When I use a word . . . . Nasty medical eponyms
Two German physicists are currently in the news, Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (1862–1947) and…
Month: November 2021
John Marshall Hudson
bmj;375/nov12_7/n2741/FAF1faJohn Marshall Hudson was educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. He returned to his home…
Encouraging covid vaccine uptake and safe behaviours—an uphill struggle against government complacency
Like many doctors who had stepped back from clinical practice, I volunteered to return to…
Persecution and a pandemic: delivering maternal healthcare to the Rohingya
In July, days of torrential rain triggered 320 landslides in the Bangladeshi camps that house…
The pioneering female academic GP: Debbie Sharp
In 1994 Debbie Sharp became the first professor of primary healthcare at the University of…
Attracting consultants and GPs to rural and coastal communities
Bird draws attention to health issues in isolated coastal towns around Britain, referencing the chief…
Covid-19: surging demand for some arthritis drugs
Over the past 18 months, shortages have emerged for several medications used to control inflammatory…
Is cerclage safe and effective in preventing preterm birth in women presenting early in pregnancy with cervical dilatation?
What you need to knowEmergency cervical cerclage is a potential treatment for women presenting with…
Opinion: Broadband access: Health care’s newest challenge
The past two years have underscored the long-standing but always disturbing reality that millions of…
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Opinion: Isolated in Uganda: How Covid-19 evacuations highlight unfairness of global health partnerships
Patients gasping for air in hospital hallways, trailers serving as makeshift morgues, emergency medical tents…
STAT+: 5 health tech startups targeting the Medicaid population to watch
When it comes to new opportunities, health tech companies tend to follow the money. That…
STAT+: Startup Spotlight: Rectify is hoping it can mend broken ABC transporters, starting in the liver
A former Vertex scientist is setting his sights on an entire family of transporter proteins…
Researchers find repeated link between volcanic eruptions and dynastic collapse in China’s Imperial Era
Volcanic eruptions may have triggered abrupt climate changes contributing to the repeated collapse of Chinese…
Stand Up for APA Launches Updated Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Coverage Scorecard for Fortune 100 Companies, Urges UnitedHealthcare to Remove Prior Authorization Requirements – PRNewswire
Stand Up for APA Launches Updated Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Coverage Scorecard for Fortune 100…
Data Analytics Identifies Health Disparities In Pregnancy Outcomes – HealthITAnalytics.com
Data Analytics Identifies Health Disparities In Pregnancy Outcomes HealthITAnalytics.com Read Original Article: Data Analytics Identifies Health…
Low amount of caffeine intake during pregnancy may help reduce gestational diabetes risk – News-Medical.Net
Low amount of caffeine intake during pregnancy may help reduce gestational diabetes risk News-Medical.Net Read Original…
Spit, then celebrate: Jerusalem firm launches world’s 1st saliva pregnancy test – The Times of Israel
Spit, then celebrate: Jerusalem firm launches world’s 1st saliva pregnancy test The Times of Israel Read…
Pregnancy test sales surge, retailers stand to profit: Bank of America – Fox Business
Pregnancy test sales surge, retailers stand to profit: Bank of America Fox Business Read Original Article:…
Jamie Lynn Spears recalls her father’s ‘anger’ following teen pregnancy in upcoming book – Fox News
Jamie Lynn Spears recalls her father’s ‘anger’ following teen pregnancy in upcoming book Fox News Read…
Black women in UK four times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth – The Guardian
Black women in UK four times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth The Guardian…
‘I went home and cried’: US employers offer few protections for pregnant workers – The Guardian
‘I went home and cried’: US employers offer few protections for pregnant workers The Guardian Read…
Q&A: Pregnancy gingivitis can impact health of both mother, baby – Healio
Q&A: Pregnancy gingivitis can impact health of both mother, baby Healio Read Original Article: Q&A: Pregnancy…
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women’s experience of pregnancy in UK – News-Medical.Net
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women’s experience of pregnancy in UK News-Medical.Net Read Original Article: Impact…
Pregnant and dying of COVID-19: ‘Miracle mom’ and baby survive thanks to unprecedented double s… – UCHealth Today
Pregnant and dying of COVID-19: ‘Miracle mom’ and baby survive thanks to unprecedented double s… UCHealth…
Pregnancy stretch marks cause stress and emotional burden, study finds – Michigan Medicine
Pregnancy stretch marks cause stress and emotional burden, study finds Michigan Medicine Read Original Article: Pregnancy…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Lifesaving drones, Belarus-Poland crisis, COVID-19 and COP26
In this week’s show: how drones are proving their worth in humanitarian emergencies, worrying data…
PODCAST: COP26 negotiators ‘roll up their sleeves’ to get a deal
In theory it is the penultimate day of COP26, but this is dependent on negotiators…
News in Brief 11 November 2021
COP26 China-US deal welcomed by Secretary-General Belarus-Poland crisis: UN agencies provide aid to stranded migrants…
Alternative medicine practice offers good health through the feet – The Oakland Press
Alternative medicine practice offers good health through the feet The Oakland Press Read Original Article: Alternative…
Researchers recreate deep-Earth conditions to see how iron copes with extreme stress
New observations of the atomic structure of iron reveal it undergoes ‘twinning’ under extreme stress…
AI helps design the perfect chickpea
A massive international research effort has led to development of a genetic model for the…
STAT+: ‘A work in progress’: BioNTech’s CEO wants to widen Covid-19 vaccine access on his own terms
Two years ago, Ugur Sahin was an under-the-radar but extremely determined scientist running a company…
Listen: Moderna v. NIH, psilocybin as a medicine, & the cultural intake of pharma CEOs
Who invented Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine? Can psychedelic medicines be mainstream? And who’s going to run…
Fate of sinking tectonic plates is revealed
When tectonic plates sink into the Earth they look like slinky snakes! That’s according to…
Near-earth asteroid might be a lost fragment of the moon
Near-Earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa could be a fragment of our moon. Read Original Article: Near-earth asteroid…
Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth
New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths…
Novel approach to a plant-based diet, unique to long-necked dinosaurs
A new study uncovers a novel approach to a plant-based diet, unique to long-necked dinosaurs….
STAT+: Cortexyme bets a lower dose of its once-failed Alzheimer’s drug can work in another trial
Cortexyme, pressing forward after its novel approach to Alzheimer’s disease failed in a mid-stage trial,…
Using optogenetics, scientists pinpoint the location and timing of memory formation in mice
A mouse finds itself in a box it’s seen before; inside, its white walls are…
Private providers must increase access to training in cataract surgery, ophthalmologists say
Private providers are now delivering almost half of NHS cataract surgery and must rapidly increase…
Emergency bowel surgery: audit shows some improvement, but concern remains
Mortality among patients in England and Wales undergoing emergency bowel surgery have been falling year…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: NIH to fight Moderna in court over Covid-19 vaccine patents; ‘puzzling’ results in an Alzheimer’s study
Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because our…
Black hole found hiding in star cluster outside our galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a small black hole outside the Milky Way by looking at how…
Measles outbreaks likely as covid pandemic leaves millions of word’s children unvaccinated, WHO warns
The risk of outbreaks of measles across the world is mounting because the covid-19 pandemic…
The world according to covid vaccine coverage
bmj;375/nov11_7/n2732/FAF1faPercentage of national population to have received two doses of covid vaccineA year since the…
Abolition of the Medical Practices Committee has led to inequitable distribution of GPs
Rimmer reports that the UK government is not on track to increase general practitioner numbers.1…
New Zealand’s covid-19 policy switch will harm vulnerable people
So far, New Zealand has done remarkably well in the face of covid-19, with just…
Reticular eruption after a ketogenic diet
This is a pruritic reticular eruption on the trunk of a man in his 20s…
Sudden loss of vision at the gym
A woman in her 30s presented to the emergency department with sudden loss of vision…
Gastric bypass . . . and other stories
Gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy?Patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes treated by Roux-en-Y gastric…