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ER Boarding Crisis Impacts Dementia Patients
A data analysis reveals that "ER boarding," where patients wait hours or even days in emergency rooms for admission, disproportionately impacts older adults with dementia; this issue is driven by systemic problems within the US healthcare system, including a shortage of beds and financial incentives...
ER Boarding Crisis Impacts Dementia Patients
A data analysis reveals that "ER boarding," where patients wait hours or even days in emergency rooms for admission, disproportionately impacts older adults with dementia; this issue is driven by systemic problems within the US healthcare system, including a shortage of beds and financial incentives...
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40% Bias Score
Post-Roe Abortion Numbers: Slight Rise in Legal Abortions, Significant Drop in Cross-State Travel
A Guttmacher Institute report reveals a less than 1% rise in abortions in states where it's legal in 2024, but a 9% drop in individuals crossing state lines for abortions, totaling about 155,000, while telehealth abortions increased, highlighting uneven access and potential future health consequence...
Post-Roe Abortion Numbers: Slight Rise in Legal Abortions, Significant Drop in Cross-State Travel
A Guttmacher Institute report reveals a less than 1% rise in abortions in states where it's legal in 2024, but a 9% drop in individuals crossing state lines for abortions, totaling about 155,000, while telehealth abortions increased, highlighting uneven access and potential future health consequence...
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52% Bias Score
Record-High Autism Diagnoses Prompt Investigation
The CDC reports a record-high autism diagnosis rate of 1 in 31 children aged eight or younger in 2022, up from 1 in 36 in 2020, prompting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to investigate the causes, despite researchers attributing part of the rise to improved screening and awareness.
Record-High Autism Diagnoses Prompt Investigation
The CDC reports a record-high autism diagnosis rate of 1 in 31 children aged eight or younger in 2022, up from 1 in 36 in 2020, prompting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to investigate the causes, despite researchers attributing part of the rise to improved screening and awareness.
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64% Bias Score
Intracellular Galectin-1 in Pancreatic Cancer Stroma Drives Aggressiveness
An international study published in PNAS identifies Galectin-1 (Gal1) within the nuclei of pancreatic cancer stroma fibroblasts as a key driver of tumor aggressiveness, opening avenues for new therapeutic strategies targeting this protein's intracellular function to improve treatment response in thi...
Intracellular Galectin-1 in Pancreatic Cancer Stroma Drives Aggressiveness
An international study published in PNAS identifies Galectin-1 (Gal1) within the nuclei of pancreatic cancer stroma fibroblasts as a key driver of tumor aggressiveness, opening avenues for new therapeutic strategies targeting this protein's intracellular function to improve treatment response in thi...
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20% Bias Score
Repurposed Drugs Offer Hope in Fight Against UK's Top Killer, Dementia
Dementia is the UK's biggest killer, but research suggests existing drugs like aspirin, statins, and Ozempic could prevent it, offering a cheaper alternative to recently developed, costly medications.
Repurposed Drugs Offer Hope in Fight Against UK's Top Killer, Dementia
Dementia is the UK's biggest killer, but research suggests existing drugs like aspirin, statins, and Ozempic could prevent it, offering a cheaper alternative to recently developed, costly medications.
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48% Bias Score
Texas Measles Outbreak Reaches 561 Cases
As of Tuesday, a measles outbreak in western Texas has 561 confirmed cases, an increase of 20 in five days; 58 hospitalizations and two deaths have been reported, mostly among unvaccinated children and teenagers; the outbreak is part of a larger national trend of 712 confirmed cases in 24 states in ...
Texas Measles Outbreak Reaches 561 Cases
As of Tuesday, a measles outbreak in western Texas has 561 confirmed cases, an increase of 20 in five days; 58 hospitalizations and two deaths have been reported, mostly among unvaccinated children and teenagers; the outbreak is part of a larger national trend of 712 confirmed cases in 24 states in ...
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36% Bias Score
Guildford Prostate Cancer Screening Pilot Underscores Need for National Program
A successful prostate cancer screening pilot program in Guildford, UK, detected hundreds of previously unknown cases in high-risk men aged 50-70, highlighting the need for a national program supported by 94% of GPs and the Health Secretary, to address the current 45% of diagnoses made after the dise...
Guildford Prostate Cancer Screening Pilot Underscores Need for National Program
A successful prostate cancer screening pilot program in Guildford, UK, detected hundreds of previously unknown cases in high-risk men aged 50-70, highlighting the need for a national program supported by 94% of GPs and the Health Secretary, to address the current 45% of diagnoses made after the dise...
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56% Bias Score
New Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea
A phase 3 clinical trial shows gepotidacin, a new antibiotic, effectively treats gonorrhea in 92.6% of participants, offering a crucial alternative as the infection develops resistance to existing treatments, with infection rates reaching a 30-year high in Canada.
New Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea
A phase 3 clinical trial shows gepotidacin, a new antibiotic, effectively treats gonorrhea in 92.6% of participants, offering a crucial alternative as the infection develops resistance to existing treatments, with infection rates reaching a 30-year high in Canada.
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28% Bias Score
Dutch Sperm Donor Scandal: At Least 85 Donors Exceeded Legal Limits, Fathering Hundreds of Children
A Dutch fertility scandal revealed that at least 85 sperm donors fathered far more children than legally allowed, with some having 50-75 children, leading to apologies from the NVOG and concerns about incest and consanguinity.
Dutch Sperm Donor Scandal: At Least 85 Donors Exceeded Legal Limits, Fathering Hundreds of Children
A Dutch fertility scandal revealed that at least 85 sperm donors fathered far more children than legally allowed, with some having 50-75 children, leading to apologies from the NVOG and concerns about incest and consanguinity.
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24% Bias Score
Baby Dies After Botched Circumcision in Spain
A 45-day-old baby in Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, Spain, died after an illegal circumcision performed at home by an unqualified man hired by his Malian parents for 100 euros; the parents and the man were arrested.
Baby Dies After Botched Circumcision in Spain
A 45-day-old baby in Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, Spain, died after an illegal circumcision performed at home by an unqualified man hired by his Malian parents for 100 euros; the parents and the man were arrested.
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60% Bias Score
Yellow Fever Outbreak Spreads Across Colombia, Triggering Public Health Emergency
A yellow fever outbreak in Colombia, starting in September 2024 in Tolima and spreading to at least five departments by April 2025, has caused 22 deaths among 54 confirmed cases, prompting vaccination drives and warnings for Semana Santa travelers due to its spread to atypical, higher-altitude regio...
Yellow Fever Outbreak Spreads Across Colombia, Triggering Public Health Emergency
A yellow fever outbreak in Colombia, starting in September 2024 in Tolima and spreading to at least five departments by April 2025, has caused 22 deaths among 54 confirmed cases, prompting vaccination drives and warnings for Semana Santa travelers due to its spread to atypical, higher-altitude regio...
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40% Bias Score
US Abortion Numbers Steady at Over 1 Million in 2024 Amidst State-Level Variations
Despite a patchwork of state laws impacting abortion access, the US saw over 1 million abortions in 2024, consistent with 2023, driven by increased cross-state travel, telehealth utilization, and state-level variations.
US Abortion Numbers Steady at Over 1 Million in 2024 Amidst State-Level Variations
Despite a patchwork of state laws impacting abortion access, the US saw over 1 million abortions in 2024, consistent with 2023, driven by increased cross-state travel, telehealth utilization, and state-level variations.
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44% Bias Score
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