A collaboration between researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Duke University has developed a robotic eye examination system, and the National Institutes of Health has awarded the researchers $1.2 million to expand and refine the system.

Psychedelics scientist Roland Griffiths discusses his cancer diagnosis with Manish Agrawal, MD, and a new Johns Hopkins endowment for psychedelics.

A couple of drinks does not give you “beer goggles” that make other people look more desirable, a new study found. But being tipsy may make you more eager to approach an attractive stranger.

A study finds that nearly 70% of adolescents and young adults discontinue oral 5-aminosalicylic acid within a year of ulcerative colitis diagnosis, raising their risk for relapse and complications.
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A meta-analysis of studies on the two diabetes drugs shows stronger benefits with tirzepatide, with the caveat of some higher gastrointestinal effects with tirzepatide.
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Adults with nonsevere community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) responded nearly equally to three first-line and alternative antibiotic regimens, based on data from more than 23,000 individuals.
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A real-world study found that Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid is now less effective at preventing hospitalization or death in high-risk patients as compared with earlier studies.
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The results of recent studies call into question the traditional views regarding which cancers are 'typical' among adults younger than 50 years.
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A new study found a potential link between the risk for cerebral palsy in children born in winter or spring.
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The research in people with rheumatic diseases could have wider implications, including a blood-based biomarker to predict higher risk.
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