What do slight arm movements reveal about our breathing and health?
Special activity trackers can be used to fairly accurately determine the respiratory rate of people…
Year: 2020
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Newfound ability to change baby brain activity could lead to rehabilitation for injured brains
Researchers have identified the brain activity for the first time in a newborn baby when…
Scientists make sound-waves from a quantum vacuum at the Black Hole laboratory
Researchers have developed a new theory for observing a quantum vacuum that could lead to…
Magnetic brain waves to detect injury and disease
Researchers have designed a new Optically Pumped Magnetometer (OPM) sensor for magnetoencephalography (MEG). The sensor…
Coppery titi monkeys do not deceive their partners
Since methods for genetic paternity analyses were introduced it became clear that many pair-living animal…
Identical evolution of isolated organisms
Palaeontologists have provided new proof of parallel evolution: conodonts, early vertebrates from the Permian period,…
Opinion: CMS’s new rules on organ donation and transplantation ‘will bring chaos’
The United States had a once-in-a-generation opportunity to save countless additional lives each year by…
Covid-19: Oxford vaccine is up to 90% effective, interim analysis indicates
The covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford is 90% effective when a…
STAT+: A new startup wants to use natural killer cells to fight cancer
On a blustery day last December, five biotech entrepreneurs and scientists walked past the snow-draped…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: AstraZeneca says its vaccine cuts Covid-19 risk by 70%; U.S. shots will ‘hopefully’ start within three weeks
Good morning. I’m Elizabeth Cooney, filling in for Ed Silverman today as he prepares to…
STAT+: Merck to pay $425M for biotech to get Covid-19 drug, but says manufacturing will be a challenge
The drug giant Merck said Monday it would purchase Rockville, Md.-based OncoImmune for $425 million…
STAT+: Raging at the pandemic, a VC raises $800M for a company that aims to transform biotech manufacturing
In March, as waves of Covid-19 cases began surging across the U.S., biotech venture capitalist…
Physical work and dementia . . . and other stories
Physical activity and dementiaPhysical exercise is generally thought to be a good thing, improving cardiovascular…
The language of ethnicity
The disproportionate impact of covid-19 on ethnic minority groups12 has attracted global attention, causing journalists,…
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is 70% effective on average, early data show
AstraZeneca said Monday that its coronavirus vaccine reduced the risk of Covid-19 infection by an…
Remdesivir for severe covid-19: a clinical practice guideline
Clarification—This Rapid Recommendation (BMJ 2020;370:m2924, doi:10.1136/bmj.m2924) has now been superseded by updated guidance at https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3379….
Covid-19: Should the UK mandate more stringent workplace protection for older people?
The importance of ensuring the United Kingdom’s national economy is kept functioning during the covid-19…
The German hospital tackling delirium in patients with dementia
On a cold winter morning, just before daybreak, Neele Schubert walks swiftly from her room…
Covid vaccine: GPs need more clarity on logistics and planning, say leaders
GPs must not be sidelined in the planning and logistics of how to deliver covid-19…
Opinion: Make list price the touchstone for drug pricing across the supply chain
In October, the House Oversight Committee turned a magnifying glass on the rising cost of…
Opinion: Glaring omission from Biden’s Covid-19 task force: mental health expertise
The unprecedented spike in depression and anxiety that has accompanied the coronavirus pandemic points to…
Data show hospitalized Covid-19 patients are surviving at higher rates, but surge in cases could roll back gains
Patients hospitalized with Covid-19 are surviving at higher rates than in the early days of…
UNICEF planning ‘mammoth operation’ to deliver COVID-19 vaccines
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with more than 350 logistics partners, including major airlines,…
‘Don’t let your kindness go to waste’, urges WFP
Donating goods overseas after disasters can be unhelpful and even harmful, and with the Pacific…
New alternative medicine clinic opens in Johnstown – WJAC Johnstown
New alternative medicine clinic opens in Johnstown WJAC Johnstown Read Original Article: New alternative medicine clinic…
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U.S. should look at how other high-income countries regulate health care costs, experts urge
Structuring negotiations between insurers and providers, standardizing fee-for-service payments and negotiating prices can lower the…
Breaking the ice on melting and freezing
Researchers have shared new insights into melting icebergs and lake ice formation. Read Original Article:…
U.S.-European mission launches to monitor the world’s oceans
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea level…
Mandy Moore: I was super sick at the start of my pregnancy – Opelika Auburn News
Mandy Moore: I was super sick at the start of my pregnancy Opelika Auburn News Read…
Many Older Adults Screened Unnecessarily for Common Cancers
Source: National Cancer Institute – Related MedlinePlus Pages: Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer Screening, Colorectal Cancer,…
Breathe Better With COPD: Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Source: National Institutes of Health – Related MedlinePlus Pages: COPD Read Original Article: Breathe Better…
When Unwanted Thoughts Intrude: Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Source: National Institutes of Health – Related MedlinePlus Pages: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Read Original Article: When…
Kids and Their Bones: A Guide for Parents
Source: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases – Related MedlinePlus Pages: Bone…
Science reveals secrets of a mummy’s portrait
How much information can you get from a speck of purple pigment, no bigger than…
Zebra finches amazing at unmasking the bird behind the song
Like humans who can instantly tell which friend or relative is calling by the timbre…
Supramolecular chemistry: Self-constructed folded macrocycles with low symmetry
The synthesis and self-organization of biological macromolecules is essential for life on earth. Chemists now…
Opinion: The National Cancer Institute needs to publish information about chemical exposure and cancer risk
Our government should take the steps it can to protect Americans from a public health…
Global Neonatal & Prenatal Care Market (2020 to 2025) – by Equipment, Application, End-user and Region – ResearchAndMarkets.com – Galveston County Daily News
Global Neonatal & Prenatal Care Market (2020 to 2025) – by Equipment, Application, End-user and…
News in Brief 20 November 2020
WHO advises against remdesivir use Humanitarian fallout continues in Ethiopia’s Tigray Unlawful killings in Syria’s…
As Vaccines Near the Possible-Approval Line, New Challenges Await
With some Covid vaccines in various stages of nearing the FDA-approval line, challenges for citizens,…
Let’s Savor a Little Clean Air, Courtesy of Covid-19
Covid-19 is bringing one silver lining: better air quality. Read Original Article: Let’s Savor a…
COVID cases surge amid growing threat from antimicrobial resistance – WHO chief
More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the…
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment: Clinical trial reverses two biological processes associated with aging in human cells
A new study indicates that hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) in healthy aging adults can stop…
STAT+: NIH fails to disclose enough details about drug licensing, watchdog report finds
Amid increasing debate over the cost of prescription drugs, a federal watchdog agency found the…
Are You More Impulsive? Using Your Phone Tooooo Much?
Impulsive choice is driven by two factors – your self-control and the ability to imagine…
Researchers examine which approaches are most effective at reducing COVID-19 spread
Researchers have found that physical distancing is universally effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19,…
After more than a decade, ChIP-seq may be quantitative after all
For more than a decade, scientists studying epigenetics have used a powerful method called ChIP-seq…
STAT+: Trump’s making last-minute drug pricing reforms — and surprisingly, Democrats want Biden to keep the biggest one
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has already pledged to dismantle a number of Trump-era policies…
Polar climate affects trade wind strength in tropics
The impact of sea surface temperature variations in the tropical Pacific on global climate has…
Discovery illuminates how cell growth pathway responds to signals
A basic science discovery reveals a fundamental way cells interpret signals from their environment and…