Reinold O.B. Gans
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Essential medicines are unaffordable or unavailable to 1 in 4 people worldwide
Prices and Affordability of Essential Medicines in 72 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Markets
This cross-sectional study compares the list prices and affordability of essential medicines across high-, middle-, and low-income markets.
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January 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Essential medicines are unaffordable or unavailable to 1 in 4 people worldwide
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows buff.ly/QVXkdb4
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis
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January 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows buff.ly/QVXkdb4
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. EBIM in the Loop, Dec 20 buff.ly/k2B666m #InternalMedicine #PrimaryCare #MedicalEducation
December 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. EBIM in the Loop, Dec 20 buff.ly/k2B666m #InternalMedicine #PrimaryCare #MedicalEducation
Young people dropping out of education and labour market participation - very worrisome data Eurostat buff.ly/K5LCcfP
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Young people dropping out of education and labour market participation - very worrisome data Eurostat buff.ly/K5LCcfP
Disruptions in This Sixth Sense May Drive Mental Illness like anorexia nervosa buff.ly/lYSrc1V
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Disruptions in This Sixth Sense May Drive Mental Illness like anorexia nervosa buff.ly/lYSrc1V
Climbing Out of the Trenches: Rethinking Polarisation in Medicine buff.ly/Zidmsw2
December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Climbing Out of the Trenches: Rethinking Polarisation in Medicine buff.ly/Zidmsw2
EU Safe Hearts Plan is welcome but must step up measures to address root causes - EuroHealthNet buff.ly/0t73FrZ
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
EU Safe Hearts Plan is welcome but must step up measures to address root causes - EuroHealthNet buff.ly/0t73FrZ
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism | Slavery | The Guardian buff.ly/0QHjsbe
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
Research shows that the British colonial wealth extraction system still influences the region’s tourist industry
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December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism | Slavery | The Guardian buff.ly/0QHjsbe
Medical Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: little benefit | JAMA | JAMA Network buff.ly/e3aet20
Therapeutic Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
This review discusses current evidence about the therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabinoids in adults, potential harms, and evidence-based clinical guidance, including pretreatment screening and…
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December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Medical Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: little benefit | JAMA | JAMA Network buff.ly/e3aet20
Impacts of an industrial deep-sea mining trial on macrofaunal biodiversity: we all should care | Nature Ecology & Evolution buff.ly/vekSxhi
Impacts of an industrial deep-sea mining trial on macrofaunal biodiversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A species-level dataset of sediment-dwelling macrofauna, sampled 2 years before and 2 months after a test of a commercial deep-sea mining machine, reveals losses of macrofaunal density and species…
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December 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Impacts of an industrial deep-sea mining trial on macrofaunal biodiversity: we all should care | Nature Ecology & Evolution buff.ly/vekSxhi
Chatbots Can Meaningfully Shift Political Opinions
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December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Chatbots Can Meaningfully Shift Political Opinions
Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025: this study suggests that it is possible | The Pew Charitable Trusts buff.ly/b49btIt
Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025: An Assessment of the Global System and Strategies for Transformative Change
Plastic is interconnected with other global challenges, and that solving the plastic pollution problem will have broad implications for improving the health of people, the planet and the global…
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December 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025: this study suggests that it is possible | The Pew Charitable Trusts buff.ly/b49btIt
Novo Nordisk spend estimated $7.5 million on more than 15 000 paid keywords over 2 years; Pay-Per-Click Direct-to-Consumer Advertising | Health Policy | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network buff.ly/KsgVOtO
GLP-1RAs and Pay-Per-Click Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
This cross-sectional study evaluates the use of direct-to-consumer advertising for a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA).
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December 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Novo Nordisk spend estimated $7.5 million on more than 15 000 paid keywords over 2 years; Pay-Per-Click Direct-to-Consumer Advertising | Health Policy | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network buff.ly/KsgVOtO
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. EBIM in the Loop, Nov 28 buff.ly/dl4nyyO
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The next #EBIM newsletter is out! Timely insights on medical topics that could change primary care practice tomorrow. EBIM in the Loop, Nov 28 buff.ly/dl4nyyO
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source | Scientific Reports buff.ly/yT6p4ru
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a…
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November 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source | Scientific Reports buff.ly/yT6p4ru
Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk? buff.ly/2Dmj4P7
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November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk? buff.ly/2Dmj4P7
COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action
COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action
The final agreement, with no direct mention of the fossil fuels dangerously heating Earth, was a victory for countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia, diplomats said.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action
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
Reposted by Reinold O.B. Gans
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
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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...