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Arsenic Less Than EPA Maximum Contaminant Level Tied to Adverse Birth Outcomes

Physician's Weekly

Infants were born between 2005 and 2020. Nigra, Sc.M., from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, and colleagues examined the association between prenatal public water arsenic exposure below the federal regulatory standard of 10 μg/L and birth outcomes. The cohort comprised 13,998 birthing parents.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. So I did fellowship in 2005. Mike: I became a fellowship director in 2005 and I remember having these same conversations nearly 20 years ago. And finally the big thing was the match.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

In a 2005 article for Rolling Stone that was later retracted, Kennedy claimed government officials had buried data showing a link between vaccines and autism, The Wall Street Journal said. There has been a lot of monkey business with the VSD,” Kennedy previously told lawmakers.