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Q&A: Why drafting new rules on ultra-processed foods is so hard

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That umbrella term covers a wide variety of packaged foods, from snacks carrying added sugar, salt, and saturated fat combined with preservatives for shelf life, additives for flavor, colorants for eye appeal, and chemicals like bisphenols in the packages themselves. But ultra-processed foods are not all the same.

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Q&A: Why drafting new rules on ultra-processed foods is so hard

STAT

That umbrella term covers a wide variety of packaged foods, from snacks carrying added sugar, salt, and saturated fat combined with preservatives for shelf life, additives for flavor, colorants for eye appeal, and chemicals like bisphenols in the packages themselves. But ultra-processed foods are not all the same.

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STAT+: Muscular dystrophy patient who was first in line for a custom CRISPR therapy dies

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Terry was slated to finally receive the therapy at UMass Chan Medical School this fall. A spokesperson for UMass Chan Medical School deferred all questions to Cure Rare Disease. Like many gene therapy companies, Cure Rare Disease packaged the therapy in adeno-associated viruses.

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Learning to Learn: Metacognition in Medical Teaching

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According to this Fobes article , in 2020, more than two dozen medical schools reported a 25 percent increase in applicants (compared with 2019). Some attribute the increased interest in medical careers to our COVID-19 pandemic. The post Learning to Learn: Metacognition in Medical Teaching appeared first on BoardVitals Blog.

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ImmunoGen ELAHERE wins accelerated FDA approval for ovarian cancer

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Chief of the division of gynaecologic oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School, and SORAYA co-principal investigator, Dr Ursula Matulonis, said: “The approval of ELAHERE is significant for patients with (FR?)-positive before the bell.

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How Can Evidence-Based Medical Education Improve Learning?

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Also, a study published in The BMJ (British Medical Journal) asserts that, while more medical schools now teach evidence-based medicine, there is little published evidence on what curricular approaches or teaching methods work best.

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Question Banks vs. Videos: Active vs. Passive Learning 

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With experience in evidence-based medical education across 70 specialty areas, BoardVitals board review question banks are expertly vetted and c onsistently updated to mimic what students will encounter on the real exam day.