
Ask the Doctor: October 2021
Q. What is the difference between a sign and a symptom? A. A symptom is…

Q. What is the difference between a sign and a symptom? A. A symptom is…

What’s the key to successful aging? Well, the good news is there isn’t just one….

Not that long ago, the go-to treatment for breast cancer was mastectomy, meaning total removal…

Tossing and turning throughout the night, difficulty falling asleep, and nonrestorative sleep are all hallmarks…

Walking through Pain to Relieve PAD Symptoms About 8.5 million people in the United States…

Geroscience is a growing discipline that seeks to understand the relationship between aging and age-related…

The Folklore. The eggplant, also called aubergine, brinjal, and guinea squash, is known for its…

We’ve all heard the term “clean eating,” and how it’s supposed to give us picture-perfect…

The thyroid gland may be small, but it’s incredibly important, affecting almost every organ in…

A new study finds that proteins known as linker histones control the complex coiling process…

Behind the unvarnished enthusiasm over an experimental Covid-19 pill, questions are emerging about the cost…

A new study of more than 13,000 cities worldwide has found that the number of…

An international research team effectively put an end to that practice with a clinical trial…

The number of threatened Australian native bee species is expected to increase by nearly five…

A specific wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) light is not only extremely effective at killing the…

Palaeobiologists have unearthed the earliest evidence yet of hippos in the UK. Excavations at Westbury…

Can dragonflies migrate thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, from India via the Maldives…

Mature oak trees will increase their rate of photosynthesis by up to a third in…

Statistics experts have questioned politicians’ and civil servants’ use of data dozens of times over…
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What is the review examining?On 2 October the UK government launched a review to “improve…

War crimes and crimes against humanity have likely been committed in Libya by all parties…

When Sarah, 36 years old and severely depressed, sat down in a lab with a…

The announcement that a pill from Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics kept Covid patients out…

The government has pledged £350m (€410m; $470m) to set up 40 new “one-stop-shops for checks,…

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…

Was the world sufficiently prepared for covid-19? Whatever the answer to that question, WHO’s new…

The antiviral drug molnupiravir reduced the risk of admission to hospital or death by around…

Two California-based scientists have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology on Monday…

Clinical practice varies—some is excellent, delivering high quality care, improving health outcomes, and representing excellent…
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Like many of us, Tamsin Ellis had thought that we were years away from a…

What you need to knowIn a patient with worsening symptoms of asthma, confirm the diagnosis…

I recently tried to order white blood cell growth factor (pegfilgrastim) biosimilar for one of…

Winter may be coming (again), but the digital health sector remains red-hot. Fueled by fresh…

The year is almost over! Here is STAT’s biotech scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving…

As the Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute announces the winners of the 2021 Nobel…

“You’ve been a bad boy,” Moses Znaimer, the bespectacled media mogul often referred to as…

The ethical landscape(s) of non-invasive prenatal testing in England, France and Germany: findings from a…

Why heat waves are a growing risk for pregnant women NPR Read Original Article: Why heat…

How much sugar is too much during pregnancy? CNET Read Original Article: How much sugar is…

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In a setback to the pharmaceutical industry, a federal judge ruled that programs Pfizer (PFE)…
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October is upon us, which means the world is about get a whole lot more…
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When David Gressly, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, called for $3.85 billion…

In a distant star system — a mere 1,300 light years away from Earth —…

Researchers have uncovered a key step in the ionization of liquid water using the lab’s…

Although measuring the electrical activity of neurons is useful in many disciplines, making durable neural…

Vision loss can be a side effect from stroke. Neurons don’t regenerate, and stem cell…

Study reveals how the blood and immune systems develop in prenatal bone marrow News-Medical.Net Read Original…