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    Focusing on science’s greatest hits to forecast the Nobel winners is too simplistic. The smart money looks for other criteria.

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    • Do I get a point for predicting #hepatitis C for the #NobelPrize2020 in medicine but only 1 of the 3 laureates? https://t.co/sgUGbjNPhu (Ralf Bartenschlager not having a good morning.) https://t.co/PpGwffOjOo

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    Trump has long argued that patients suffering from potentially deadly diseases should have earlier access to experimental drugs.

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    • Could President Trump receive an experimental coronavirus treatment? Should he? @adamfeuerstein and I look at the issues, with help from @ScottGottliebMD and @califf001. https://t.co/uA3NklbUFv

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    Focusing on science’s greatest hits to forecast the Nobel winners is too simplistic. The smart money looks for other criteria.

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    • A bit of #COVID19 news this morning, but #science marches on. Who'll win the #NobelPrize in medicine & chem next week? Comment on my story or tweet whether you like picks @RockefellerUniv, @harvardme, @RutgersU etc. h/t @JSheltzer @webofscience https://t.co/sgUGbjNPhu

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    No one bats an eye when a drug for a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or depression causes serious side effects such as nausea, weight gain, blurred vision or a vanishing libido. But what few patients seeking psychotherapy know is that talking can be dangerous, too—and therapists have not exactly rushed to tell them so.For treatments that come in a bottle, the Food and Drug…

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    • 1/2 We have lost a giant of psychology: Scott Lilienfeld @EmoryUniversity died last night of pancreatic cancer. He led the charge against unproven psych therapies [https://t.co/cpiNNbxsja] and so much more--e.g. foolishness of the #GoldwaterRule [https://t.co/tn4gRJIL66]

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    A second study looked in unprecedented detail at the brains of pigeons and barn owls, finding hints to the basis of their intelligence.

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    • With so much sadness in the world, I thought you could use a #science story where #crows save hedgehogs from becoming roadkill--and new research shows the birds, like people, ponder the content of their minds: https://t.co/XMGKWLDKMD @ScienceMagazine