News in Brief 4 January 2022
70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron: WHO Guterres ‘encouraged’…
Month: January 2022
Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) Smell: What to Know – Verywell Health
Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) Smell: What to Know Verywell Health Read Original Article: Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) Smell:…
Mass die-off of Magellanic penguins seen during 2019 heat wave
In 2019, researchers witnessed the consequences of an extreme heat event at Punta Tombo in…
Plasma-based engineering creates contact-killing, antifouling, drug-release surfaces
Conventional wet-chemistry methods used to create biocidal materials are complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Researchers present…
STAT+: Some drug makers quietly resumed donations to lawmakers who denied Biden’s election victory
Four major drug makers each donated tens of thousands of dollars last year to Republican…
STAT+: Why the conviction of Elizabeth Holmes hinged on defrauding Theranos investors, not patients
The trial of Elizabeth Holmes resulted in a mixed verdict, but one outcome is clear:…
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Custom finger clip offers a new way to measure blood pressure, other vitals
Monitoring a person’s blood pressure on a regular basis can help health care professionals with…
One autoimmune disease could lead to another
Researchers have discovered that having one kind of autoimmune disease can lead to another. Read…
Opinion: Health tech needs to rebuild trust in the wake of the Theranos verdict
Monday’s news that Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of Theranos, was found guilty of…
How plants respond to heat stress
Plants, like other organisms, can be severely affected by heat stress. To increase their chances…
Covid-19: Fact check—how many patients in hospital are unvaccinated?
Intensive care units in the UK are filling up with patients with covid-19 who have…
Sixty seconds on . . . hangovers
Headache, nausea, repeatedly mumbling “never again.” What’s going on?Sounds like the classic symptoms of a…
World Braille Day: Pandemic shows importance of information access for all
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how critical it is to ensure essential information is accessible…
STAT+: Applied Therapeutics tried to muzzle short sellers — but the truth still came out
When short sellers began raising questions about New York-based Applied Therapeutics’ treatment for a rare…
Resolving the black hole ‘fuzzball or wormhole’ debate
Black holes really are giant fuzzballs, a new study says. The study attempts to put…
New route for regulating blood sugar levels independent of insulin
The discovery of insulin 100 years ago opened a door that would lead to life…
First time genome editing made possible on cells lining blood vessel walls
Researchers have developed a unique nanoparticle to deliver genome editing technology, including CRISPR/Cas9, to endothelial…
Solving the disappearance of bears and lions with ancient DNA
Researchers suggest a change in climate is the likely cause of the mysterious disappearance of…
Revitalizing batteries by bringing ‘dead’ lithium back to life
Scientists brought islands of “dead” lithium back to life by making them creep worms to…
70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron: WHO
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health…
Researchers reveal scale of prevalence of a condition that can cause type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure
Scientists are calling for changes to healthcare policy following research which has shown for the…
Opinion: Opioid overdoses are killing Americans. Improving access to methadone can save lives
The United States recently reached a grim milestone: 100,000 overdose deaths in one year. This…
New light shed on potentially damaging effects of standard heart attack treatment
A new study is challenging standard treatment methods used to prevent muscle damage during heart…
Climate change, invasive species drive native trout declines
Researchers have found that climate change drives native trout declines by reducing stream habitat and…
Inverted order: The direction of your DNA may be as important as which parent it came from
Researchers generated mice with a specific DNA sequence inverted to determine if orientation affects expression…
Covid-19: NHS trusts declare “critical incidents” because of staff shortages
A number of NHS trusts in England have declared “critical incidents” because of staff absences…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma raises median drug prices by 4.9%, so far; Covid forces some lawmakers to ponder pharma gifts
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Clear skies and…
Holmes convicted of fraud at Theranos & new FDA signposts for digital research tools
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Helen Salisbury: New Year’s revolutions?
As the season turns and the days begin to lengthen, it is traditional to look…
Matt Morgan: Your 1800 weeks of work
As another year ticks silently into the next, along with the resolutions broken, I reflect…
Effect of dexamethasone as an analgesic adjuvant to multimodal pain treatment after total knee arthroplasty: randomised clinical trial
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the effects of one and two doses of intravenous dexamethasone in patients after…
Why I . . . keep bees
“When I was a medical student I had an allotment and I started to keep…
Boosting healthier choices
The idea of using nudges to change behaviour, introduced by Thaler and Sunstein in 2008,1…
2022—the year of recovery?
Looking at the year ahead, incredible medical progress has been made over the past 12…
Covid-19 politics force state lawmakers to ponder pharma campaign cash
WASHINGTON — Ohio state Rep. Beth Liston had accepted campaign donations from Pfizer before, but…
Opinion: Confessions of a ‘human guinea pig’: Why I’m resigning from Moderna vaccine trials
In July 2020, I volunteered to be in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine trial. If I knew…
STAT+: FDA’s vaccines and biologics chief talks Covid-19, 2022 priorities, and getting back to gene, cell therapy review
WASHINGTON — No part of the Food and Drug Administration has been challenged by the…
‘A black box’: Emergency medics remain locked out of electronic health records
A few years back, Travis Ogden’s ambulance crew raced to revive a 4-year-old who’d drowned,…
STAT+: Texas is trying to create the next research triangle for biotech. Will it work?
Do you live in a city vying to be the country’s next biotech hub? Get…
Can You Still Get The Vaccine After Testing Positive For COVID-19?
The CDC has updated its guidelines for people who have been exposed to the virus…
First Person: The entrepreneur helping Middle Eastern women enter the digital economy
Mona Ataya, a Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates, runs the largest online…
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Rare Diseases Is Wrong More Times Than Right: Report – The Daily Beast
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Rare Diseases Is Wrong More Times Than Right: Report The Daily Beast…
Go read this NYT investigation on the inaccuracy of prenatal blood tests – The Verge
Go read this NYT investigation on the inaccuracy of prenatal blood tests The Verge These Prenatal…
Is It Safe To Get the COVID-19 Booster Shot If You’re Pregnant? – Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic
Is It Safe To Get the COVID-19 Booster Shot If You’re Pregnant? Health Essentials from Cleveland…
When should you get a COVID vaccine if you’re pregnant? Here’s what a study found – Miami Herald
When should you get a COVID vaccine if you’re pregnant? Here’s what a study found Miami…
Choline during pregnancy impacts children’s sustained attention – Science Daily
Choline during pregnancy impacts children’s sustained attention Science Daily Read Original Article: Choline during pregnancy impacts…
Readers respond: An argument for ‘pregnant people’ – OregonLive
Readers respond: An argument for ‘pregnant people’ OregonLive Read Original Article: Readers respond: An argument for…
How my pregnancy led to a life-changing diagnosis – BBC News
How my pregnancy led to a life-changing diagnosis BBC News Read Original Article: How my pregnancy…
Pregnancy Toothache: Causes, Treatment, Home Remedies – Verywell Health
Pregnancy Toothache: Causes, Treatment, Home Remedies Verywell Health Read Original Article: Pregnancy Toothache: Causes, Treatment, Home…
Diet, activity reduce gestational weight gain, improve pregnancy outcomes – Healio
Diet, activity reduce gestational weight gain, improve pregnancy outcomes Healio Read Original Article: Diet, activity reduce…