When periods make it tough to breathe
For some women, asthma symptoms worsen before and during menstruation. Fluctuations in sex hormones may be the reason, experts say.
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JAMA Medical News
For end-stage dementia, Medicare can make hospice harder to access
The number of older Americans with the disease is projected to double by 2060. Many will need hospice care but the program will need reform to aid them, experts say. (Photo courtesy of Janet Drey)
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Large Language Models Answer Medical Questions Accurately, but Can’t Match Clinicians’ Knowledge
When Google completes the sentence, “Coronary artery disease is caused by,” the search engine offers several possibilities: atherosclerosis, smoking, and inflammation, to name a few.
JAMA Medical News
Prenatal Exposures; Angelman trial suspension; autistic adult well-being
It can be tough to prove a negative, as illustrated by a new null result that Spectrum covered last week.
Spectrum
Global Monkeypox Outbreaks Spur Drug Research for the Neglected Disease
In 2018, physicians in the UK administered an investigational smallpox drug called brincidofovir to 3 patients with monkeypox virus infections stemming from a large outbreak in Nigeria. Before then, monkeypox had never been encountered in Europe.
JAMA Medical News
Data irregularities surface for study of microRNAs in autism
Duplicated images and fabricated data plague a paper claiming that a microRNA treatment can decrease autism-like traits in mice, according to research integrity analysts.
Spectrum
Medical and public health officials are concerned—and puzzled—by the increasing number of confirmed monkeypox cases in countries outside central and western Africa, where the virus is endemic.
JAMA Medical News