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What does a pharmaceutical company have to do with U.S. national security? Perhaps more than meets the eye, based on President Trump’s negotiating style, which often involves utilizing leverage to weaken the other side’s bargaining position. In the case at hand, President Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark for reasons involving national security.

Without knowing what those reasons are nor other special…

Physicians dominated 20th-century American medicine, but not from the start. In his landmark book, Paul Starr explained how a ragtag, “weak traditional profession of minor economic importance” transformed into a sovereign profession controlling healthcare delivery.

By the end of the century, fearing a surplus, doctors successfully lobbied to prevent growth in medical schools and residency…

DispatchHealth and Medically Home – companies that work with health systems to provide hospital-level care at home – have agreed to merge, the firms announced Tuesday.

Financial terms of the definitive agreement weren’t disclosed though those involved said Boston-based Medically Home will become part of DispatchHealth,…

Maternal postpartum depression at six weeks is linked to reduced inhibition and emotional control in children alongside increased emotional overeating. The findings were published in Eating Behaviors. 

Around 25% of women experience postpartum depression within the first year of giving birth. Symptoms of the condition may influence parenting behaviors and the environment, resulting in less responsive, more stressed, or inconsistent care, which may in…

Your cells constantly generate and conduct electricity that runs through your body to perform various functions. One such example of this bioelectricity is the nerve signals that power thoughts in your brain. Others include the cardiac signals that control the beating of your heart, along with other signals that tell your muscles to contract.

As bioengineers, we became interested in the epithelial cells that make up human skin and the outer layer of people’s intestinal tissues. These…

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a prominent method for delivering genes in vivo. Therapeutic delivery to target cells is achieved through full capsids containing the gene cargo. However, the presence of empty capsids in the AAV drug product can reduce therapeutic effectiveness, necessitating their detection…

For those who are overweight or obese, medications known as glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, or GLP-1s, have become very popular as weight loss treatments. Taken in accordance with instructions on the label and an appropriate diet and exercise regimen, GLP-1s are…