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STAT Madness is our annual bracketed competition in which colleges, universities, and institutions from across the country compete head to head to have their biomedical research named the best innovation of the year. Nominations are due by Jan. 18. When you are done nominating a team, come on back and check out this week's must-read First Opinion essays. |
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| By Jason Silverstein Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Repealing an outdated, homophobic ban on blood donation by men who have sex with men could help ease the U.S. blood shortage crisis. Read More |
| By Sean Cahill Adobe Data on sexual orientation and gender identity are relatively easy to collect. Why are so few public health entities doing it? Read More |
| By Catherine Gregor Adobe Patient engagement early in the clinical trial process leads to faster enrollment, higher retention, and better compliance. Read More |
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| By K. Jane Muir David Goldman/AP The "great resignation" of nurses can be stemmed with changes in how they are paid and linking attrition rates to hospitals' bottom lines. Read More |
| By Lisa I. Iezzoni Adobe In the case of disability, physicians often fail to understand patients' needs or make erroneous assumptions about them. Read More |
| By H. Gilbert Welch and Barnett Kramer Jacqueline Larma/AP A bill in Congress would require Medicare to cover annual liquid biopsies for the early detection of cancer. That's a bad idea. Read More |
| By Jeff Goldsmith Adobe Health enterprises can be thought of as interlocking circles of trust. For digital health to succeed, it must foster that kind of trust. Read More |
| By Orly Nadell Farber JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images Health care workers are among those at very high risk of exposure to Covid-19. Why isn't Covid testing a routine part of their work? Read More |
| By David Ansell and Vinoo Dissanayake Adobe The American Medical Association's new language guide encourages doctors to address the upstream social causes of health inequities. Read More |
| By Howard Wolinsky Adobe For men with low-risk prostate cancer, active surveillance can be a good alternative to surgery or radiation therapy. Read More |
| By Tricia Pendergrast Adobe Real investments in physicians-in-training have the power to halt the physician exodus and change the narrative that doctors are expendable. Read More |
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