A quiet, unusual end to a tumultuous year
2020 has been a rough year, and it’s coming to a close amid a flurry…
Month: December 2020
Traditional Ghanaian medicines show promise against tropical diseases
The discovery of new drugs is vital to achieving the eradication of neglected tropical diseases…
Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration
Producing clean water at a lower cost could be on the horizon after researchers solved…
Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics
Diamond is the hardest material in nature. It also has great potential as an excellent…
Multiple mosquito blood meals accelerate malaria transmission
Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and…
New virtual screening strategy identifies existing drug that inhibits COVID-19 virus
A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with lab experiments suggest that pralatrexate, a chemotherapy…
The challenges facing the NHS in England in 2021
The NHS in England faces unprecedented challenges in 2021. It will require an equally unprecedented,…
Social media safety messages: Pictures should match the words
When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviors, it’s critical to…
Study points the way to boost immunotherapy against breast cancer, other solid tumors
Researchers report that adding a small molecule to a chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) cell therapy…
Blood vessel cells implicated in chronic inflammation of obesity
When fat cells in the body are stuffed with excess fat, the surrounding tissue becomes…
Transfusions with higher red blood cell levels do not improve preterm baby outcomes
A randomized clinical trial is the largest study to-date to compare thresholds for blood transfusions…
Medical community has a responsibility to promote equality
Khunti and colleagues eloquently explain the problematic use of the acronyms BAME (black, Asian, and…
Covid-19: Hospitals in crisis as ambulances queue and staff are asked to cancel leave
Hospitals across London and the South East and East of England are struggling to meet…
New Dietary Guidelines Shift Focus, Garner Criticism
What and how should you be eating? There are new guidelines. Read Original Article: New…
Iran execution of child offender breaks international law: UN rights office
The execution of an Iranian man for a crime allegedly committed when he was 16…
Argentina: ‘Ground-breaking’ new abortion law crucial to ending gender discrimination – UN experts
The year drew to a close in Argentina with “a ground-breaking law” that legalizes abortions…
Covid-19: Order to reschedule and delay second vaccine dose is “totally unfair,” says BMA
Healthcare workers in England have been told to reschedule appointments for the second dose of…
Getting Creative to Help Diabetes Patients Save Limbs
Diabetics face many challenges even in a normal year, but pandemic-related delays of care can…
The language of ethnicity: blunt, contrived terms should be abandoned
I agree with Khunti and colleagues’ well reasoned editorial on why the collective terms black,…
Covid-19: Russia admits to understating deaths by more than two thirds
Russia’s true death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic is not about 57 000, as…
Mass population screening for SARS-CoV-2 and false positives—why Liverpool shows we have a problem
In The BMJ’s Editor’s Choice article published on 19 November,1 Abbasi details some of the…
Covid-19: England tightens restrictions as NHS struggles to deliver care
Most of England moved into the highest tier of restrictions on 31 December because of…
Covid-19: Frontline doctors speak out about struggle to maintain care standards
Frontline doctors have testified to deteriorating conditions in hospitals in London and the south east…
The virus that shut down the world: the path to a vaccine
Vaccines that protect against COVID-19 have been developed in record time over the year but,…
Seeking inspiration at the end of a turbulent year
You might have noticed The BMJ in the news recently after our editor in chief,…
Opinion: As a doctor in the Covid-19 era, I’ve learned that judging patients’ decisions comes easier than it should
Mrs. Gomes, my umpteenth patient of the day, is an older woman — only slightly…
With limited surveillance of Covid-19 variant, it’s déjà vu all over again
As health officials in the United States announced a second and possibly a third person…
We wish we’d written that: STAT staffers share their favorite stories of 2020
It has been a long, tough year unlike any other. As the new coronavirus tore…
Patient Medical Bills: The Smoke’s About to Clear
Buried within the nearly 6,000-page Combined COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending Bill signed by President…
Loss of Regular Diabetes Care Increases Number of Amputations
Diabetics face many challenges even in a normal year, but pandemic-related delays of care can…
First Person: Vietnamese man finds ‘true voice’ in gay community
A Vietnamese man has told the UN he has found his ‘true voice’ in the…
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Linked to Worse Memory 15 Years Later – PRNewswire
High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Linked to Worse Memory 15 Years Later PRNewswire Read Original Article:…
News in Brief 30 December 2020
WHO urges greater COVID-19 surveillance Blackwater pardons an “affront to justice” – UN experts Refugee…
Global Complementary & Alternative Medicine Market Slumps Temporarily amid Covid-19 Outbreak, Lexis Business Insights Study 2020 2028 – The Courier
Global Complementary & Alternative Medicine Market Slumps Temporarily amid Covid-19 Outbreak, Lexis Business Insights Study…
Thailand Clears Use of Herbal Medicine for Covid-19 Treatment – Bloomberg
Thailand Clears Use of Herbal Medicine for Covid-19 Treatment Bloomberg Read Original Article: Thailand Clears Use…
CDPAP gives NY’s disabled alternative to assisted living and home health care – NEWS10 ABC
CDPAP gives NY’s disabled alternative to assisted living and home health care NEWS10 ABC Read Original…
Telehealth offers alternative to in-person visits during COVID-19 – Cleveland Jewish News
Telehealth offers alternative to in-person visits during COVID-19 Cleveland Jewish News Read Original Article: Telehealth offers…
Scientists explore deficits in processing speed in individuals with spinal cord injury
A new study examined the neural mechanisms of higher order cognitive tasks of individuals with…
New research may explain severe virus attacks on the lungs
In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack….
US pardons Blackwater guards: An ‘affront to justice’ – UN experts
Five independent UN experts condemned United States President Donald Trump’s pardoning of private security contractors,…
Covid-19: UK approves Oxford vaccine as cases of new variant surge
The UK’s medicines regulator has approved the Oxford and AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine, which will be…
Argentina legalises abortion in historic vote
Argentina’s senate has voted to legalise abortion, becoming the third and by far the most…
Potential new RX strategy for stroke
new research reports that a combination of a new drug and selected DHA derivatives is…
Covid-19: Doctors must be vaccinated without delay, says BMA
The BMA has called for frontline healthcare staff to be given the covid-19 vaccine as…
STAT+: 3 pharma trends to watch in 2021
To say this past year has been like no other is an understatement. But for…
Covid-19: Italian doctors are disciplined for anti-vaccination propaganda
An Italian doctors association has warned or disciplined 10 medics for promoting anti-vaccination propaganda and…
Development of fusion energy
Physicists are working to develop a unique tokamak fusion device called ‘SPARC.’ Read Original Article:…
A pursuit of better testing to sort out the complexities of ADHD
The introduction of computer simulation to the identification of symptoms in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity…
Covid-19: Antibodies protect against reinfection for at least six months, study finds
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies confers subsequent immunity in most people for at least six…
Covid-19: How denialism led Mexico’s disastrous pandemic control effort
As the streets in Mexico City filled with cars, crowds, and Christmas excitement this December,…