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Adam Cifu and Vinay Prasad are Both Wrong about A New Masking Trial

Sensible Medicine

Last week Adam Cifu and Vinay Prasad offered dueling interpretations of a randomized trial of masking. These posts were read by nearly a hundred thousand readers, and you can read them below. One reader, Ben Recht, a Berkeley Professor, thinks both of them are wrong. This is his column. Sensible Medicine Adam Cifu is Wrong About Masking In a recent post on Sensible Medicine, written on my phone while traveling, I criticized a randomized trial of masking in the BMJ that found Norweigans told to w

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Suni Lee Overcomes 2 Kidney Disease Diagnoses To Triumph At Paris Olympics

Forbes Healthcare

At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Sunisa (”Suni”) Lee helped the U.S. women's gymnastic team win team gold and earned a bronze medal in the individual all-around competition.

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Are you storing your medications wrong?

KevinMD.com

Today, I want to talk about how creative humans are. As physicians, we encounter patients with ideas that amaze us every day and make our lives interesting, to say the least. The best ones are often the elderly, who have years of experience and unique ways of getting things done that differ greatly from the Read more Are you storing your medications wrong?

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Drinking Alcohol In The Summer Heat? Here’s How To Reduce The Dangers

Forbes Healthcare

There are 4 big dangers of drinking alcohol while it's hot outside. If you must drink alcoholic beverages during a heat wave, take these following 7 precautions.

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Antimicrobial Resistance On The Rise Due To Wars In Ukraine And Gaza

Forbes Healthcare

As ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza intensify and the threats of new military conflicts loom, the problem of antimicrobial resistance will likely get worse.

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