Covid-19: Billions spent on private contracts should have gone to public services, says people’s inquiry
The government’s reliance on private sector contracts at the expense of existing public structures and…
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Covid-19: Failings in imaging services have put cancer patients at risk, watchdog says
The government should urgently prioritise improving NHS imaging services in England, which are too often…
New UN report reveals impact of COVID on human trafficking
A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the…
EHR alerts go unread, do not lead to deprescribing of medicines linked to dementia
The vast majority of electronic health record (EHR) alerts attempting to reduce prescribing of high-risk…
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Cell-type-specific insight into function of risk factors in coronary artery disease
Using single cell technology, a new study sheds light on the significance of genetic risk…
Gene hunters turn up new clues to help explain why Covid-19 hits some people so hard
On March 16, 2020, five days after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global…
STAT+: Purdue reaches deal with 15 states in a significant step toward bankruptcy plan approval
Fifteen states have agreed to drop their long-standing objections to a contentious bankruptcy plan to…
Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains
The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and…
Novel study of high-potency cannabis shows some memory effects
Researchers observed participants over Zoom as they used high-potency cannabis they purchased themselves from dispensaries…
Protein’s ‘silent code’ affects how cells move
Two forms of the ubiquitous protein actin differ by only four amino acids but are…
More EVs could reduce CO2 emissions in Hawaii by 93% in less than 30 years
By 2050, faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and faster generation of renewable energy will…
Faulty memories of our past whereabouts: The fallacy of an airtight alibi
Where were you this time last week? How about two weeks ago? A month? Recalling…
What to do with food waste? Well, that depends
The expected decline in the number of landfills across the United States coupled with bans…
How plants compensate symbiotic microbes
Combining economics, psychology and studies of fertilizer application, researchers find that plants nearly follow an…
When taste and healthfulness compete, taste has a hidden advantage
You dash into a convenience store for a quick snack, spot an apple and reach…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: In rare move, FDA revises label for Biogen Alzheimer’s drug; former compounding exec gets added jail time
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? The sun is trying to peek through…
Prabhu Dayal Nigam
bmj;374/jul08_7/n1748/FAF1faAfter a Commonwealth fellowship at Guy’s Hospital in London, Prabhu Dayal returned to Lady Harding…
Covid-19: Biden renews vaccines push as cases and deaths rise among unvaccinated people
President Joe Biden has outlined the ways his team is pushing to get more Americans…
STAT+: FDA, under fire from critics, revises prescribing information for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday changed the prescribing label for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s treatment…
Covid-19: Rapid testing cuts cases in pilot but questions remain over use of lateral flow tests
A full evaluation of the community testing pilot scheme in Liverpool concluded that it led…
Death rates are declining for many common cancers in the U.S., report finds
Death rates are declining for more than half of the most common forms of cancer…
Data saves lives
The Department of Health and Social Care in England recently published its new data strategy…
Covid 19: We need a full open independent investigation into its origins
When news first broke that a contagious and deadly new virus had emerged in Wuhan,…
Activity after atrial fibrillation . . . and other stories
Exercise in people with atrial fibrillationPhysical exercise helps most things, but a retrospective study of…
The covid-19 lab leak hypothesis: did the media fall victim to a misinformation campaign?
For most of 2020, the notion that SARS-CoV-2 may have originated in a lab in…
Opinion: Uterine fibroids affect millions of women. Why has this condition been overlooked for decades?
In 2007, the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) wrote an op-ed calling for passage…
STAT+: Sonde’s voice health tracking comes to Qualcomm’s smartphone chips
Vocal biomarker startup Sonde has been quietly plotting a way to make tracking respiratory and…
Can we stretch existing Covid vaccines to inoculate more people? Experts are divided
With the global supply of Covid-19 vaccine still woefully inadequate, vaccine makers are scouring the…
EXCLUSIVE Prenatal test developed with Chinese military stores gene data – Reuters
EXCLUSIVE Prenatal test developed with Chinese military stores gene data Reuters Prenatal test developed with Chinese…
Prenatal and New-born Genetic Testing Market revenue to cross USD 9.5 Bn by 2027 – GlobeNewswire
Prenatal and New-born Genetic Testing Market revenue to cross USD 9.5 Bn by 2027 GlobeNewswire Read…
Halsey celebrates ‘pregnant and postpartum bodies’ with new bare-chested album cover – USA TODAY
Halsey celebrates ‘pregnant and postpartum bodies’ with new bare-chested album cover USA TODAY Halsey album cover…
Psoriatic Arthritis in Pregnancy: Fertility, Gestation, Postpartum – Verywell Health
Psoriatic Arthritis in Pregnancy: Fertility, Gestation, Postpartum Verywell Health Read Original Article: Psoriatic Arthritis in Pregnancy:…
My pandemic post-pregnancy: ‘People don’t realize how lonely the NICU experience can be’ – WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
My pandemic post-pregnancy: ‘People don’t realize how lonely the NICU experience can be’ WKMG News 6…
COVID death toll passes 4 million: Global Vaccine Plan essential, declares Guterres
The global death toll due to COVID-19 officially passed four million late on Wednesday, marking…
News in Brief 7 July 2021
COVID variants ‘winning the race against vaccines’: WHO chief UN Myanmar expert calls for ‘emergency…
Reducing the melting of Greenland ice cap using solar geoengineering?
Injecting sulphur into the stratosphere to reduce solar radiation and stop the Greenland ice cap…
New model accurately predicts how coasts will be impacted by storms and sea-level rise
Scientists have developed a simple algorithm-based model which predicts how coastlines could be affected by…
Changes in Earth’s orbit enabled the emergence of complex life
‘Snowball Earth’ is the most extreme climate event in Earth’s history, when it was completely…
There’s a ‘man in the moon’: Why our brains see human faces everywhere
Whether you see an angry face in a tree trunk or even the presence of…
Canine feces reveal more about 17th century working sled dogs
Proteins from frozen canine faeces have been successfully extracted for the first time to reveal…
COVID variants ‘winning the race against vaccines’ warns WHO chief
Variants like Delta are “currently winning the race against vaccines” said the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Asymptomatic rapid testing for SARS-CoV-2
Community mass testing for SARS-CoV-2 using rapid lateral flow antigen detection tests is being used…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Another lawmaker calls for probe of FDA approval of Alzheimer’s drug; Roche urged to lower price of Covid-19 therapy
Top of the morning to you. Another busy day is unfolding here on the Pharmalot…
Opinion: Listen: A biostatistician on the ‘gold mine’ in our sewers
What if every time we went to the bathroom, we could say we contributed to…
BMA will support legal fight of whistleblowing junior doctor Chris Day
The BMA will back the legal case of a junior doctor, Chris Day, as part…
Imposter syndrome: a degree of doubt is essential
I am glad that Kar has written about imposter syndrome and how common it is…
Gambling adverts: should they stay or should they go?
A YouGov poll published in June 2021 of 12 247 adults and 2513 children suggested…
Covid-19: Adults in poorest areas are almost four times more likely to die, inquiry finds
Working age adults in England’s poorest areas were almost four times more likely to die…
David Oliver: What has the pandemic taught us about using frailty scales?
For decades the geriatric medicine clinical and research community has been discussing the concept, definition,…
A patient with an enlarged neck and alcohol excess
This is a man in his 60s with benign symmetrical lipomatosis (fig 1). This rare…