Largescale brain epigenetics study provides new insights into dementia
The team looked in different regions of the brain, which are affected in Alzheimer’s disease…
Year: 2021
STAT+: What’s next for the new Alzheimer’s drug? Lots of thorny issues ahead
Despite all the excitement surrounding the FDA’s approval on Monday of a controversial treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, the…
STAT+: In potential big step forward for CAR-T, Bristol Myers says its therapy outperformed stem cell transplant in blood cancer
The treatment known as CAR-T, in which white blood cells are genetically modified to attack…
Looking For Online Counseling For Depression And Anxiety? Cerebral Is The Answer
Looking for an online counseling service to help with mental health-related issues? Here’s how Cerebral…
David Bruce Bamber
David Bamber was an anaesthetist at Charing Cross Hospital, later part of the Imperial College…
Cecilia Elizabeth Thomas
bmj;373/jun10_7/n1466/FAF1faCecilia Elizabeth Thomas (née Mullen and known as “Celia”) spent her whole professional career in…
Bibek B Pradhan
bmj;373/jun10_11/n1470/FAF1faBibek B Pradhan was born in Nepal and was awarded a scholarship to study medicine…
.jpg)
Ghulam Farouq Faiz
bmj;373/jun10_10/n1473/FAF1faGhulam Farouq Faiz was born in Mashhad (Iran). After graduating he undertook responsibilities as a…
New WHO guidance aims to stamp out rights violations in mental health services
New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), published on Thursday, calls for providing mental…
NIH releases a plan to confront structural racism. Critics say it’s not enough
Saying structural racism is a chronic problem throughout biomedical research and within their own walls,…
Edward Sumner: paediatric anaesthetist who developed intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital
bmj;373/jun10_6/n1484/FAF1faTed Sumner, who has died aged 80, attributed his successful career to a fall from…
.jpg)
Nine in 10 African nations set to miss urgent COVID vaccination goal
Nine in 10 African nations look set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10…
A young man with shortness of breath
A man in his 30s presented to the emergency department with a three week history…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. to donate 500 million Covid vaccine doses; WTO to step up talks on waiving IP protection for Covid shots
Good morning and congrats if you caught the “ring of fire” some of us in…
Covid-19: AstraZeneca vaccine linked with small risk of ITP, real world data show
The AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine is associated with a small increased risk of immune thrombocytopenic purpura…
EU drugs agency admits that it misses UK data and expertise
Alexis Goosdeel, director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, has admitted…
Governments should be made to work harder to keep public trust
Trust is at the heart of healthcare—it takes time and care to build but can…
Education, dementia, . . . and other stories
Cognitive reservePeople with high levels of education, demanding occupations, and intellectually active leisure pursuits seem…
Pandemic lessons from India: inappropriate prioritisation for vaccination
We welcome Reddy’s editorial on covid-19 in India,1 but want to emphasise one further issue:…
Opinion: Lessons about marijuana edibles from youth vaping
When it comes to children’s health, parents — and public activism — can make a…
Opinion: The future of pandemic preparedness: agile coordination around clinical trials
The SARS-CoV-2 virus presented the world with a host of clinical challenges, not least its…
Watch: SPACs are all the rage, but what are they? STAT explains
Wall Street’s hottest new trend is a 1980s retread: Private firms are merging with so-called…
More transmissible, wilier variant makes Covid-19 vaccinations even more crucial, experts say
It’s getting even riskier to remain unvaccinated. The United States, as a whole, is still…
As more kids go down the ‘deep, dark tunnel’ of long Covid, doctors still can’t predict who is at risk
At 14 years old, Kate Dardis knows what pain feels like and how to work…
Prolonged Brain Dysfunction In COVID-19 Survivors: A Pandemic In Its Own Right?
COVID-19 survivors face not only physical symptoms. A large study recently showed that their mental…
What COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects Might I Expect?
Vaccine side effects are normal, but you need to be aware what they are. Read…
Odette Annable Reveals Third Pregnancy Loss in a Touching Instagram Post – Self
Odette Annable Reveals Third Pregnancy Loss in a Touching Instagram Post Self Read Original Article: Odette…
An isolating pregnancy ends with celebrations in the streets – The Philadelphia Inquirer
An isolating pregnancy ends with celebrations in the streets The Philadelphia Inquirer Read Original Article: An…
Drinking alcohol is linked to reduced chances of pregnancy: Study suggests women should avoid alcohol in second half of menstrual cycle – Science Daily
Drinking alcohol is linked to reduced chances of pregnancy: Study suggests women should avoid alcohol…
News in Brief 9 June 2021
‘Mass deaths’ alert across Myanmar: UN rights expert ‘Alarming’ rise in antibiotic-resistant pathogens: WHO G7…
Child labour figure rises to 160 million, as COVID puts many more at risk
For the first time in two decades, the number of children being put to work has…
An atomic look at lithium-rich batteries
An international team of collaborators has made the first direct observation of the anionic redox…
Important contribution to spintronics has received little consideration until now
The movement of electrons can have a significantly greater influence on spintronic effects than previously…
A new culprit in antibacterial resistance: Cysteine persulfide
Scientists have developed a new, highly sensitive analytical method that can detect degraded beta-lactam antibacterial…
Key to carbon-free cars? Look to the stars
Scientists uncover new clues to the origins of the universe – and land new chemistry…
Language extinction triggers loss of unique medicinal knowledge
Indigenous peoples pass on their knowledge of medicinal plants orally. If their languages go extinct,…
Machine learning speeds up simulations in material science
Research, development, and production of novel materials depend heavily on the availability of fast and…
The iron jaws of the bristle worm
Bristle worms have remarkably stable jaws. They are made of a very unusual material containing…
Maori connections to Antarctica may go as far back as 7th century, new study shows
Indigenous Maori people may have set eyes on Antarctic waters and perhaps the continent as…
Physicists achieve significant improvement in spotting neutrinos in a cosmic haystack
Two articles describe how ground-breaking image reconstruction and analysis algorithms developed for surface-based MicroBooNE detector…
Soil microbes metabolize the same polyphenols found in chocolate, wine
A research team has uncovered new insights into the role of polyphenols in the soil…
Not just a phase for RNAs
A phenomenon in which an RNA named NORAD drives a protein named Pumilio to form…
Artificial light harming clownfish
Artificial lighting is killing young clownfish living closest to shore. They also found that these…
‘PrivacyMic’: For a smart speaker that doesn’t eavesdrop
Microphones are perhaps the most common electronic sensor in the world, with an estimated 320…
Cholesterol metabolite induces production of cancer-promoting vesicles
Scientists studying the link between cholesterol and breast cancer report that a byproduct of cholesterol…
As novel sights become familiar, different brain rhythms, neurons take over
As ‘visual recognition memory’ emerges in visual cortex, one circuit of inhibitory neurons supplants another…
A safer, low dose of laughing gas may be enough to help some patients with major depression, study finds
Laughing gas may be most associated with its use in dentistry, but in recent years,…
STAT+: WTO members agree to step up talks about Covid-19 intellectual property proposals
In what is being described as a “major breakthrough,” a World Trade Organization council agreed…
GPs urged to see all children with respiratory symptoms in person
General practitioners should consider seeing all children under five with respiratory symptoms in person and…
STAT+: ‘Some very noble, some less than noble’: The growing health data marketplace sparks concern over patient privacy
The electronic health record has ushered in a golden era of precision medicine. It’s also…