Most Patients Don’t Realize HPV Causes Throat Cancer, Survey Finds
Most respondents to a survey conducted at an academic medical center were not informed of the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and throat cancer by their healthcare providers, a study showed. Among 271 respondents who visited an otolaryngology clinic, only 23.3% understood the relationship between HPV infection and throat cancer and a mere 7.4% said […]
Google Commits To I.D. Real Abortion Clinics So Women Won’t Be Tricked By Fakes
Google has informed lawmakers that its searches, maps and ads will aim to accurately label abortion clinics so they can easily be found — and so that women won’t be tricked by anti-abortion fakes. The company is rolling out an update that will make it easier for people to find places that offer the services […]
Genetically informed atlases reveal new landscapes in brain structure: Findings identify hundreds of new genomic loci that help explain how the brain is shaped
An international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci. Loci is plural for locus, and in genetics indicates the physical location of a gene or variant on a chromosome. The work was led by Chi-Hua Chen, PhD, associate professor in the Department of […]