Clinical trials are necessary to test the efficacy and safety of experimental drugs, but a recent Brown study found that only 0.8% of studies with women from ages 18 to 45 included pregnant women. Only 19 of the clinical trials for non-infectious chronic diseases included pregnant women.
The absence of concordant care has shown negative impacts on medical research, patient experiences and students.
Brown’s American Physician Scientist Association held its third annual conference Saturday.
As the next vice president for research, Hirth hopes to expand research in a time of “uncertainty.”
A number of Brown classes have gone technology-free, citing more engaged students and less distraction.
Last month, Brown launched the Planetary Health Initiative to explore the link between environmental change and human health.
Physics students across the world learn about different types of particles, from matter particles to force-carrying particles. But now, these aspiring physicists may have to learn about a new type of particle: fractional excitons.
New study from Warren Alpert finds increased spinal fractures in the aging population.
The next time you’re planning on going for a run, check more than just the weather — the air quality might affect your performance too.
Over the past two years, H5N1 bird flu has been found to infect mammals more extensively. Although there has yet to be evidence of human-to-human transmission, Brown public health experts and researchers emphasize the importance of authorities taking action as the potential for bird flu to mutate ...
The lecture revolved around Basamajian's ethnographic fieldwork in Ohio, where she dove into the politics of abortion care.
From an orbit of over 186,000 miles from Earth, to Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert, to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, to College Hill: That’s the path that samples from the asteroid Bennu, weighing less than a paperclip, have taken to arrive to researchers at Brown.
At an October rally, now-president-elect Donald Trump said that he would let Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has gained notoriety for his anti-vaccine views, embrace of raw milk, skepticism of HIV/AIDS and wish to remove fluoride from water, “go wild on health.” Last Thursday, Trump nominated Kennedy ...
The Warren Alpert Medical School held its 18th annual Academic Symposium Wednesday afternoon. The symposium was the largest in the event’s history with over 140 student research posters presented.
Reduced protein intake is correlated with longer lifespans in animals, but the reasons why have eluded researchers.
The United States spent over $22 billion on military aid to Israel and related operations between Oct. 7 of last year and Sept. 30, 2024, according to a research article released by the Costs of War project at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
With 140,000 neurons, 50 million synapses and over 100,000 cell label annotations, the fruit fly brain has been mapped and published in a series of papers written by scientists worldwide, including contributors at Brown. It’s a marked advancement in neuroscience that researchers say will improve our ...
Kyron Medical is focusing on reducing physician burnout caused by excessive administrative tasks.
On Monday, the National Academy of Medicine announced 100 newly elected members. Jennifer Nuzzo MA’23, director of Brown’s Pandemic Center, made the list.
Why does a person choose to use an addictive substance? What are the consequences of their decisions? And how, if necessary, can researchers intervene?
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