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Tracking women’s mental health amid trauma in Yemen Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29
Psychologist Anjila Sultan returned to the city where she grew up, after witnessing the effects of war and cultural pressures on mothers and children.
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Dismantling the Overpolicing of Black Residents N. Engl. J. Med. (IF 158.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Joshua Ellis, Onyeka Otugo, Adaira Landry, Alden Landry
Black residents face higher rates of remedial interventions and dismissal than do their White counterparts. Such overpolicing affects the mental health of trainees as well as their careers.
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Offline: We have a decade Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Richard Horton
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Cautionary notes on the COVID-19 re-infection study Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Zhi Qu
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COVID toes, newborn blue toes, and prepartum SARS-CoV-2 infection – Authors' reply Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Christoph Hochmayr, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Elke Griesmaier
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Garetosmab in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial Nat. Med. (IF 82.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Maja Di Rocco, Eduardo Forleo-Neto, Robert J. Pignolo, Richard Keen, Philippe Orcel, Thomas Funck-Brentano, Christian Roux, Sami Kolta, Annalisa Madeo, Judith S. Bubbear, Jacek Tabarkiewicz, Małgorzata Szczepanek, Javier Bachiller-Corral, Angela M. Cheung, Kathryn M. Dahir, Esmée Botman, Pieter G. Raijmakers, Mona Al Mukaddam, Lianne Tile, Cynthia Portal-Celhay, Neena Sarkar, Peijie Hou, Bret J. Musser
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Genetic variant powers up immune cells that remember SARS-CoV-2 Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29
People with a specific variant had more active thymus glands, which produce immune cells that fight off infection.
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“Couldn’t cut it as a scientist.” How lab managers and technicians are smashing outdated stereotypes Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29
Support staff should speak up more about how their skills drive scientific discovery, says glassblower Terri Adams.
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Scientists are waiting longer than ever to receive a Nobel Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29
Nobel laureates often receive the prize decades after their groundbreaking research — and that delay is getting longer.
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Master regulator of a mosquito X chromosome discovered Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Maggie P. Lauria Sneideman, Victoria H. Meller
A mechanism for equalizing gene expression between sexes.
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What’s the best chatbot for me? Researchers put LLMs through their paces Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27
When it comes to large language models, there’s one for every occasion. Find the most appropriate match for you in our AI speed-dating feature.
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Better awareness of RSV in older adults is needed to fight a growing burden Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27
Respiratory syncytial virus is usually associated with babies, but the virus can also cause serious disease in older adults and people with chronic medical conditions.
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This is what Earth’s continents will look like in 250 million years Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-25
Only a fraction of the planet’s surface will be habitable to mammals when the next supercontinent, Pangaea Ultima, forms.
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When I use a word . . . Amending the 1972 Poisons Act BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Jeffrey K Aronson
The 1972 Poisons Act was introduced to enable registered pharmacists, under the aegis of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, to regulate the sale of non-medicinal poisons and subsequently of explosives precursors. Since then it has undergone several amendments, the latest of which is about to come into force (on 1 October 2023), under The Control of Poisons and Explosives Precursors Regulations 2023
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Leila Lessof: public health leader and trainer whose farsighted ideas came to the fore in the HIV/AIDS epidemic BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Rebecca Wallersteiner
Leila Lessof, former director of Public Health Islington and Parkside Health Authority, has died at the age of 89. She was born into a Jewish medical family in London, to Lionel Liebster, a GP in Tottenham, and Renee (née Segolov). Her grandfather, Leopold, also a doctor, came to London from Vienna, to escape antisemitism and had to requalify at the Royal London Hospital before he could practise in
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Maurice Lessof: clinical immunologist, allergologist, and medical educator BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Rebecca Wallersteiner
Leila and Maurice Lessof Maurice Lessof, clinical immunologist; emeritus professor of medicine, King’s, Guy’s, and St Thomas’ hospitals; and chairman of Lewisham Hospitals NHS Trust, has died at the age of 99. Lessof was born in London, the son of Noah Lessof and Fanny (née Slonim). He grew up in Clapton, east London, with his sister, Elizabeth, on the same street as all his cousins. As the only boy
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The humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Robert Peter Gale, Armen Muradyan, Samvel Danelyan, Narek Manukyan, Maria V Babak, Stella Arakelyan, Gevorg Tamamyan, Jemma Arakelyan
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Racism and the 2023 Australian constitutional referendum Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Ian Anderson, Yin Paradies, Marcia Langton, Ray Lovett, Tom Calma
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Efficacy and safety of the neonatal Fc receptor inhibitor efgartigimod in adults with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ADVANCE IV): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Catherine M Broome, Vickie McDonald, Yoshitaka Miyakawa, Monica Carpenedo, David J Kuter, Hanny Al-Samkari, James B Bussel, Marie Godar, Jaume Ayguasanosa, Kristof De Beuf, Francesco Rodeghiero, Marc Michel, Adrian Newland
Background Primary immune thrombocytopenia is an autoimmune disorder mediated partly by platelet autoantibodies, resulting in thrombocytopenia, bleeding, and constitutional symptoms. Efgartigimod, a first-in-class novel human IgG1 Fc fragment, binds the neonatal Fc receptor with high affinity and thus reduces serum IgG concentrations, including autoantibodies. The objective of this study was to evaluate
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Inhibition of neonatal Fc receptor as a treatment for immune thrombocytopenia Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Syed Mahamad, Donald M Arnold
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Immigration reform in the USA: health must come first Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
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COVAX: the unspent billions Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Ann Danaiya Usher
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Are we genetically literate enough for global precision health? | Leroy Hood, The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands, Nathan PriceBelknap Press of Harvard University Press (2023), p. 352, US$29·95, £26·95, ISBN: 9780674245945 Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Ambroise Wonkam
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The expectations trap in medicine Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Daniel Marchalik
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Community COVID-19 response in WHO's European region Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Leonardo Palumbo, Camila A Picchio, Catherine Smallwood, Cristiana Salvi, Gerald Rockenschaub
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Arcturus (XBB.1.16) COVID-19 subvariant emergence in Indonesia Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Tungki Pratama Umar
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Striving to afford free health care in Greece during COVID-19 Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Christos Tsagkaris, Andreas S Papazoglou, Dimitrios V Moysidis, Stavros P Papadakos, Marios Papadakis
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Extra data to confirm waning protection of omicron (B.1.1.529) natural immunity Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Maria Elena Flacco, Cecilia Acuti Martellucci, Lamberto Manzoli
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Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy hurdles Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Chengliang Yang, Linda Lapp, Scott J Tebbutt
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Natural SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced immune protection against re-infection Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Claude Matuchansky
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COVID toes, newborn blue toes, and prepartum SARS-CoV-2 infection Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Ya Bin Zhou, Zi Gang Xu
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Pulmonary embolism with thrombus-in-transit across a patent foramen ovale Lancet (IF 168.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 John W Ostrominski, Christine J Wang, Umberto Campia, Jean M Connors, Dirk J Varelmann, Domagoj Mladinov, Mohamed Keshk, Hicham Skali
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Balancing healthcare systems’ performance and environmental footprints Nat. Med. (IF 82.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
As healthcare systems perform better, their resource footprints have an increasingly negative impact on the environment and health — requiring innovative strategies to break this vicious cycle.
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Audio long read: These animals are racing towards extinction. A new home might be their last chance Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29
Listen to an audio version of a recent Nature feature.
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The UK’s rollback of climate policies will cost its citizens and the world Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29
Incoherent new climate-policy messages by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will dissolve the UK’s climate leadership, stifle innovation’s momentum and cost consumers.
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Enhanced optoelectronic coupling for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Erkan Aydin, Esma Ugur, Bumin K. Yildirim, Thomas G. Allen, Pia Dally, Arsalan Razzaq, Fangfang Cao, Lujia Xu, Badri Vishal, Aren Yazmaciyan, Ahmed A. Said, Shynggys Zhumagali, Randi Azmi, Maxime Babics, Andreas Fell, Chuanxiao Xiao, Stefaan De Wolf
Monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are of great appeal as they promise high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) at affordable cost. In state-of-the-art tandems, the perovskite top cell is electrically coupled to a silicon heterojunction bottom cell via a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), anchored on a transparent conductive oxide (TCO), which enables efficient charge transfer between the
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The sex-specific factor SOA controls dosage compensation in Anopheles mosquitos Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Agata Izabela Kalita, Eric Marois, Magdalena Kozielska, Franz J. Weissing, Etienne Jaouen, Martin M. Möckel, Frank Rühle, Falk Butter, M. Felicia Basilicata, Claudia Isabelle Keller Valsecchi
The Anopheles mosquito is one of thousands of species in which sex differences play a central role in their biology, as only females need a blood meal in order to produce eggs. Sex differentiation is regulated by sex chromosomes, but their presence creates a dosage imbalance between males (XY) and females (XX). Dosage compensation (DC) can re-equilibrate the expression of sex-chromosomal genes, but
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Crack this kind of diamond, and it heals itself Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
Synthetic diamond recovers from fracture when carbon atoms on both sides of the gap form bonds with each other.
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The brain cells linked to protection against dementia Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
People with an abundance of specific neurons are more likely to escape cognitive decline despite having signs of Alzheimer’s in their brains.
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AI predicts how many earthquake aftershocks will strike — and their strength Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
Models trained on large data sets of seismic events can estimate the number of aftershocks better than conventional models do.
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Can AI predict who will win a Nobel Prize? Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
With a few modifications, ChatGPT-like models could enhance the art of identifying future laureates.
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How a US government shutdown could disrupt science Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
Tens of thousands of federal researchers might have to stop work on 1 October — but the shutdown’s effects could ripple well beyond government.
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Protected areas slow declines unevenly across the tetrapod tree of life Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 A. Justin Nowakowski, James I. Watling, Alexander Murray, Jessica L. Deichmann, Thomas S. Akre, Carlos L. Muñoz Brenes, Brian D. Todd, Louise McRae, Robin Freeman, Luke O. Frishkoff
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A bioelectrical phase transition patterns the first vertebrate heartbeats Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Bill Z. Jia, Yitong Qi, J. David Wong-Campos, Sean G. Megason, Adam E. Cohen
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Dopaminergic error signals retune to social feedback during courtship Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Andrea Roeser, Vikram Gadagkar, Anindita Das, Pavel A. Puzerey, Brian Kardon, Jesse H. Goldberg
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Scandium-45 nuclear-clock candidate driven by X-ray lasers Nature (IF 64.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27
Nuclear resonance in scandium-45 excited by X-ray lasers could provide the basis for a highly precise and stable nuclear clock.
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Struggling in the heat: what I need to know about my medication BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Stephanie Allan
Stephanie Allan describes how extreme heat induced side effects from the medication she was taking, and how better information could have helped I’m in my mid 30s and have been taking antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia for more than 10 years. When someone is first prescribed an antipsychotic, they are likely to be having a tricky time and potentially in the strange new environment of a hospital
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A Spartacus moment for public health physicians? BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Carol Brayne, Martin McKee
The General Medical Council’s (GMC) Good Medical Practice sets out the standards required of doctors registered with it. Its latest version will come into force on 30 January 2024.1 Among the changes from previous versions is an addition to the section “Responding to safety risks” that says, “If you have a formal leadership or management role, you must take active steps to create an environment in
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Delivering climate and nature commitments is crucial for health BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Anandita Pattnaik, Elaine Mulcahy
The UK is one of the world’s most nature depleted countries and at the current rate of decline and slow recovery, the nation will be less biodiverse 10 years from now than it is today.1 This loss of nature, combined with the impacts of climate change, have major implications for human health that need to be taken seriously. A report by the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change describes the loss of
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What NHS services are migrants entitled to? BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Fatima B. Wurie, Claire Zhang, Yusuf Ciftci, Cherstyn Hurley, Ines Campos-Matos
The UK has experienced a rise in net migration over recent years, with 606 000 migrants arriving in the UK in 2022.1 But are we doing enough to support migrants to access and navigate the health system? While migrants to the UK are less likely to die from the most common causes of death compared with the rest of the population, they are more likely to die of infectious diseases when compared to UK
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Geoffrey Mottram Durbin BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Andrew Ewer, Anne Durbin
Geoffrey Mottram Durbin (“Geoff”) was born into a family steeped in socialism. His mother studied under Hugh Gaitskell and his father, Evan, was a Labour MP and minister in Atlee’s postwar government, who sadly drowned when Geoff was just 3 years old. Geoff studied medicine at New College, Oxford, and completed his clinical training at University College London. In 1973 he became a research fellow
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Kenneth George Taylor BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Brian Cooper, Bob Ryder
Kenneth George Taylor was a consultant physician with a special interest in diabetes, endocrinology, and lipid metabolism at Dudley Road (now City) Hospital, Birmingham, from 1981 to 2003. He was a highly respected physician who was a passionate supporter of what was in the best interests of patients and was a determined advocate for a properly funded NHS. At school, he …
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Geoffrey Malcolm Sykes Scott BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 David Thompson
Geoffrey Malcolm Sykes Scott was born in Richmond, the middle child of Malcolm Scott, a lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College, and Patricia Scott, a lecturer in physiology (subsequently professor of nutritional physiology) at the Royal Free Hospital. Educated at St Paul’s School he worked as a laboratory technician at the Hammersmith before taking up his place at the Royal Free. He did his house
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Derek John Rowlands BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 John Rowlands, John Miller, Bernard Clarke, Daniel Keenan
Derek John Rowlands was born in Prescot, Merseyside, to Arthur and Margaret. He and his sister, Margaret, grew up in their family home, a two up two down terraced house in Edward Road, Prescot. His father and most of his uncles worked at the Cable Factory, whereas Derek took an early interest in medicine (possibly boosted by the number of visits he had from the local doctor in his early years). He
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Brinley Robert Jackson BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Vidan Masani
Brinley Robert Jackson (“Bryn”) was born and raised in Bramhall, Cheshire, and always remained proud of his northern roots. He was educated at Stockport Grammar School where at the age of 18 he met …
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No, degrowth won’t save us BMJ (IF 105.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Wim Naudé
Smith argues that “perhaps only degrowth can save us” from ecological catastrophe.1 It won’t. Degrowth will make the ecological crisis worse. It is ecological iatrogenics2 or, if you will, economic quackery. The medical profession once fervently believed in bloodletting. Mozart and Beethoven’s deaths, among millions of others, were probably hastened by this treatment. Today, like Florence Nightingale