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addressing biases in medical device design

Review calls for action on bias with medical devices

Healthcare systems need to address the impact of racial and ethnic biases in the design and use of medical devices, says a new independent review conducted in the UK.

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Where are the pharma voices in US politics?

Super Tuesday is coming up in the United States, a day when a number of primary elections occur.

R&D

A forgotten opioid epidemic, but a mounting problem

Deaths from opioid-related overdoses continue to grow in the US, but public health events of recent times mean that attention has been focused elsewhere.

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After period of decline, dementia may be on the rise again

While there is widespread fear of an explosion in dementia cases as the global population ages, there has actually been a downward trend in Europe and North America in the

Patients

Growing health inequality in UK prompts call for ‘joined up ...

In the last UK election in 2019, the NHS emerged as a major talking point, as the scale of the country’s support of the service was brought to the fore.

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