Horseshoe crabs play a unique role in medicine, but they’re also ecologically important in their home waters along the Atlantic coast. Can regulators balance the needs of humans and nature?
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A marine sponge from Mauritius has shown potential as the source of compounds that kill liver cancer cells.
More people are seeking out traditional forms of medicine, from acupuncture to herbal medicines. The WHO is working to develop standards to make these healing practices implementable on a wide scale.
The price you pay at the pharmacy for your long-term medicines may effectively halve. But not all medicines or patients qualify.
Several familiar maternity terms have been abandoned after a consultation with pregnant women and healthcare professionals.
Boreal plants produce molecules that are valued by traditional medicines and inspire the development of medicinal products by contemporary chemists.
With more than one species for every person on the planet, soils are the most diverse habitat on Earth.
Ghana’s public health insurance scheme was designed to provide basic care for all. But in reality those who would rather pay upfront than enrol get better treatment.
South Africa’s legal commercial lion industry is helping to act as a cover for the illegal international big cat bone trade.
The sickle cell disease burden in west Africa is among the highest in the world.
Not enough data is being collected about the impact taking prescription medication has on breastfeeding.
Prescription medications can help people with opioid use disorder avoid the risks of relapse and overdose. But stigma based on misperceptions about addiction limits their use.
Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct. Here’s what that means.
Eighteenth-century writers worried about “infectious air,” so they opened windows and built ventilation systems to bring fresh air indoors.
One size doesn’t fit all – customising your medicines with 3D printing could be a game changer, especially for people with complex medical needs.
As the use of Ozempic, a drug for diabetes, slams into the mainstream as a weight-loss method, will the drug’s use impact our concept of fatness? And how does fatness intersect with race and class?
Using AI effectively in healthcare will require retraining of the workforce, retooling health services, and transforming workflows.
An anthropology course explores how peoples and cultures around the world use nature-based medicines to heal.
Our new study demonstrates the enormous potential that machine learning has to help identify people with AS
Children aged under six years shouldn’t have cough syrup. It’s not only ineffective, it can be harmful.
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Emeritus Robert Reford Professor and Professor of Medicine, McGill University
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Lecturer Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor of History, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Chief, Epithelial Therapeutics Unit, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Professor of Law, Villanova School of Law
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences and Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
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