calculus on weight management. Here’s why they probably won’t. @askdrfatima @ljaronne @AniaJastreboff @JNadglowskiOAC https://t.co/7lI1ElIxCG

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Both Canada and the United States have national programs to prescribe encounters with green spaces. Do “nature prescriptions” really work? Proto asked @Melissa_Lem. https://t.co/kAKI0XgPN4

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If a doctor or nurse is rude to colleagues, what happens next? Historically, not much. A new crusade for medical workplace civility is preparing for a “nice” revolution. @aorn @JoShapiro3 @PorathC @StevePaskoff @pamelasdouglas https://t.co/RXWHuT1p5n

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What good is science journalism? Writer @cragcrest
ponders the question in light of its successes—and failures—during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/xK5KRaDTxg

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If a nurse or physician is rude to colleagues, should it affect their medical career? Plus stories about synthetic data, new obesity drugs and why science writing matters. Proto Fall 2022: https://t.co/7zOz8hkcMb

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The human reference genome still has blind spots. Geneticist Ting Wang describes an ambitious five-year project to fill the gaps. https://t.co/dQX5IV6ec3

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Scorpion venom for a glioblastoma? The sting of the pufferfish to treat neuropathies? A new wave of therapies from venomous animals emerges. https://t.co/pJRd3fgteN

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A rare disease—now treatable thanks to a valiant international effort—offers a window into the metabolism of fat. https://t.co/n3PtrUCFtS

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Is data altruism—a model where people give their data to science, in the same way they might donate their organs after death—a way to solve the needs of both research and data privacy? https://t.co/6eCiVihBuj

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Early childhoods marked by adversity lead to health problems in adulthood. New research aims to break that chain. https://t.co/462PGmCpN7

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The Civil War recorded 70 deaths from nostalgia, a pining for home. What were these deaths, and do they still happen? https://t.co/1mACKMeAZI