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Side Effects: Progress, with Asterisks

Burnout is easing. Sleep science is getting weird. And dental schools have been winging cadaver training for 50 years. This week's research is full of good news that immediately complicates itself.

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  • Kerri Miller

  • May 6, 2026

  • 6 min

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Top Institutions in Internal Medicine

Brief introduction explaining scope and methodology.

  • #1

    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Cleveland, Ohio

    Key Differentiators

    • Pharmacology

  • #2

    Sarah Cannon Research Institute
    Sarah Cannon Research Institute

    Nashville, Tennessee

    Key Differentiators

    • Pharmacology

  • #3

    Newcastle University
    Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    Key Differentiators

    • Pharmacology

  • #4

    American Gastroenterological Association
    American Gastroenterological Association

    Bethesda, Maryland

    Key Differentiators

    • Gastroenterology
    • Pharmacology

  • #5

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York

    Key Differentiators

    • Oncology
    • Pharmacology

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Side Effects: Progress, with Asterisks

  • by Kerri Miller

  • May 6, 2026

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