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National Academy of Medicine

Medical branch of the United States National Academies

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Nov 22, 2025
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What historical changes led to nursing's professionalization over the 20th and 21st centuries?

Nursing professionalized across the 20th and into the 21st century through organized education, licensure, institutional roles, and expanding scope of practice — driven by figures like Florence Nighti...

Jan 20, 2026

How have professional psychiatric organizations revised guidance on commenting about public officials since 2016?

Since 2016 the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and related professional bodies have overhauled how they develop and present clinical practice guidance — emphasizing transparent, evidence‑graded...

Jan 15, 2026

Statin trial raw data released in full by pharmaceutical company

No provided reporting documents a pharmaceutical company releasing the complete raw, patient‑level data for a major statin trial; existing sources describe long-standing calls for broader trial data s...

Jan 11, 2026

What biological mechanisms have been proposed for vaccines causing autism, and what evidence exists for or against them?

Three broad biological mechanisms have been proposed to explain a putative causal link between vaccines and autism—the MMR vaccine triggering intestinal damage and brain effects, mercury-containing pr...

Jan 11, 2026

What large-scale epidemiological studies have tested the MMR–autism hypothesis and what were their findings?

A substantial body of large-scale epidemiological research has tested the hypothesis that the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism; the consensus of cohort, case‑control, time‑trend and m...

Jan 11, 2026

How do vaccines make autism?

The short, direct answer is: vaccines do not make autism; decades of epidemiology, mechanistic reviews and repeated investigations have found no credible causal link between routine childhood vaccines...

Jan 10, 2026

What large, population‑level cohort studies have examined long‑term health outcomes after routine childhood vaccination schedules?

A small set of large, population‑level cohort studies and national register analyses have probed long‑term outcomes after routine childhood vaccination schedules, but the literature remains sparse and...

Jan 10, 2026

What peer‑reviewed studies compare health outcomes of fully vaccinated and unvaccinated children?

A small number of peer‑reviewed and non‑mainstream studies have directly compared health outcomes in vaccinated and unvaccinated children; the most prominent are a U.S. pilot/home‑school survey and se...

Jan 8, 2026

is there any scientific posed method of how a vaccine might lead to SIDS?

No scientifically established mechanism shows that vaccines cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); leading public-health bodies and large epidemiologic studies have found no causal link and in som...

Jan 2, 2026

What peer-reviewed evidence exists comparing long-term health outcomes of vaccinated versus unvaccinated children?

Peer-reviewed literature directly comparing long-term health outcomes of vaccinated versus completely unvaccinated children is sparse, methodologically heterogeneous, and dominated by small, convenien...

Jan 1, 2026

Dr. Sunjay Gupta

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a practicing American neurosurgeon who has built a high-profile media career as CNN’s chief medical correspondent and as an author and documentary host, winning multiple Emmy award...

Dec 31, 2025

Who is Dr. Sanjay Gouts and what are his credentials in neurology or dementia research?

There are no authoritative sources in the provided reporting for anyone named “Dr. Sanjay Gouts”; every record available refers to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a well‑known American neurosurgeon and medical jour...

Dec 3, 2025

How much Fiber should you eat a day

Health authorities and major nutrition experts recommend roughly 22–38 grams of fiber per day for most adults, with specific guidance often given as 25 g/day for women and 38 g/day for men or a 28 g “...

Nov 29, 2025

Were there federal law changes that altered state nursing boards’ scope-of-practice or licensing requirements from 2017–2021?

Federal action between 2017 and 2021 did not directly rewrite state nurse practice acts or state licensing rules, but it drove substantial federal funding, temporary COVID-era waivers and policy press...

Nov 28, 2025

Who is Dr. Sanjay Gupta and what are his medical qualifications and career highlights?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is an American neurosurgeon, CNN’s multiple-Emmy–award‑winning chief medical correspondent, and a practicing surgeon and faculty member in Atlanta; he holds an MD from the University ...