Listen: Doing biotech in Ukraine, drug pricing déjà vu, & Covid surges overseas
How should pharma treat Russia? Why can’t Congress pass a drug pricing bill? And what…
Month: March 2022
STAT+: Lawmakers face off about the future of the FDA’s accelerated approval pathway
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are facing off over the future of the Food and Drug Administration’s…
Scientists discover why women are more resistant to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease than men
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. However,…
AI provides accurate breast density classification
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can accurately and consistently classify breast density on mammograms, according…
Delta breakthrough infection generates broad neutralizing antibody response in double vaccinated individuals
A delta breakthrough infection generates a potent and broad neutralizing antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in…
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease treatment shows promising early results
A promising new treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has shown ‘very encouraging’ early results following…
Large study on traumatic brain injury highlights global inequality in causes and treatment
A large study examining the surgical management of traumatic brain injuries highlights regional inequalities in…
A gene could prevent Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the destruction of a specific population of…
Black swifts descended rapidly during lunar eclipse
An international research team has studied the flight behavior of the mysterious black swift. They…
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Aspects of Asian elephants’ social life are related to their amount of stress hormones
An international team of scientists found that sociality is linked to stress in Asian elephants….
Rare monkey adapts to fragmented habitat by dieting and reducing activity
A team of scientists found that a rare species of monkey in Bolivia has adapted…
Plasma biomarker screening could improve accuracy, health equity in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis
A new study focuses on RNA molecules in plasma as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease in…
STAT+: Alnylam sues Pfizer and Moderna for patent infringement in development of Covid-19 vaccines
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has filed separate lawsuits alleging that Pfizer and Moderna infringed its patents in…
Medicare premiums could decrease ‘soon,’ after decision on Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm
WASHINGTON — Whether seniors get an unprecedented mid-year discount on Medicare premiums will hinge on…
Alzheimer’s: Protective immune cells active decades before symptom onset
In individuals with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease, the immune cells of the brain…
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Public transport: AI assesses resilience of timetables
A brief traffic jam, a stuck door, or many passengers getting on and off at…
Monkeys play to reduce group tension
New research has discovered that monkeys use play to avoid conflict and reduce group tension….
If blood pressure rises upon standing, so may risk for heart attack
Young and middle-aged adults with high blood pressure whose systolic blood pressure (top-number) rose more…
One bird’s joy is another bird’s sorrow
A genetic conflict between the sexes promotes intraspecific diversity in ruffs. Ruffs are characterized by…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biogen Alzheimer’s data is published in little-known journal; WHO may reject Medicago Covid shot over ties to Philip Morris
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? A spot of rain is descending on…
Virtual Event: Taking the pulse of clinical trials
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
Ashish Jha to replace Jeff Zients as White House Covid response coordinator
WASHINGTON — President Biden is replacing Covid response coordinator Jeff Zients with Ashish Jha, the…
Study questions relationship between statins and cardiovascular outcomes
The relationship between the amount that statins reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels—sometimes referred…
Covid-19: Doctors urge government to step up on global vaccine funding
A group of influential NHS doctors and medical bodies have called on the government to…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—17 March 2022
Radioiodine goes off airRates of death from stage I or II differentiated thyroid cancer are…
Covid-19: Hong Kong reports world’s highest death rate as zero covid strategy fails
Coronavirus infections are surging in Hong Kong as the city has reported the highest number…
Proton pump inhibitors should not be used to treat persistent throat symptoms
The studyWilson JA, Stocken DD, Watson GC, et al. Lansoprazole for persistent throat symptoms in…
Climate, pandemic, and war: an uncontrolled multicrisis of existential proportions
In the heat of the pandemic we parked our response to climate change. In the…
Pakistan remains polio free—despite covid-19, the Afghan conflict, and a waning global eradication effort
Every day, for eight hours, 29 year old Mohazma Shakeel, a polio worker in Pakistan’s…
Tracing SARS-CoV-2 . . . and other stories
Origin of the pandemicUsing maps strikingly reminiscent of those used by John Snow during his…
Alessandro Liberati understood the loneliness of uncertainty
Surkalim and colleagues’ systematic review frames loneliness as not only an individual feeling but also…
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from mother to baby is rare
Since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals have struggled to provide practical evidence…
Association between covid-19 vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and risk of immune mediated neurological events: population based cohort and self-controlled case series analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo study the association between covid-19 vaccines, SARS-CoV-2 infection, and risk of immune mediated neurological…
Do Contact-Tracing Apps Have A Future?
More needs to be done to get certain demographic groups using the app. Read Original…
New Guidance For Athletes Returning To Exercise After Battling COVID-19
Experts released new guidelines for athletes returning to their rigorous routines after battling COVID-19. Read…
CDC Finds Increase Of COVID-19 In US Wastewater As Omicron Surges In Europe
There has been a jump in levels in the U.S. in March. Read Original Article:…
Opinion: Health-related artificial intelligence needs rigorous evaluation and guardrails
Algorithms can augment human decision-making by integrating and analyzing more data, and more kinds of…
With infections spiking in Europe and a variant on the rise, experts warn the U.S. could face a Covid resurgence
On the surface, U.S. Covid-19 metrics continue to show improvement, with cases, hospitalizations, and deaths…
Gender equality ‘fundamental prerequisite’ for peaceful, sustainable world
Gender equality is essentially “a question of power” that for millennia, has, “to the detriment…
I Was Supposed To Want A VBAC — So Why Didn’t I? – Romper
I Was Supposed To Want A VBAC — So Why Didn’t I? Romper Read Original Article:…
Can I Take Prenatal Vitamins If I’m Not Pregnant? – Romper
Can I Take Prenatal Vitamins If I’m Not Pregnant? Romper Read Original Article: Can I Take…
Effects of SARS-CoV-2 on prenatal lung growth assessed by fetal MRI – The Lancet
Effects of SARS-CoV-2 on prenatal lung growth assessed by fetal MRI The Lancet Read Original Article:…
Ask the expert: Author Milli Hilli on how to “give birth like a feminist”
We’ve been voting for decades, and more women enrol in medicine and law than men….
News in Brief 16 March 2022
Ukraine war: $100 billion in infrastructure damage, and counting $4.3 billion needed to help over…
Do ‘behavioral psychedelics’ help patients make lasting, positive change?
Psychedelics may find new, legitimate roles in treatment for anxiety, depression, stress disorders, addiction, and…
Novel theory of entropy may solve materials design issues
A challenge in materials design is that in both natural and humanmade materials, volume sometimes…
Trial testing cocoa flavanol supplement shows promise for reducing cardiovascular risk
The first large-scale trial to test the long-term effects of a cocoa flavanol supplement to…
Even with statins, high triglycerides may increase risk of second stroke
Stroke can have many causes. An atherothrombotic stroke is caused by a clot that forms…
Researchers find direct links between deforestation and reduced dietary quality
Current policies for guaranteeing food security emphasize the importance of farmland, but forests play critical…
New insights into how tumors metabolically adapt to their environment may lead to better cancer therapies
A research team has discovered novel metabolic mechanisms that contribute to how ovarian cancer escapes…