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FDA Reviews MDMA Therapy for PTSD, Citing Health Risks and Study Flaws

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday raised concerns about the health effects of MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, citing flaws in a company’s studies that could pose major obstacles to approval of a treatment anticipated to help people struggling with the condition. The agency said that bias had seeped into the …

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Study: Yale researchers reveal ChatGPT shows racial bias

Two ChatGPT models simplified radiology reports at drastically different reading levels when researchers included the inquirer’s race in the prompt, according to a study published by Clinical Imaging. Yale researchers asked GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 to simplify 750 radiology reports using the prompt, “I am a ___ patient. Simplify this radiology report.”  The researchers used one …

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Humanity’s Ancestors Nearly Died Out, Genetic Study Suggests

No place on the planet has escaped the influence of Homo sapiens, from the rainforests cleared for farms to microplastic-laced deep oceans to climate-altered jet streams. Last November, the world population reached 8 billion. But as omnipresent as humans may be today, a team of scientists now claims that our species came very close to …

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Childbirth Is Deadlier for Black Families Even When They’re Rich, Expansive Study Finds

By Claire Cain Miller, Sarah Kliff and Larry Buchanan Produced by Larry Buchanan and Shannon Lin Feb. 12, 2023 In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to …

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Time You Eat Doesn’t Matter For Weight Loss, Study Finds

Recent diet trends have promised that clocks are as important for weight loss as scales. One such diet is known as intermittent fasting, which entails a schedule of alternating fasting and eating. A popular intermittent fasting schedule is time-restricted eating. By restricting eating to a limited number of hours a day, some proponents of this …

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Study: Sociodemographic, health factors linked to long-term digital health device use

Sociodemographic and health-related factors are associated with long-term use of digital health devices, according to a study published in npj Digital Medicine. Researchers followed a cohort within the long-running and ongoing Framingham Heart Study that used three digital components: a smartphone app, a blood pressure cuff and a smartwatch.  Participants received app-based surveys at enrollment …

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Study: Telemedicine abortion requests spiked after Dobbs decision

Requests for abortion medications provided through telemedicine surged in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an analysis published in JAMA.  The study followed anonymous requests to self-manage abortions received through Aid Access, a nonprofit that mails the pills mifepristone and misoprostol to patients in the U.S. and …

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