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Inside the bass’s mouth is a system of linked muscle and bone that resembles the mechanism of an oil rig. NYTimes: Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/science/largemouth-bass-jaw.html?smid=tw-share

Fremanezumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting calcitonin gene–related peptide (CGRP). It is administered monthly via SQ injection. In this NEJM study, fremanezumab was effective as a preventive treatment for chronic migraine: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1709038

The first genetics-based dating app, called Pheramor, is expected to launch in 2018. The name is based on pheromones: https://pheramor.com/pheramor-kit/ The founders say: "Genetic-based human attraction has to do with pheromones. And when we smell pheromones, what we're actually smelling is how diverse someone's immune system is compared to our own." "Evolution is very strong. So we're smelling each other, trying to figure out who is the best person to mate with. And that's what love at first sight actually is. It's smelling someone's pheromones from across the room, and your brain says, "That's the most perfect pheromone profile I've ever smelled in my entire life. I love them." Human chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white). Image source: Wikipedia , public domain. When someone swabs their cheek with a Pheramor kit, the lab scans for 11 genes, which scientists have linked to attraction. Read more here: Genetic-based datin

From BMJ: The researchers evaluated a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 and older admitted to hospital with a medical condition in 2011-14 and treated by hospitalist physicians. Main outcome measures 30 day mortality and readmissions and costs of care. The study included 700,000 admissions managed by 18,800 hospitalist physicians (median age 41). Patients’ adjusted 30 day mortality rates were: - 10.8% for physicians younger than 40 - 11.1% for physicians aged 40-49 - 11.3% for physicians aged 50-59 - 12.1% for physicians aged 60 and older See the figure here: http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/357/bmj.j1797/F1.large.jpg Note: Among physicians with a high volume of patients, however, there was no association between physician age and patient mortality. Within the same hospital, patients treated by older physicians had higher mortality than patients cared for by younger physicians, except those physicians treating high volumes of patients. The calculated &qu