by Lori Solomon The ongoing mental health crisis is causing significant challenges for many psychologists as they grapple with both heightened demand and patients presenting with increasingly severe symptoms, according to the results of a survey released Dec. 5 by the American Psychological Association. The 2023 Practitioner Pulse Survey was emailed to a random sample...
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Navigating the Semaglutide Shortage: How Doctors Manage Obesity Drug Challenges With Patients
The semaglutide shortage probably won’t last forever. But for now, physicians strive to provide the best care for their patients as they navigate the shortage as part of a crucial aspect of their practice. But even when drug manufacturers like Novo Nordisk straighten out supply chain issues and the obesity drug Wegovy, for instance, becomes...
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Challenges and Advances in Brain-Computer Interfaces
Following the FDA approval for human clinical trials for brain tech startups, Anna Wexler of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses advances in brain-computer interfaces and looming ethical concerns. In a significant step forward in neurotechnology, companies that make implantable brain-computer interfacing (BCI) devices, such as Neuralink, have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...
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Research challenges decades-old understanding of how we hear sound
by Linköping University Confocal micrograph of stereocilia on the inner (IHC) and outer (OHCs) hair cells, completely embedded in the tectorial membrane (TM). Credit: Pierre Hakizimana, CC-BY-4.0 First published in doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22870-1 Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have made several discoveries on the functioning mechanisms of the inner hair cells of the ear, which convert sounds...
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The COVID vaccine challenges that lie ahead
The University of Oxford and Astra Zeneca have pledged that their COVID vaccine (pictured) will always be available at cost to low and middle income countries. Other developers must make the same commitment. A year on from the first known case of COVID-19, the world has been hungry for good news. This month, vaccine makers...