Liquid Sugar vs. Solid Sugar: Which Is Worse?
Liquid sugar found in carbonated drinks is bad for you. Here’s why. Read Original Article:…
Month: January 2020
Could Statins Help Prevent Liver Cancer
As one of the deadliest cancers that affects people, liver cancer is usually detected at…
Kobe Bryant’s Death May Have Revived Your Flying Phobia: Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid
Kobe Bryant’s unfortunate passing may have triggered some people with flying phobias but here’s why…
Questioning the benefit of lung metastasectomy in colorectal cancer
In The BMJ five years ago my colleagues and I questioned the appropriateness of a…
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Best Tips To Improve Bone Health And Reduce Osteoporosis Risk
These tips will strengthen your bone health and reduce osteoporosis risk, helping you stay active…
Reaching Pregnant People with Addictions – YES! Magazine
Reaching Pregnant People with Addictions YES! Magazine Read Original Article: Reaching Pregnant People with Addictions –…
‘Time for justice for Roma’, Senior expert urges on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Dan Pavel Doghi, Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti issues for the Organization for Security…
News in Brief 27 January 2020
Societies must unite against ‘global crisis of antisemitic hatred’ Libya: UN report urges accountability for…
FDA Approves Merck’s DIFICID® (fidaxomicin) to Treat Clostridioides difficile in Children Aged Six Months and Older
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United…
3 Weight Loss Essentials According To Research
Post drastic weight loss regimens, California Polytechnic State University’s new study found three common behaviors…
Public Health Alert Concerning Nopalina Flax Seed Powder and Nopalina Flax Seed Capsules and Salmonella Contamination
The FDA advises consumers to stop using Nopalina Flax Seed Fiber (powder) and Nopalina Flax…
Lifestyle Changes You Need To Follow For Better Heart Health
Eating well, avoiding stress, meditating and loving more are the key factors to reinstate heart…
‘Carry our stories forward’: Holocaust survivors share powerful testimonies at UN
When the Nazis invaded Poland, overnight, nine-year-old Theodor Meron became “a refugee, out of school,…
Almost a third of UK doctors may be burnt out and stressed, study suggests
Doctors working in emergency medicine and general practice are most at risk of exhaustion, stress,…
CB2 Insights Announces Completion of Payment of New Jersey Alternative Medicine – GlobeNewswire
CB2 Insights Announces Completion of Payment of New Jersey Alternative Medicine GlobeNewswire Read Original Article: CB2…
ProSomnus® Sleep Technologies Announces Social Media Campaign – ‘Share Your Story’ – Yahoo Finance
ProSomnus® Sleep Technologies Announces Social Media Campaign – ‘Share Your Story’ Yahoo Finance Read Original Article:…
Data and evidence – Launching the 2020 Culture and Health webinar Series – World Health Organization
Data and evidence – Launching the 2020 Culture and Health webinar Series World Health Organization Read…
UN health agency team in China to strengthen partnership on coronavirus response
The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is in China to discuss the novel coronavirus outbreak with senior Government…
Method detects defects in 2D materials for future electronics, sensors
To further shrink electronic devices and to lower energy consumption, the semiconductor industry is interested…
STAT Plus: Acceleron pulmonary hypertension drug succeeds in mid-stage clinical trial
Acceleron Pharma said Monday that a mid-stage clinical trial involving an experimental drug for pulmonary…
Martin Shkreli is sued by the FTC and NY attorney general for illegally cornering a market
More than four years after Martin Shkreli incensed Americans by raising the price of a…
Opinion: An ‘Epic’ pushback as U.S. prepares for new era of empowering patient health data
Epic, the largest electronic health record company in the U.S., launched an effort last week…
STAT Plus: Big drug purchasers predict price hikes driven by expensive new therapies
More than two dozen big buyers of prescription medicines expect that prices will rise by…
Finely tuned nervous systems allowed birds and mammals to adopt smoother strides
A study suggests that neuromuscular adaptations in mammals and birds may have allowed them to…
New gene correction therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Duchenne type muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common hereditary muscular disease among children, leaving…
Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystems face a perfect storm
A combination of climate change, extreme weather and pressure from local human activity is causing…
Patterns of thinning of Antarctica’s biggest glacier are opposite to previously observed
Using the latest satellite technology from the European Space Agency (ESA), scientists have been tracking…
With high fiber diets, more protein may mean more bloating
People who eat high fiber diets are more likely to experience bloating if their high…
Kiss and run: How cells sort and recycle their components
What can be reused and what can be disposed of? Cells also face this tricky…
Keto diet works best in small doses
A ketogenic diet — which provides 99% of calories from fat and only 1% from…
AI to help monitor behavior
Algorithms based on artificial intelligence do better at supporting educational and clinical decision-making, according to…
Children to bear the burden of negative health effects from climate change
The grim effects that climate change will have on pediatric health outcomes was the focus…
A sustainable alternative to crude oil
A research team has developed a new polyamide family which can be produced from a…
Genetic marking discovery improves fruit quality, bolsters climate defenses
Transferring genetic markers in plant breeding is a challenge, but a team of grapevine breeders…
Enhancing drug testing with human body-on-chip systems
Scientists have devised a functioning comprehensive multi-Organ-on-a-Chip (Organ Chip) platform that enables effective preclinical drug…
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Nearly all middle school teachers are highly stressed
Researchers have found that 94% of middle school teachers experience high levels of stress, which…
Micro-scaled method holds promise as improved cancer diagnostic platform
A new-method analyzes the combination of tumor genetic material (genomics) with deep protein and phosphoprotein…
Recreational fishers catching more sharks and rays
Recreational fishers are increasingly targeting sharks and rays, a situation that is causing concern among…
Unanticipated response to estrogen at the single cell level
Researchers found that not only do individual mammalian cells in a population fail to respond…
First-of-its-kind technology lights up lung cancer cells, helps improve patient outcomes
A groundbreaking tumor-highlighting technology — OTL38 — enhances the visualization of lung cancer tissue, providing…
The sexes have equal spatial cognition skills
Men are not better than women at spatial cognition — such as map reading —…
PET/MRI identifies notable breast cancer imaging biomarkers
Researchers have identified several potentially useful breast cancer biomarkers that indicate the presence and risk…
Seismic biomarkers in Japan Trench fault zone reveal history of large earthquakes
Researchers used a novel technique to study the faults in the Japan Trench, the subduction…
STAT Plus: McKesson reaches $175 million deal with shareholders over lax oversight of opioid shipments
As pressure mounts on pharmaceutical wholesalers over their role in the opioid crisis, McKesson (MCK)…
STAT Plus: McKesson reaches $175 million deal with shareholders over lax oversight of opioid shipments
As pressure mounts on pharmaceutical wholesalers over their role in the opioid crisis, McKesson (MCK)…
Societies must unite against ‘global crisis of antisemitic hatred’, Guterres urges
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, and the six…
Libya: UN report urges accountability for deadly attack against migrant centre
Warring parties in Libya, as well as foreign governments supporting them, are being urged to investigate deadly…
Opinion: Bird flu. SARS. China coronavirus. Is history repeating itself?
HONG KONG — Sometimes history seems to unspool in a continuous playback loop. That is…
STAT Plus: Roche is fined by Romania for thwarting competition to its cancer medicines
Following a two-year investigation, Roche (RHHBY) was fined $14 million by antitrust authorities in Romania…
STAT Plus: The suburbs are cheaper, but they don’t have what Kendall Square has for biotechs: serendipity
You know Kendall Square’s office rents have gotten stratospheric when a CEO compares the neighborhood…