As a historian of premodern Japan, Alessandro Poletto has studied its healing experts. Both literature and historical records demonstrate that the boundaries between what are often called ‘religion’ and ‘medicine’ were indistinct.
Lack of mentorship, as well as disparities in socioeconomic status, tied into another key barrier identified by the participants—an overemphasis on research experience when selecting medical students for surgical residencies.
The U.S. FDA approved Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ Relyvrio in September 2022, following a years-long advocacy campaign by patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a fatal muscle-wasting disease.
Canadian researchers say some women with early-stage cervical cancer can be safely treated with a less invasive hysterectomy that has fewer complications.
United States Sen. Ted Cruz tried to revive a cliché in recent comments at a conservative conference. He suggested that liberal women are sexually unsatisfied because liberal men are too wimpy.
