Collaboration Between Local Oncologists and Academia Is Crucial
(MedPage Today) -- There is undeniable hope and optimism when looking at the future of cancer care. Cancer survival rates are steadily rising as oncologists continue to learn more about the 100+ unique types of cancer -- and emerging variants... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 6, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Psychedelics Are Going Mainstream. Investing in Them Hasn ’t
Psychedelics spent a half-century in political and medical purgatory. Now they’re starting to go mainstream. Respected academic institutes and billionaires are funding research into their therapeutic benefits, and the Food and Drug Administration could soon approve MDMA (known more commonly as…#psychedelics #mdma (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bill Ackman says he'll review all MIT professors for plagiarism
Brian Snyder/Reuters Bill Ackman is ramping up his search for plagiarism and pledged to review all MIT professors' work. His move comes after BI reported on several instances of plagiarism in his wife's academic work. Ackman led the charge to get Harvard president Claudine Gay to resign over…#briansnyderreuters #billackman #mit #harvard #claudinegay #nerioxman #gay #hamas #israel #corporation (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Pervasive Is Academic Corruption?
Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Whew, what a week it’s been for higher ed! The Claudine Gay debacle at Harvard has raised some fundamental questions about academia in general. She was president of the university, traditionally seen as the…#jeffreytucker #epochtimes #harvard #congressional #stanford #stranger #nazigermany #trump #cdc #donaldtrump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Academic celebrity Neri Oxman plagiarized from Wikipedia, scholars, a textbook, and other sources without any attribution
Steven Ferdman/Getty Images Neri Oxman, a former star professor at MIT, admitted to lifting passages from other scholars' work in her dissertation. Business Insider found 28 additional instances of plagiarism in her dissertation and other papers. Oxman lifted text from more than a dozen Wikipedia…#mit #wikipedia #nerioxman #billackman #israel #gaza #harvard #claudinegay #oxman #washingtonfreebeacon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers highlight opportunities for diagnostic radiology oral exam
The impending diagnostic radiology oral exam should be welcomed for aspiring radiologists, according to an article published January 5 in Academic Radiology.
A team led by Samantha Pfiffner from Wayne State University in Detroit wrote in its editorial that the oral exam, scheduled to start in 2028, will provide opportunities for a more comprehensive evaluation of radiologists.
“The authors of this manuscript commend the ABR for their tireless pursuit to improve radiology education and their comprehensive and inclusive approach to developing the new exam format,” the Pfiffner team wrote.
The American Board of Radiolo...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Radiology Education Source Type: news
Good learners or trouble makers? Study on the relationship between academic performance and antisocial behavior of junior high school students - Zhu X, Jiang W, Shi W, Shi J.
This study uses a sample of 8270 junior high school students to exam... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
University Researchers Present Study on Daily Return and Liquidity in XRP
University researchers have unveiled an academic paper elaborating on the relationship between the return and liquidity of XRP and five other top-ranking cryptocurrencies. These are researchers affiliated with HSBC Lab, China, and the School of Business and Management at Hong Kong University of…#xrp #hsbclab #hongkongsar #eth #binancecoinbnb #dogecoin #doge #log #btc #bnb (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From unequal injuries to unequal learning? Socioeconomic gradients in childhood concussions and the impact on children's academic performance - Blaab æk EH, Andersen LH, Fallesen P.
Previous research identifies stark socioeconomic disparities in child injuries, yet research on the repercussions hereof on other aspects of children's lives remains sparse. This paper tests whether social gradients in minor traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
While Bill Ackman Takes Aim At Harvard President Over Plagiarism, His Celebrity Academic Wife Faces Scrutiny For Dissertation Controversy: Report
In a surprising twist, billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has come forward with strong criticism of academic plagiarism. This comes despite his celebrity academic wife, Neri Oxman, facing similar allegations. What Happened: Ackman is advocating for the dismissal of Claudine Gay, Harvard’s…#billackman #nerioxman #claudinegay #harvard #oxman #mit #gay #byteacquisitioncorp #sallykornbluth #claudinegays (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Philly Police Fired Their " Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Officer " This Week
Philly Police Fired Their "Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Officer" This Week Thanks to help from Harvard's Claudine Gay, who was unable to condemn harassment on her campus against Jewish students and was later found to have plagiarized what appears to be her entire body of academic work, it looks…#harvard #claudinegay #jewish #philadelphia #cherelleparker #parker #lesliemarant #philadelphiainquirer #johnmstanford #stanford (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ukrainian scientists tally the grave environmental consequences of the Kakhovka Dam disaster
Kyiv and Odesa, Ukraine—
In the predawn hours of 6 June 2023, a pair of explosions rocked the Kakhovka Dam, a 3-kilometer-long hydropower facility on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Waking up that morning to the unfolding catastrophe, “I couldn’t believe it,” recalls Volodymyr Osadchyi, director of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (UHMI). “I thought it had to be fake news.” But footage captured by a Ukrainian military drone showed water from one of Europe’s largest reservoirs gushing through a gaping breach in the dam.
Over the next 4 days, 18 cubic kilometers of water surged downs...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 4, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Harvard academic says school needs to stop subscribing to'the extreme left of the political map '
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb recently offered two suggestions for how Harvard can restore its prestige. Adam Glanzman for The Washington Post via Getty Images Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb weighed in on discussions over the path forward for the university. He says the school should work to…#harvard #aviloeb #adamglanzman #loeb #claudinegay #gay #galileoproject #boardonphysics #nationalacademies #harvardcorporation (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nonprofit Hospital Boards on the Firing Line
(MedPage Today) -- We need only look at recent national headlines to be aware of Congress's and the public's plummeting confidence in leadership and governing boards of even the most revered academic institutions. But why should doctors be interested... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 2, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
RadNet testing three retail in-store breast cancer screening operations
RadNet executives will spend the next 18 months learning what does and doesn't work for operating small in-store retail breast cancer screening clinics in three areas of the U.S.
In early December 2023, the first of RadNet's three pilot MammogramNow clinics opened in a Walmart Supercenter in Milford, DE. Two more screening clinics are planned to open in 2024 in Walmart: one in Phoenix, AZ, the other in Hanford, CA, according to the company.
Tim Merchant, national director of screening networks and population health strategy for RadNet, said the Delaware location expands RadNet's statewide breast cancer screening network ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 2, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Artificial Intelligence Breast Imaging Source Type: news
