STAT Plus: Hospital president wrote opinion piece critical of drug pricing efforts, but didn’t disclose role on Moderna board
Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, earlier this year criticized efforts to…
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Smartwatch tracks medication levels to personalize treatments
Engineers have demonstrated that drug levels inside the body can be tracked in real time…
Success in promoting plant growth for biodiesel
Scientists succeeded in promoting plant growth and increasing seed yield by heterologous expression of protein…
Stellar egg hunt with ALMA
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) took a census of stellar eggs in…
1 in 4 UK puppies may be being acquired before minimum recommended age
One in four puppies in the UK may be being acquired before the recommended minimum…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Trump’s ‘Buy American’ order raises doubts; Gilead looks to boost global remdesivir output
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
The FDA accepted Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug submission. Next up, a highly anticipated outside expert review
The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review a marketing application submitted by Biogen…
STAT Plus: AbbVie pays $24 million to settle lawsuit over using ‘nurse ambassadors’ to boost Humira sales
After two years of wrangling, AbbVie (ABBV) agreed to pay $24 million to settle a…
Charles Jonathan Mortiboy Poole
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Colin Alban Bryant McLaren
bmj;370/aug07_9/m3160/FAF1faColin Alban Bryant McLaren was a Mancunian who ventured south to study medicine at Birmingham…
Mohammad Azam Khan
bmj;370/aug07_8/m3159/FAF1faMohammad Azam Khan was born into a farming family in a remote village of Umarzai…
Joan Patricia Wright
bmj;370/aug07_7/m3162/FAF1faMedicine ran in Joan Patricia Wright’s family, and, like both her parents and sister, she…
Insect bites
What you need to knowThere is little research evidence on best practice for insect bitesInsect…
Building a portfolio for specialty applications
The medical portfolio is something you will hear about from day 1 of medical school….
Opinion: When the treatment is torture: ICE must stop using solitary confinement for Covid-19 quarantine
After months of social distancing, many of us are feeling its effects. Experts have delineated…
The story of a scientist’s mea culpa on Covid-19 vaccines — and a rough week on Twitter
The development of Covid-19 vaccines is progressing at an unprecedented speed. Vaccines that were mere…
Nursing homes grapple with a dual crisis: preparing for hurricane season amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Nursing homes face an impossible decision during hurricane season this year — whether or not…
As mindfulness app Headspace booms, its popularity outpaces its scientific evidence
This has, by all accounts, been a banner year for Headspace. Demand for the mindfulness…
Making the most of shielding: let’s not be divided into frontline workers and those who have shielded
While I agree1 that there are many non-clinical parts of our jobs that shielding doctors…
What to do with appraisal: an idea whose time has come
Gerada writes: “Reflection . . . is a process of discovery with outcomes that might…
Making the most of shielding: covid-19 is exposing the unpaid carers in NHS workforce
Perhaps identifying those who are clinically vulnerable has been one of the kindest endeavours this…
20 Awesome Learning Toys and Books To Help With Virtual Or In School Learning
The post 20 Awesome Learning Toys and Books To Help With Virtual Or In School…
Most Americans don’t have enough assets to withstand 3 months without income
A new study found that 77% of low- to moderate-income American households fall below the…
New science behind algae-based flip-flops
Sustainable flip-flops: A team of researchers has formulated polyurethane foams made from algae oil to…
CPHS faculty member expands his publishing career with a new textbook | News – Campbell University News
CPHS faculty member expands his publishing career with a new textbook | News Campbell University News…
Larimer County wants more info on alternative behavioral health site in Loveland – Coloradoan
Larimer County wants more info on alternative behavioral health site in Loveland Coloradoan Read Original Article:…
Pneumonia in the time of COVID-19 and Beyond
Pneumonia can be mild in some people, but it can be life-threatening – and fatal…
Electric cooker an easy, efficient way to sanitize N95 masks, study finds
A new study found that 50 minutes of dry heat in an electric cooker decontaminated…
Training neural circuits early in development improves response
When it comes to training neural circuits for tissue engineering or biomedical applications, a new…
Study finds high levels of toxic pollutants in stranded dolphins and whales
Researchers examined toxins in tissue concentrations and pathology data from 83 stranded dolphins and whales…
Mix of contaminants in Fukushima wastewater, risks of ocean dumping
Nearly 10 years after the Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power,…
Why shaving dulls even the sharpest of razors
Engineers have studied the simple act of shaving up close, observing how a razor blade…
Listen: A health tech mega-deal, a Twitter vaccine debate, and media criticism from Operation Warp Speed
Does the future of health tech look like Facebook? Can we cut corners with Covid-19…
STAT Plus: Italy becomes first country to require pharma to disclose public funding for R&D costs
Amid growing clamor for more transparency from the pharmaceutical industry, Italy has become the first…
Analysis of renewable energy points toward more affordable carbon-free electricity
A study identifies long-term storage technologies that would enhance the affordability and reliability of renewable…
New class of laser beam doesn’t follow normal laws of refraction
Researchers have developed a new type of laser beam that doesn’t follow long-held principles about…
Daily Aspirin May Cause More Harm Than Good in Healthy Adults
Low-dose (baby) aspirins may not be safe preventative medicine against strokes and heart attacks for…
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Placebos prove powerful even when people know they’re taking one
Researchers have demonstrated that placebos reduce brain markers of emotional distress even when people know…
‘Extremely active’ hurricane season possible for Atlantic Basin
Atmospheric and oceanic conditions are primed to fuel storm development in the Atlantic, leading to…
STAT Plus: Pressure mounts on FDA chief to stick with science for Covid-19 vaccine approvals
As pressure mounts to develop a successful Covid-19 vaccine, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen…
Hubble uses Earth as proxy for identifying oxygen on potentially habitable exoplanets
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, Hubble used the Moon as a mirror to…
Hubble uses Earth as proxy for identifying oxygen on potentially habitable exoplanets
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, Hubble used the Moon as a mirror to…
How growth rates influence the fitness of bacteria
Bacteria are survival artists: When they get nutrition, they multiply rapidly, albeit they can also…
Chemists create the brightest-ever fluorescent materials
By formulating positively charged fluorescent dyes into a new class of materials called small-molecule ionic…
This fruit attracts birds with an unusual way of making itself metallic blue
Instead of relying solely on pigments, the metallic blue fruits of Viburnum tinus use structural…
Faster rates of evolution are linked to tiny genomes
Inside every cell lies a genome – a full set of DNA that contains the…
STAT Plus: Biogen strikes $1 billion deal with Denali to advance Parkinson’s drug based on approach that was nearly abandoned
Biogen said Thursday it will pay more than $1 billion to the biotech firm Denali…
A closer look at water-splitting’s solar fuel potential
Scientists have gained important new insight into how the performance of a promising semiconducting thin…
Herbicide harming marsupial health and development, research finds
Researchers exposed the adult female tammar wallabies to atrazine contaminated water throughout pregnancy, birth and…
Spintronics: Researchers show how to make non-magnetic materials magnetic
A complex process can modify non-magnetic oxide materials in such a way to make them…