Ocean carbon uptake widely underestimated
The world’s oceans soak up more carbon than most scientific models suggest, according to new…
Year: 2020
The genetics of blood: A global perspective
To better understand the properties of blood cells, an international team has been examining variations…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Slaoui vows to quit OWS if politics trumps vaccine science; do we have enough freezers?
Good morning. Elizabeth Cooney here, taking the wheel from Ed Silverman today as we ponder…
UNICEF to lead global procurement, supply of COVID vaccines
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will be leading procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure…
Opinion: Instead of eliminating drug rebates, use average sales price to set co-insurance levels
Changing key elements of the U.S. health care system can be effective and in the…
Opinion: Go national to solve the country’s looming nursing shortage
Nurses need our support now more than ever as they manage the frontlines in the…
STAT Plus: Oncorus and three other startups got venture funding a year ago. Did it help them do what they said it would?
Most biotech startups are free to tell the world as little or as much as…
‘Carnage’ in a lab dish shows how the coronavirus may damage the heart
Maybe we should think of Covid-19 as a heart disease. When SARS-CoV-2 virus was added…
Women are key to response and recovery out of the COVID era: Deputy UN chief
Young women are fighting interconnected battles for “environmental, economic and racial justice”, the deputy UN…
Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care–Based Child Obesity Prevention Program: A Randomized Trial – American Academy of Pediatrics
Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care–Based Child Obesity Prevention Program: A Randomized Trial American Academy of Pediatrics…
‘Pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness’: Ted Cruz takes heat in call to ban abortion pill – USA TODAY
‘Pregnancy is not a life-threatening illness’: Ted Cruz takes heat in call to ban abortion…
News in Brief 3 September 2020
Refugee students shut out of school due to COVID ICC speaks out against US sanctions…
Hashimoto’s Disease
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Hypothyroidism (Underactive Thyroid)
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Studying an alternative steroid treatment to calm cytokine storms in COVID-19 – The Mix
Studying an alternative steroid treatment to calm cytokine storms in COVID-19 The Mix Read Original Article:…
Global Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market 2020-2026 | Columbia Nutritional, Herb Pharm, Herbal Hills, Helio USA, Deepure Plus – NJ MMA News
Global Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market 2020-2026 | Columbia Nutritional, Herb Pharm, Herbal Hills, Helio…
‘We’re not your slaves’: Alternative health providers bristle at warning letters about their coronavirus treatments – USA TODAY
‘We’re not your slaves’: Alternative health providers bristle at warning letters about their coronavirus treatments USA…
Country Roads Nutrition brings healthy alternatives to Westover – The Daily Athenaeum – thedaonline
Country Roads Nutrition brings healthy alternatives to Westover The Daily Athenaeum – thedaonline Read Original Article:…
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The Recorder – Pandemic changes Wheeling for Healing format – The Recorder
The Recorder – Pandemic changes Wheeling for Healing format The Recorder Read Original Article: The Recorder…
CB2 Insights Announces $3000000 Private Placement Led by Merida Capital – GlobeNewswire
CB2 Insights Announces $3000000 Private Placement Led by Merida Capital GlobeNewswire Read Original Article: CB2 Insights…
Coronavirus in Jacksonville: What you need to know for Thursday, September 3 – The Florida Times-Union
Coronavirus in Jacksonville: What you need to know for Thursday, September 3 The Florida Times-Union Read…
Judge rules voters with underlying health conditions may vote absentee in 2020 election – Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Judge rules voters with underlying health conditions may vote absentee in 2020 election Northeast Mississippi Daily…
Where Calling the Police Isn’t the Only Option – Bloomberg
Where Calling the Police Isn’t the Only Option Bloomberg Read Original Article: Where Calling the Police…
Battery-free Game Boy runs forever
Researchers develop first-ever battery-free, energy-harvesting, interactive device. And it looks and feels like a retro…
Treatment for canine ocular condition using turmeric
Researchers have produced a therapeutic derived from turmeric, a spice long-praised for its natural anti-inflammatory…
To make a better sensor, just add noise
Adding noise to enhance a weak signal is a sensing phenomenon common in the animal…
Wool-like material can remember and change shape
Researchers have developed a biocompatible material that can be 3D printed into any shape and…
In butterfly battle of sexes, males deploy ‘chastity belts’ but females fight back
Some male butterflies seal their mate’s genitalia with a waxy ‘chastity belt’ to prevent future…
FDA intrigue, Covid-19 vaccine timelines, and editing elected officials
Should the FDA commissioner resign? How fast can vaccine trials move? And what do Chelsea…
Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained
In our Solar System, the eight planets and many other minor objects orbit in a…
Hearing loss in naked mole-rats is an advantage, not a hardship
With six mutations in genes associated with hearing, naked mole-rats can barely hear the constant…
‘Galvanize multilateral action’, urges Assembly president at first in-person session since March
Adhering to physical-distancing guidelines, the General Assembly met fully in-person on Thursday for the first…
Flu Shot Safer for Pregnant Women than the Flu
Pregnant women are at higher risk of complications from the flu than from the flu…
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Radiologists find chest X-rays highly predictive of COVID-19
Radiologists investigated the usefulness of chest X-rays in COVID-19 and found they could aid in…
How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer’s disease begins
Neuroscientists have found a way to estimate, with some degree of accuracy, a time frame…
Therapeutic testbed for age-related macular degeneration
As we get older, many of our body’s processes start slowing down. For instance, a…
Is consciousness continuous or discrete? Maybe it’s both, argue researchers
Two major theories have fueled a now 1,500 year-long debate started by Saint Augustine: Is…
Study reveals lactose tolerance happened quickly in Europe
A new study published in Current Biology reveals that the ability for humans to digest…
New mathematical method shows how climate change led to fall of ancient civilization
A researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and…
Obesity may alter immune system response to COVID-19
Obesity may cause a hyperactive immune system response to COVID-19 infection that makes it difficult…
‘Hotspots’ of a coronavirus infection in the human body
An infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can affect multiple organs. Researchers have investigated cellular factors…
Tiny biological package gets drug right to the ‘heart’ of transplant rejection
For patients who receive a heart transplant in the near future, the old adage, ‘Good…
Natural pest control saving billions
Biological control of insect pests – where ‘natural enemies’ keep pests at bay – is…
Keep Antihistamines for Allergies, Danger Behind New TikTok Trend
Reports of teenagers taking Benadryl for recreational use has worried doctors and parents alike. Read…
STAT Plus: Biofourmis raises $100 million for remote patient monitoring tools
Biofourmis, a Boston startup that makes technology to remotely monitor patients with chronic conditions and…
Opinion: Covid-19 is accelerating the Medicare trust fund’s dive toward insolvency
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed another victim: Medicare’s trust fund. The Congressional Budget Office released…
Members named to panel probing WHO’s pandemic response
LONDON — An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review its coordination…
Vulnerable Drivers Need Safer Cars
We’re keeping our cars longer, sometimes handing them down to our teens, but is it…
STAT Health Tech: Google’s government contract to use AI in cancer diagnosis & new data on virtual diabetes coaching
A version of this digest first appeared in the weekly STAT Health Tech newsletter. To…
STAT Plus: Amarin loses appeal over heart drug patent, dashing its commercial hopes
Amarin failed to convince a federal appeals court to revive key patents covering its heart…