
High cost of cancer drugs not always justified
Do high prices of some cancer medicines have a higher benefit than those drugs with…
Do high prices of some cancer medicines have a higher benefit than those drugs with…
As payers increasingly demand good value for medicines, a new analysis found that costs for…
Pineapple juice contains an enzyme called bromelain, which is said to have many healing properties….
Just how well does Gilead Sciences’ Covid-19 drug work? Is politics getting in the way…
The United States must urgently lift its blockade on Cuba to save lives amid the…
For years, geologists have debated how and when canyons under the Greenland Ice Sheet formed,…
A group of 13 independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on the UN chief, António Guterres, to…
Before Wednesday’s hopeful news about the experimental antiviral remdesivir broke, doctors treating patients hospitalized for…
Amidst the destruction of the of COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations chief expressed concern over…
As people worldwide remain in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are being encouraged…
The U.S. entered a grim new chapter in the coronavirus saga with the recent deaths…
To help future scientists make sense of what their telescopes are showing them, astronomers have…
Agricultural practices, livestock rearing and increasing trade of poultry products have contributed to the spread…
About 10,000 deaths due to COVID-19 infection are connected to nursing homes across the United…
As a direct result of U.S. food supply chains choking up because of the coronavirus…
Lake and Chaidarun provide images of spade phalanx signs typical of acromegaly.1 In the text…
A third of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 in the UK died—putting the fatality…
The video game industry is big enough that it can offer you a wide selection…
New research reveals that switching to vaping from smoking may not be as beneficial as…
The Covid-19 pandemic is taking a harsh toll on small biotech companies, many of which…
Sometime in 1888, a meteorite reportedly killed a man and went on to injure another….
Researchers have outlined ways to manage different facets of life under the spread of the…
New guidance issued on Thursday sets out key actions, to counter what the UN High…
bmj;369/apr30_24/m1779/FAF1faPhoto credit: University of WashingtonWhen Stephen Schwartz began his long career at the University of…
A version of this article first ran in Morning Rounds, STAT’s newsletter offering a daily…
African naked mole-rats are sometimes referred to as animal superheroes. They resist cancer, tolerate pain,…
Scientists tell the story of three 16th century African slaves identified from a mass burial…
Engineering researchers have created ultrathin, stretchable electronic material that is gas permeable, allowing the material…
Too little too late are the words being uttered by medical professionals in both the…
bmj;369/apr30_22/m1740/FAF1faShyam Pratab Singh moved to England soon after qualifying to pursue a career in medicine…
bmj;369/apr30_21/m1738/FAF1faLloyd Meynell Norburn gained a scholarship to Manchester Grammar School; a single child to his…
bmj;369/apr30_20/m1739/FAF1faKeith Raymond Ross was consultant general paediatrician and neonatologist in Wolverhampton from 1975 to 2003….
Texas has allowed medical and surgical abortions to go ahead after a long running court…
bmj;369/apr30_16/m1741/FAF1faAfter studying at Victoria University Manchester, John Stuart Whittaker obtained a first class degree in…
bmj;369/apr30_18/m1737/FAF1faSara Lilian MacRae took her own life at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital on the night…
bmj;369/apr30_17/m1736/FAF1faMary Cooksey was born in Spon Lane, West Bromwich, the second of four daughters. She…
In January, Gilead Sciences wasn’t manufacturing more than a few doses of its experimental antiviral…
Doctors would not be held accountable if they decided not to see a patient because…
bmj;369/apr30_13/m1784/FAF1faThe covid-19 pandemic has necessitated many changes in US healthcare. It has made me wonder…
Two microscopic bubbles penetrate soft materials better than one, concludes a new study by engineers….
The accumulation of one particular protein in the brain is at the basis of three…
When STAT first compared projected U.S. deaths from Covid-19, in early April, there seemed to…
Top of the morning to you. Despite some gloomy skies and a spot of rain,…
A doctor has won a substantial settlement from the NHS after the High Court ruled…
As countries grapple with severe disruptions to education caused by COVID-19, several UN agencies –…
Reach for the familiarRichard Daniels, paediatric registrar, says, “As a result of the changes to…
Who is legally responsible for providing personal protective equipment?James Down, a partner at the law…
bmj;369/apr30_9/m1716/FAF1faJohn Graham Dickinson was born in London and qualified in Oxford, where he met his…
A new research reveals that the sharp-toothed Spinosaurus didn’t just dip its scaly feet into…
Recently, researchers have managed to uncover the fossil of an early shrew-like mammal that lived…