Opinion: Medical schools diversified. So where are all the diverse doctors?
Why are residency programs disciplining and dismissing trainees in a system funded to train them?
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Opinion: The military’s medical corps has a serious recruitment problem
Congress must incentivize more physicians (and their employers) to join the military medical corps, writes the former attending physician to Congress.
Read full article →Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo reach 282 as survivors describe their recoveries
The outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.
Read full article →Is bovine colostrum really 'liquid gold' for gut health?
Baby calves rely on it to build up their immune systems and gut. And now marketers are promoting it for humans. Here's what scientists say.
Read full article →STAT+: A standing ovation for RevMed, and caution for Akeso
ASCO Day 3: A huge advance for pancreatic cancer, a let down for Akeso and Summit, and a new approach to immunotherapy.
Read full article →How aid cuts are hampering the frontline response to the Ebola crisis
Aid workers in Uganda are watching the Ebola crisis unfold in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. They're doing what they can to prepare for an uptick in cases, but foreign aid cuts aren't helping.
Read full article →Ultra-low doses could bring costly cancer treatments to more patients in poorer countries
Low-dose, low-cost immunotherapies may help patients in poorer countries access high-tech cancer treatments.
Read full article →STAT+: For prostate cancer patients set on surgery, new hormone regimen may improve outcomes, study finds
By doing hormone therapy up front in prostate cancer cases, the hope was to shrink the relapse rate after surgery. Results were encouraging.
Read full article →STAT+: Akeso and Summit’s ivonescimab extends survival in squamous cell lung cancer
A lung cancer drug developed in China was a highlight of ASCO but doctors want to see follow-up in a more diverse population.
Read full article →STAT+: Practice-changing results reported for Revolution Medicines pancreatic cancer drug
Much-awaited results at ASCO show that scientists have indeed found a way to drug a "greasy ball" involved in pancreatic cancer.
Read full article →Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer
A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer.
Read full article →The biggest permanent desert lake threatens with rising waters and hungry crocs
Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.
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