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Medicine works better when the treatments are tailored to fit each individual person’s biology and history. A first step is increasing diversity in clinical trials, but the end goal is precision medicine.
Taking into consideration the number of excess deaths caused by COVID-19 compared with pre-pandemic years is critical to getting an accurate accounting of the pandemic’s real toll.
Immunotherapy has the potential to eliminate tumors, but works best for select patients. Engineering T cells to bypass cancer’s defenses could help expand treatment eligibility to more patients.
Men, older adults, people with language barriers and racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to be screened for depression.
A transcript of an episode of The Conversation Weekly published on September 29, 2022.
Today’s psychedelics researchers still have to deal with the fallout of the decadeslong freeze on research. Listen to ‘The Conversation Weekly’ podcast.
The fall of Roe v. Wade will result in more people deciding to privately end a pregnancy, a new study finds. But how often people will turn to safe versus unsafe options remains to be seen.
For many who must travel to get an abortion, the financial burden of the trip can be overwhelming.
Why your eyes move during the REM stage of sleep has puzzled scientists for years. Researchers measured mice brains to look for a possible explanation.
An analysis shows that Black students at more racially segregated schools have a greater tendency to turn to the bottle.
Memahami kesulitan perjalanan dapat menawarkan wawasan tentang apa yang akan dihadapi perempuan yang membutuhkan aborsi di seluruh AS di dunia pasca-Roe.
Scholars explain how the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion is likely to affect women’s health.
Due to increasing concerns over the health hazards posed by BPA, the Food and Drug Administration plans to reevaluate the safety of the controversial chemical for use in everyday products.
Three experts answer questions about the effectiveness, safety and side effects of medication abortion, using mifepristone followed by misoprostol.
The reasons why people may seek out late-term abortions are complex and are often based on new medical information and delays caused by state policies.
Your blood can hold a record of past illnesses. That information can reveal how many people have had a certain infection – like 58% of Americans having had COVID-19 by the end of February 2022.
Despite the halt to the federal mask mandate for mass transit, people may still choose to protect themselves. For those who do, the type of mask and how well it fits matter.
Many doctors currently diagnose skin conditions by eye. Advances in molecular testing could lead to more precise and accurate diagnoses for ambiguous rashes and skin lesions.
By surveying over 100 people in academic medicine, a researcher found that women are consistently excluded from important networking activities like watching sports, drinking at bars and playing golf.
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Distinguished Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Research Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco
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Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
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Associate Professor of Family Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Director of Psychedelics Division at Neuroscape, University of California, San Francisco
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Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science, University of California, San Francisco
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Research Data Specialist in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
