Objective To quantify the time lag between biomedical articles and the studies they describe as “recent,” a term widely used to imply timeliness despite rarely reflecting the actual age of the cited ...

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Viewed this way, a definition is a decision mechanism. It distinguishes some elements of the universe from the others. Hence ...

Critical illness poses a significant global health challenge, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

We conclude that brain states are shaped by local circuit mechanisms, large-scale connectivity and neuromodulation. A unified multiscale theory of cortical dynamics is relevant not only for ...

Introduction Prescribing high-dose antipsychotics is typically reserved for individuals with treatment-resistant severe ...

Introduction Sleep problems are an escalating global health concern, with prevalence estimates ranging from 8.3% to 45%. Physicians are disproportionately affected, with rates around 44% compared with ...