Reinold O.B. Gans
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Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer buff.ly/RnUUsCY
Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer
Thousands of the endangered primates end up on the dinner plates of people in the upper rung of the country’s society who have money to spare.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer buff.ly/RnUUsCY
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
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November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Global greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising: when will they peak? buff.ly/KEc5z93
Global greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising: when will they peak?
Scientists say emissions could begin to decline in the next several years. What happens in China could determine when.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Global greenhouse-gas emissions are still rising: when will they peak? buff.ly/KEc5z93
Tiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve buff.ly/AcIaR19
Tiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve
A tiny bead filled with a drug is guided by magnets to parts of the body, a trial in animals has shown.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Tiny robots swim through blood, deliver drugs — and then dissolve buff.ly/AcIaR19
Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds buff.ly/SCIIZuH
Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds
Scientists find tiny amounts can be a ‘fatal dose’ for marine life in the most comprehensive study of its kind
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November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds buff.ly/SCIIZuH
Study Analyzes How Much ‘Macro’ Plastic Is Deadly to Sea Life buff.ly/fR4dDzG
Study Analyzes How Much ‘Macro’ Plastic Is Deadly to Sea Life
Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Study Analyzes How Much ‘Macro’ Plastic Is Deadly to Sea Life buff.ly/fR4dDzG
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2 #LongCovid randomized trials published today
—Online cognitive training, negative
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—Resistance training, modest benefit
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—Online cognitive training, negative
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—Resistance training, modest benefit
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November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
2 #LongCovid randomized trials published today
—Online cognitive training, negative
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Resistance training, modest benefit
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Online cognitive training, negative
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
—Resistance training, modest benefit
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Environmental treaties are paralysed — here’s how we can do better www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Environmental treaties are paralysed — here’s how we can do better
The collapse of talks about a UN plastics treaty is the wake-up call we didn’t need. It’s time to study what is going wrong and why.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Environmental treaties are paralysed — here’s how we can do better www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster with an updated vaccine formulation was associated with significant reductions in the risk of serious adverse outcomes from COVID-19 infection buff.ly/ZO8pqAh
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster with an updated vaccine formulation was associated with significant reductions in the risk of serious adverse outcomes from COVID-19 infection buff.ly/ZO8pqAh
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. EBIM in the Loop, Oct 31 buff.ly/PBtHdgy
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. EBIM in the Loop, Oct 31 buff.ly/PBtHdgy
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world buff.ly/XARtoZh
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world buff.ly/XARtoZh
Amid rising global temperatures and intensifying climate impacts, UNEP finds that a yawning gap in adaptation finance for developing countries, putting lives, livelihoods and entire economies at risk.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Amid rising global temperatures and intensifying climate impacts, UNEP finds that a yawning gap in adaptation finance for developing countries, putting lives, livelihoods and entire economies at risk.
I Worked at OpenAI. It’s Not Doing Enough to Protect People. buff.ly/ow7a1Go
Opinion | I Worked at OpenAI. It’s Not Doing Enough to Protect People.
A.I. companies need to do more to show the proof behind their claims.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I Worked at OpenAI. It’s Not Doing Enough to Protect People. buff.ly/ow7a1Go
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent buff.ly/1mJdWT4
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent buff.ly/1mJdWT4
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. #InternalMedicine #PrimaryCare #MedicalEducation EBIM in the Loop, Oct 24 buff.ly/Ty3ohKj
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. #InternalMedicine #PrimaryCare #MedicalEducation EBIM in the Loop, Oct 24 buff.ly/Ty3ohKj
World Falling Short on Methane Pledge, U.N. Report Finds buff.ly/tX3yCpR
World Falling Short on Methane Pledge, U.N. Report Finds
Several agency programs are trying to track and reduce methane emissions around the world. They aren’t meeting the targets fast enough.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
World Falling Short on Methane Pledge, U.N. Report Finds buff.ly/tX3yCpR
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. #InternalMedicine #PrimaryCare #MedicalEducation EBIM in the Loop, Oct 17 buff.ly/YkCBTGE
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. #InternalMedicine #PrimaryCare #MedicalEducation EBIM in the Loop, Oct 17 buff.ly/YkCBTGE
Indoor combustion: health effects and costs (NZ) | EECA www.eeca.govt.nz/insights/eec...
Indoor combustion: health effects and costs (NZ)
New NZ research on gas and wood appliances shows significant indoor air-pollution health impacts and costs. See methods, key findings, and what to do next.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Indoor combustion: health effects and costs (NZ) | EECA www.eeca.govt.nz/insights/eec...
An X-ray Likely Would Not Have Changed Sam’s Outcome: Sick vs Not Sick open.substack.com/pub/sensible...
An X-ray Likely Would Not Have Changed Sam’s Outcome: Sick vs Not Sick
A critique of a recent article in the lay press that deals with clinical reasoning, written by a master in the field, what’s not to like?
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October 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
An X-ray Likely Would Not Have Changed Sam’s Outcome: Sick vs Not Sick open.substack.com/pub/sensible...
EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. Stay informed #InternalMedicine #PrimaryCare: EBIM in the Loop, Oct 10
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October 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. Stay informed #InternalMedicine #PrimaryCare: EBIM in the Loop, Oct 10
Autoimmune response to C9orf72 protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Nature buff.ly/49JdB3L
Autoimmune response to C9orf72 protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Nature
An analysis of T cell responses in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis shows that the C9orf72 antigen is a key target of autoimmune responses in the disease, and identifies C9orf72 epitopes…
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October 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Autoimmune response to C9orf72 protein in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Nature buff.ly/49JdB3L
Ambient Trichloroethylene Exposure increases Parkinson Disease Risk | Neurology buff.ly/X4O6BYo
Ambient Trichloroethylene Exposure and Parkinson Disease Risk in Medicare Beneficiaries | Neurology
Background and ObjectivesTrichloroethylene (TCE) is an important environmental contaminant in the United States due to widespread use industrially. Epidemiologic studies suggest that occupational…
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October 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ambient Trichloroethylene Exposure increases Parkinson Disease Risk | Neurology buff.ly/X4O6BYo
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis | Nature buff.ly/6yQuc6P
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis - Nature
A study of several longitudinal birth cohorts and cross-sectional cohorts finds only moderate overlap in genetic variants between autism that is diagnosed earlier and that diagnosed later, so they…
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October 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis | Nature buff.ly/6yQuc6P
Study supports association between racism and psychosis | PLOS Mental Health buff.ly/BGhZW21
The association between racism and psychosis: An umbrella review
Elevated rates of psychosis are consistently identified in people from racialised backgrounds, with growing evidence from the systematic review literature that suggests a role for racial/ethnic…
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October 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Study supports association between racism and psychosis | PLOS Mental Health buff.ly/BGhZW21
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025: They understood how the immune system is kept in check
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Frederick J. Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"
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October 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025: They understood how the immune system is kept in check