Covid-19 apps and wearables are everywhere. Can they actually benefit patients?
With Covid-19 cases again climbing, health tech companies and researchers are renewing their pitch for…
Year: 2020
STAT Plus: Prescription drugs may be more affordable than you think — unless you pay cash
Amid growing complaints that many Americans cannot afford their prescription medicines, most people in the…
STAT Plus: Gilead faces renewed pressure to pursue remdesivir-like compound to fight Covid-19
In an unusual move, a pair of academics is escalating an effort to convince Gilead…
Pregnancy and COVID-19. What We Know and How To Protect Yourself. : Short Wave – NPR
Pregnancy and COVID-19. What We Know and How To Protect Yourself. : Short Wave NPR Read…
65 Louisiana women died pregnancy-connected deaths. Almost all were preventable, report finds. – NOLA.com
65 Louisiana women died pregnancy-connected deaths. Almost all were preventable, report finds. NOLA.com Read Original Article:…
21 Ways Make Your Child’s Health A Top Priority When Returning to School
The post 21 Ways Make Your Child’s Health A Top Priority When Returning to School…
Complementary And Alternative Medicine Market 2020 Global Industry Outlook, Research, Trends and Forecast to 2026 – Market Research Posts
Complementary And Alternative Medicine Market 2020 Global Industry Outlook, Research, Trends and Forecast to 2026 Market…
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Nearly half of low-income communities have no ICU beds in their area
As Covid-19 continues to strain the country’s hospital system, new research exposes a striking gap…
Virologists identify potential COVID-19 treatment
New research reveals how small molecule protease inhibitors show potency against human coronaviruses. Read Original…
AI and single-cell genomics
The study of cellular dynamics is crucial to understand how cells develop and how diseases…
Chlamydia: Greedy for glutamine
If chlamydiae want to multiply in a human cell, the first thing they need is…
Study shows demolishing vacant houses can have positive effect on neighbor maintenance
New research suggests that demolishing abandoned houses may lead nearby property owners to better maintain…
For solar boom, scrap silicon for this promising mineral
Engineers have found that photovoltaic wafers in solar panels with all-perovskite structures outperform photovoltaic cells…
Why is stroke so deadly for people of African descent?
An international team of scientists has completed the largest analysis of stroke-risk genes ever undertaken…
Oriole bird hybridization is a dead end
A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an…
New genetic cause of a form of inherited neuropathy
Inherited mutations in a gene that keeps nerve cells intact was shown, for the first…
Making Smart Lifestyle Changes Now Could Alter AD’s Risk Later
Developing dementia is not inevitable: how you live your life in your 20s and 30s…
The News You’ve Longed to Hear: Eating Chocolate 3x Weekly Could Help Your Heart
A meta-analysis involving six studies indicated that eating chocolate in moderation could reduce risk of…
Lifestyle Changes Now Could Drop Alzheimer’s Risk Later
Developing dementia is not inevitable: how you live your life in your 20s and 30s…
Sideline Kids Longer with Concussion Injuries, Researchers Say
Playing sports is fun – until it’s not because you’ve been injured. Concussions are an…
With Sunscreen, Opt for Visible Light Protection
Colored sunscreen protects sensitive skin from various skin disorders. Read Original Article: With Sunscreen, Opt…
Best Wellness Tincture of 2020
As new benefits are found for cannabinoids, in tinctures, oils, and edibles, more and more…
Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers say
A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’s surface were carved by water melting…
Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) represents a novel paradigm in drug discovery that could lead to…
Four in 10 dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting risk factors, report says
Around 40% of dementia cases worldwide could have potentially been delayed or prevented if 12…
STAT Plus: Justice Department probes Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline over possible carcinogen in Zantac pills
The Department of Justice has started investigating whether drug makers failed to disclose information about…
Coca-Cola’s work with academics was a “low point in history of public health”
An analysis of thousands of emails has shown the extent to which Coca-Cola sought to…
The leading cause of death in the US
bmj;370/aug03_7/m3079/FAF1faAre you tired of hearing about covid-19? I am too. So, here’s a tirade about…
Covid-19: which country has the most effective lockdown?
I understand from Habib’s article that Sweden’s decision not to mandate lockdown has been a…
Novel magnetic stirrer speaks to lab equipment
A small device, called ‘Smart Stirrer’, performed a function of a conventional laboratory stir bar,…
Promises found to reduce cheating in large study of adolescents
New research has found that adolescents who promised to be truthful were less likely to…
How a gooey slime helps bacteria survive
Researchers found that the bacterium C. perfringens modulates the structure of its biofilm at different…
Blackjack: Can a quantum strategy help bring down the house?
Now researchers have shown that the weird, quantum effects of entanglement could theoretically give blackjack…
Exploring the sustainability of the Indian sugar industry
Researchers analyzed the interconnected food, water and energy challenges that arise from the sugar industry…
Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years, and pesticides might be to blame
The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are…
Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors
An efficient in situ pathway to generate and attach oxygen functional groups to graphitic electrodes…
Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning
In a reversal of trends, American baby boomers scored lower on a test of cognitive…
Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age faster
Children who suffer trauma from abuse or violence early in life show biological signs of…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Lilly starts late-stage trial of Covid-19 antibody; concern grows over political intervention on Covid-19 vaccine
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Sixty seconds on . . . waves
The pandemic friendly greeting?No. We’re talking about the “second wave of the [covid-19] pandemic” that…
Misleading media coverage of Sweden’s response to covid-19
Sweden does not have a herd immunity strategy, and it is irresponsible for The BMJ…
STAT Plus: Music in drug ads makes it easier for the public to tune out side effects, advocates argue
This will not be music to the ears of the pharmaceutical industry. A pair of…
Covid-19: Should the UK be aiming for elimination?
Scotland is urging England and Wales to join Scotland and Northern Ireland in a four…
Covid-19: US needs a national plan to fight rising infections, experts say
Three scientific organisations have proposed plans for the US to gain control of the pandemic…
Long term respiratory complications of covid-19
The extent and severity of the long term respiratory complications of covid-19 infection remain to…
Tom Graham
bmj;370/jul31_10/m3040/FAF1faTom Graham was a member of a select group of paediatricians in the army in…
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Opinion: Black lives depend on the U.S. dietary guidelines. Don’t water them down
Most Americans know about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans primarily through their colorful representations: the…
Opinion: Measuring excess mortality gives a clearer picture of the pandemic’s true burden
How best to represent the true toll of the Covid-19 pandemic on human lives is…
Getting into U.S. medical schools wasn’t easy for them. Now international students are smoothing the path for others
Long before Azan Virji entered medical school, a college counselor back home in Tanzania tried…
This tiny Texas company is running most of the drive-thru Covid-19 testing in the U.S.
On March 13, President Trump stood next to the CEOs of LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, Walgreens,…