Depression, stress during pregnancy may impact fetal brain development – Healio
Depression, stress during pregnancy may impact fetal brain development Healio Read Original Article: Depression, stress during…
Month: October 2021
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Africa’s COVID tracing gap, TB alert, Afghanistan and ‘The Walk’
In this week’s show, just one in seven COVID cases is detected in Africa while…
News in Brief 14 October 2021
COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in a decade Africa’s COVID-19 diagnosis gap; just 1 in 7 infections detected …
Song for the Sahel aims to spread message of peace, says Mali maestro
It’s not very often at the UN that we get the chance to talk to talented musicians whose work can help to promote the Organization’s goals…
Mali maestro’s message of peace to Sahel region’s youngsters drawn to extremism
An ambitious project to raise awareness about rising insecurity and mass displacement in the Sahel…
UN chief urges lifesaving transformation of food systems
World Food Day is not only a reminder of the importance of what we eat…
How highly processed foods harm memory in the aging brain
Four weeks on a diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response…
How the brain ignores distracting information to coordinate movements
Researchers have discovered how neurons in a small area of the mammalian brain help filter…
STAT+: MD Anderson hit with ethics complaint over failure to disclose clinical trial results
An advocacy group has filed an ethics complaint with the University of Texas MD Anderson…
Listen: The FDA star search, more booster debates, & the future of mRNA
Are we any closer to getting a permanent FDA boss? How many Covid-19 vaccinations does…
STAT+: Is Robert Califf a savvy choice to helm the FDA — again?
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has been without a permanent leader for 10…
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The planet does not fall far from the star
A compositional link between planets and their respective host star has long been assumed in…
Early modern human from Southeast Asia adapted to a rainforest environment
Although there has been evidence of our species living in rainforest regions in Southeast Asia…
FDA advisory panel unanimously endorses Moderna’s Covid vaccine booster for some groups
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously Thursday in favor of authorizing booster…
By 2500 Earth could be alien to humans
To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must…
Evidence of superionic ice provides new insights into unusual magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune
Not all ice is the same. The solid form of water comes in more than…
Lone changer: Fish camouflage better without friends nearby
While gobies aren’t the only fish with camouflage abilities, new research shows that their colour…
Data continues to show that American’s need at least 5 hours per week of physical activity to prevent some cancers
A new report finds more than 46,000 cancer cases annually in the United States could…
10 Best Sports, Workout Supplements For Athletes
Support your training and see more improvement every session with these top 10 athlete and…
Step up, urges WHO as figures reveal 1 in 4 adults don’t exercise enough
Up to five million premature deaths a year could be prevented if the global population was more active, but many people live in areas…
Noom steps into mental health, Big Health inks a big deal, & a new virtual care startup on the block
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
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STAT+: New CRISPR tools could fix diseases caused by large DNA rearrangements, scientists report
Ever since the now Nobel-winning discovery of CRISPR genome editing in 2020, scientists have been…
After two hours, sunscreens that include some zinc oxide can lose effectiveness, become toxic
Sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, loses much of its effectiveness and becomes…
COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in a decade, gains ‘reversed’
Deaths from tuberculosis – one of the top infectious killers in the world – have…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biden team warns Moderna over global supplies of Covid-19 shot; Pfizer uses a warranty for refunds when a cancer drug fails
Rise and shine. Another busy day is on the way. Indeed, the official to-do list…
Managing conflict in a team: awareness and education may help
As we leave our staycations behind and look forward to winter in the NHS, this…
Virtual event: CAR-T comes of age?
Editor’s note: A livestream of this event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Emphasising the health benefits of climate change actions can make them more attractive to governments, says scientists
Taking action on the climate crisis is a “win-win” as it will also produce positive…
Why is The BMJ misrepresenting assisted dying?
Hurley and colleagues’ promotion of the proposed assisted dying bill in England and Wales ignores…
HHMI philanthropy devotes $2 billion to boost inclusion and equity in biomedical sciences
Saying bold steps are needed to improve racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in science, the…
Covid-19: Fatal errors, not fatalism, created UK’s public health disaster
Was it fatalism that allowed 138 000 covid deaths in the UK? Were these deaths…
Covid-19 treatments and vaccines must be evaluated in pregnancy
The numbers of pregnant and postpartum women in the UK admitted to hospital or intensive…
Care of men with cancer-predisposing BRCA variants
What you need to knowMen and women are equally likely to inherit or pass on…
Focus on fitness . . . and other stories
Fitness not fatnessExcept for bariatric surgery, few interventions achieve long term weight loss in people…
Expanding data is critical to assessing gendered impacts of household energy use
Household air pollution is caused when polluting fuels, such as wood, animal dung, charcoal, and…
I couldn’t pee when people were around
Somewhere in my late teens I started to have difficulty peeing in public toilets. I…
Seven days in medicine: 6-12 October
Covid-19WHO resets target for global vaccinationThe World Health Organization set new targets to vaccinate 40%…
Assisted dying: medical professionals’ freedom of opinion must endure
Hurley and colleagues say it is a question of when, not if, assisted dying will…
Black and Asian doctors still face discrimination when applying for jobs in the NHS
“You have a very good CV, but there is something about you that you cannot…
Dietary intake and biomarkers of alpha linolenic acid and risk of all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies
AbstractObjectiveTo examine the associations between dietary intake and tissue biomarkers of alpha linolenic acid (ALA)…
White doctors in London are six times more likely to be offered jobs than black doctors
White doctors applying for medical posts in London are six times more likely to be…
Rather than championing a medical model of assisted dying, The BMJ should be challenging the underlying discriminatory assumptions
Godlee calls on professional organisations to adopt a neutral stance on assisted dying as it…
Opinion: Health care workers: catalysts for improvement, not costs to the system
The White House Covid Summit recently convened world leaders, multilateral organizations, global health experts, and…
Opinion: The hidden cost of Covid-19: years of life lost among the young
Body counts appear to support the common perception that Covid-19 does its worst damage among…
STAT+: A new startup ventures to make its mark in the virtual primary care market
As the digital health sector teems with new entrants, another virtual care startup is stepping…
Tracking the FDA advisory panel meeting on Moderna’s Covid vaccine booster
With people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine already in the process of getting booster…
STAT+: In its search for a new FDA commissioner, the White House is relying on insiders for advice
WASHINGTON — Ten months into his tenure, President Biden has yet to nominate anyone to…
STAT+: Buoyed by its popular weight loss app, Noom enters the crowded field of digital mental health
Five months ago, weight loss company Noom announced $540 million in funding, dwarfing its previous…
Immunologist: Vaccination against COVID-19 supports a healthy pregnancy by protecting both mother and child – ncpolicywatch.com
Immunologist: Vaccination against COVID-19 supports a healthy pregnancy by protecting both mother and child ncpolicywatch.com Read…
Smoke from nuclear war would devastate ozone layer, alter climate
The massive columns of smoke generated by a nuclear war would alter the world’s climate…