A slew of new papers on ultraprocessed foods, likening the food companies to the tobacco industry, and emphasizing the link to dementia @AMJPublicHealth
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Open-source surgical education has expanded access to training, but “online” does not always mean accessible. Across 137 countries using a global surgical training platform, internet connectivity varied substantially, creating barriers to participation. https://t.co/qzUp50bTVC
A reminder:
People are alive today because somebody funded science.
And while RFK Jr. continues questioning public health institutions, reality remains stubborn: medical research, public health programs, and scientific investment have saved millions of lives. You do not get breakthroughs by ignoring expertise or treating evidence like a political inconvenience.
This week, researchers announced promising results for a novel pancreatic cancer therapy that may dramatically improve survival for one of the deadliest cancers we know. These breakthroughs do not happen accidentally.
They happen because somebody invested in science long before the breakthrough happened. Science is not optional. People’s lives depend on it.
This manuscript synthesizes the authors’ anecdotal experience as editors and peer reviewers by summarizing 10 commonly encountered flaws in the presentation of submitted research manuscripts in the field of acute care surgery that may contribute to editorial decisions to reject.
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In @JAMANetworkOpen, the current immigration ban could curtail physician and nursing care in underserved communities and shortage areas. 24 000 physicians and 56 000 nurses were from banned countries in 2023. https://t.co/7Tlghs0r3N
Join the next COSECSA–CEGS Annual Lecture Series featuring Dr. Russell White presenting on Esophageal Cancers.
📅 3 June 2026
🕒 2:30 PM EAT | 1:30 PM CAT
Register: https://t.co/58TVoTxIF9
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If capitalism is so great, why do corporations need tax breaks, subsidies, exemptions, grants, bailouts, legal protections, and trade barriers to survive? And when ordinary people ask for help, why is it suddenly called socialism?
NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold --Duke University, Harvard University, Princeton University,and Yale University Connecticut. https://t.co/i5WptKZIqd
Pay disparities varied considerably by specialty, however, with the smallest gap in 2023 reported in Radiology (7.2%) and the largest gap in Surgery (28%). https://t.co/WCALRy3cjn