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Medical ‘Groupthink’ Harms Patients, Especially Kids

Written by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.

Dr. Marty Makary, a public researcher with Johns Hopkins University and author of “Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets it Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health,” said more doctors are “refusing to kiss the ring of the medical oligarchs, and instead are teaming up with creative people to redesign medical care.”

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Teen Brains Aged Faster During Lockdowns – especially Girls

Written by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that accelerated brain maturation during the Covid lockdowns was particularly pronounced in teenage girls, with a mean acceleration of 4.2 years in females compared to 1.4 years in males

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