NIH Shifts Funding Strategy; U.K. Biobank Data Exposed; Autism Therapy Racket?

NIH Shifts Funding Strategy; U.K. Biobank Data Exposed; Autism Therapy Racket?

The NIH has cut the number of solicited calls for funding, and instead has been directed to increase its spending on “unsolicited” proposals driven by investigators’ interests. (Nature) Confidential health data stored in the U.K. Biobank were repeatedly exposed online, raising questions about the safeguarding of patient records. (The Guardian) The FDA official in charge…

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Alcohol-Related Liver Disease May Be More Common Than We Think

Alcohol-Related Liver Disease May Be More Common Than We Think

Alcohol underreporting — mainly due to recall bias or concerns about social stigma during clinical assessments — may lead to misclassification of patients with significant alcohol exposure. After adjusting for underreporting of alcohol intake, the prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated alcohol-related liver disease and alcohol-related liver disease doubled over a 35-year period. Binge drinking was the…

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