STAT+: Is the Alzheimer’s Association really pushing Biogen to lower its new drug’s price — or is it lip service?
WASHINGTON — The Alzheimer’s Association stunned Washington last month when it urged Biogen to lower…
Month: July 2021
The 36 best books and podcasts on health and science to check out this summer
In this time of transition, we’re back with our annual list of health, medicine, and…
Prenatal Stress and Psychiatric Symptoms During Early Phases of the CO | IJWH – Dove Medical Press
Prenatal Stress and Psychiatric Symptoms During Early Phases of the CO | IJWH Dove Medical Press…
What are predictive biomarkers of COVID-19 disease severity in pregnant women? – News-Medical.Net
What are predictive biomarkers of COVID-19 disease severity in pregnant women? News-Medical.Net Read Original Article: What…
Placental disease/preterm delivery and opioid use during pregnancy – Contemporary Obgyn
Placental disease/preterm delivery and opioid use during pregnancy Contemporary Obgyn Read Original Article: Placental disease/preterm delivery…
Kalamazoo mom reflects on extremely rare pregnancy – WWMT-TV
Kalamazoo mom reflects on extremely rare pregnancy WWMT-TV Read Original Article: Kalamazoo mom reflects on extremely…
For people in sickle cell crisis, specialized infusion centers offer far better care than the ER, study finds
People with sickle cell disease who were experiencing acute pain crises received far better care…
Belarus: ‘Full-scale assault’ ongoing against civil society amid massive human rights violations
Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert…
Clinical trials: regulators’ inaction has left EU registry “riddled with inaccurate and missing data”
Nearly 6000 clinical trial results are currently missing from the European trial registry, despite transparency…
Global BECCS potential is largely constrained by sustainable irrigation
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), a negative emission technology, has been considered inevitable…
Psychedelic spurs growth of neural connections lost in depression
In a new study, researchers show that a single dose of psilocybin given to mice…
Astronomers discover an oversized black hole population in the star cluster Palomar 5
Palomar 5 is a unique star cluster. In a new paper, astrophysicists show that distinguishing…
Belowground microbial solutions to aboveground plant problems
Researchers have discovered that signaling occurring from the response of plant leaves to light, and…
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Sajid Javid: What can doctors expect from the new health secretary?
As the new secretary of state for health and social care in England proudly sat…
Sixty seconds on . . . EU covid certificates
Europe-wide, covid secure travel is finally here . . .Unfortunately, many people in the UK…
Hunting and hidden deaths led to 30% reduction in WI wolf population
About 100 additional wolves died over the winter in Wisconsin as a result of the…
Breakthrough in tissue engineering as ‘shape memory’ supports tissue growth
New research has demonstrated the viability of 3D-printed tissue scaffolds that harmlessly degrade while promoting…
Heat wave causes hundreds of deaths and hospitalisations in Pacific north west
Governments in south western Canada and the north west corner of the US are now…
Is Larq Bottle Worth It? We Answer 5 Biggest Questions About The Self-Cleaning Bottle
Reusable water bottles have become increasingly popular. It’s a convenient way to keep us hydrated…
Covid-19 cough: use all your senses to make a diagnosis
Your “cough in a box” item1 reminded me of my first experience of general practice…
Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s disease?
The US licensing of Biogen’s aducanumab as “the first ever disease modifying drug for Alzheimer’s…
Bawa-Garba is free to practise again without restrictions after tribunal ruling
Hadiza Bawa-Garba has been allowed to practise again without restrictions, 10 years after a 6…
Health and wealth in pandemic times: not a zero sum game
Sajid Javid’s policy of “opening up” seems ill timed. Since his appointment on 26 June…
Why we . . . escape the wards for a walk
One day, during a lull at work in the paediatric department at Barnet Hospital, Joseph…
10 Of The Best Kids Learning Apps
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STAT+: Regulators in many European countries fail to ensure clinical trial data are available
Amid ongoing concerns over clinical trial transparency, a new report finds “notable gaps” in the…
Ferumoxytol effective, safe for iron deficiency, iron deficiency anemia of pregnancy – Healio
Ferumoxytol effective, safe for iron deficiency, iron deficiency anemia of pregnancy Healio Read Original Article: Ferumoxytol…
Air pollution during pregnancy may affect growth of newborn babies – Science Daily
Air pollution during pregnancy may affect growth of newborn babies Science Daily Read Original Article: Air…
Allow alternative medical practices to operate during first phase of NRP, says Lee Lam Thye – The Star Online
Allow alternative medical practices to operate during first phase of NRP, says Lee Lam Thye The…
Cancer: Immunotherapies without side effects?
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the field of cancer treatment. However, inflammatory reactions in healthy tissues frequently…
News in Brief 2 July 2021
WFP resumes effort to reach 2 million in Tigray with emergency aid Top Guatemala judges…
What Pet Medical Insurance Covers – Rolling Stone
What Pet Medical Insurance Covers Rolling Stone Read Original Article: What Pet Medical Insurance Covers –…
Role of dopamine in songbird’s brain plasticity
Neuroscientists have demonstrated in new research that dopamine plays a key role in how songbirds…
Same dance, different species: How natural selection drives common behavior of lizards
A surprising study on the behavior of unrelated lizards in very different parts of the…
Muskrats are a bellwether for a drying delta
Downstream of hydroelectric dams and Alberta’s oil sands, one of the world’s largest freshwater deltas…
Guadalupe fur seals continue to recover as new colony discovered
Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) have established a large resting colony in the Gulf of…
Uncovering the genetic mechanism behind Rett syndrome
Researchers found that the main gene that causes Rett syndrome, MeCP2, controls the differentiation pattern…
Observation, simulation, and AI join forces to reveal a clear universe
Astronomers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique to remove noise in astronomical data…
Novel strategy for natural product biosynthesis
Researchers discover enzyme prototype for formation of ecologically and pharmaceutically important tropone compounds. Read Original…
How ethane-consuming archaea pick up their favorite dish
Hot vents in the deep sea are home to microbes that feed on ethane. Now…
STAT+: Purdue wants to shower employees with nearly $35 million in different kinds of bonuses
As Purdue Pharma attempts to win a controversial reorganization plan in bankruptcy court, the drug…
Landmark gender equality forum concludes with concrete commitments, plan to advance parity by 2026
With the chief of the UN’s gender empowerment agency declaring that women are still “sitting in the corridors when men are inside at the…
COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 98 countries, continues to evolve and mutate, warns WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged leaders to push back…
Consultants will consider industrial action if government’s 1% pay rise offer is not improved
Senior doctors will be consulted on taking industrial action if the government’s 1% pay rise…
STAT+: Supreme Court to take up hospitals’ challenge to Medicare drug pay cuts
WASHINGTON — In a win for safety-net hospitals, the Supreme Court decided to hear their…
Doctor who left post at emergency department to collect takeaway food is struck off
A locum doctor who left his post at a hospital emergency department without notice to…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Glaxo rejects hedge fund’s demands; FTC approves resolutions to probe pharma repeat offenders
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Recognising the value of “shared pain”—mandatory covid-19 vaccination should include all NHS workers
There has been considerable discussion about the wisdom or otherwise of making covid-19 vaccination mandatory…
Covid-19: Millions could be offered booster vaccinations from September
Covid-19 booster vaccinations should be offered in England from September 2021, the Joint Committee on…
Covid-19: Long covid cases are underreported in GP records, research suggests
GPs may be underreporting long covid say researchers who analysed 58 million patients’ primary care…