Building a portfolio for specialty applications
The medical portfolio is something you will hear about from day 1 of medical school….
Year: 2020
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…
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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…
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…
Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world
Seafood is the most highly traded food commodity globally, with tropical zone marine fisheries contributing…
Trump to order government to buy certain drugs solely from U.S. factories, setting up major shakeup for industry
WASHINGTON — President Trump will sign an executive later today directing the federal government to…
Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic provide a blueprint for the climate emergency
Two essential clinical principles have guided my practice as an emergency medicine doctor. First, I…
Covid-19: Mental health and economic problems are worse in US than in other rich nations
Covid-19 has caused mental health problems, economic hardship, and lack of trust in national leadership…
Breaking the menopause taboo: more must be done to support doctors, says BMA
Employers should take a proactive approach to normalising the topic of menopause and should spread…
Behavioural fatigue: a flawed idea central to a flawed pandemic response
What is behavioural fatigue? Nobody really knows, but it is something we should be acutely…
David Oliver: The medical examiner role could transform our approach to handling death
In April 2019 NHS Improvement announced a national programme to introduce a new medical examiner…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: AstraZeneca strikes first Covid-19 deal with a Chinese company; vaccine trials face distrust from minority groups
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
The pandemic is being used as a screen to privatise, fragment, and weaken the NHS
Who could disagree with Roderick and colleagues’ clear and sensible proposals for moving contact tracing…
The S value . . . and other stories
Taken by surpriseDespite widespread criticism of significance testing, doctors, scientists, and journal editors continue to…
Acute onset rash in a limited distribution
A fit and well man in his 60s presented to the dermatology urgent assessment clinic…
Obese and hungry: two faces of a nation
Last week heralded both the government’s latest obesity policy paper for England and the first…
Covid-19 exposes the UK’s broken food system
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has exposed fundamental weaknesses in UK society. Some fragile systems, such as…