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The expansion of digital health comes with benefits, but also potential harms, including those to economic, psychological and societal wellbeing. This article presents a framework to characterize cyber harms so that they can be prevented and mitigated.
Data sharing enhances the value of medical research and builds trust in clinical trials, but more biomedical researchers need to be trained in these approaches, which include meta-research, data science and ethical, legal and social issues.
Despite concerns that bariatric surgery may increase patients’ risk of esophageal or gastric cancers, a large retrospective study offers reassurance that this is not the case.
The drug-scheduling system, particularly the approach to rescheduling, should be reformed to ensure all beneficial medicines, including marijuana and psilocybin, are available to scientists and patients.
A large study finds that offering cash for vaccination does not have unintended negative consequences — providing much-needed data and alleviating some longstanding concerns.
The US Food and Drug Administration should address health misinformation through existing and new regulatory approaches, including modernizing product labeling, investing in infodemic surveillance and addressing the roles of the internet and social media.
Nature Medicine explores the latest translational and clinical research news, with data from an ongoing clinical trial of mosunetuzumab in relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma.
We are launching a series on evidence in medicine, to discuss new approaches to assessing the safety and efficacy of cutting-edge health technologies and treatments.
A gene-therapy treatment applied to the skin resulted in dramatic wound healing in patients with epidermolysis bullosa, a painful and debilitating skin condition.
Integrating microbial sequencing data into electronic health records, while presenting privacy concerns, will improve patient care and population health and will expand the secondary uses of such data.