It’s time to stop infant formula marketing practices that endanger our children
As societies, we are failing to protect children and families from the marketing of products…
Month: March 2022
Historically ‘redlined’ urban areas have higher levels of air pollution
In the wake of the Great Depression, the federally sponsored Home Owners’ Loan Corporation drew…
Fundamental growth limitations in Antarctic fish
Antarctic fish have adapted over millennia to survive in the freezing temperatures of the Southern…
Continuing face mask use could save U.S. billions of dollars, study suggests
A new study suggests that consistently maintaining face mask use until, and even two to…
Conversations about financial hardship should not be off limits
Salisbury asks whether healthcare staff should pay more attention to poverty.1 Financial hardship is both…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Insurers balk at opioid payouts to drugmakers and wholesalers; AbbVie settles another Humira biosimilar lawsuit
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
Stronger efforts are needed to safeguard the nutrition of school aged children
Climate change, weather, and climate variability—as shown by the increasing frequency of extreme weather events,…
NHS App should be new “front door” to NHS in England, says health secretary
Technology and in particular the NHS App should become the new “front door” to the…
Covid-19: Florida surgeon general says state will be first not to recommend vaccination for children
A doctor who appeared in a video tweeted by Donald Trump questioning the need for…
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Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s: summary of NICE guidance
In this article by Sharangini Rajesh and colleagues (BMJ 2021;375:n2360; doi:10.1136/bmj.n2360), the article title was…
Molnupiravir: Why Are There Potential Safety Issues Around This COVID Antiviral?
Molnupiravir keeps inserting errors into the virus’s genetic material until it can no longer reproduce….
Diagnostic reasoning: a single entity diagnosis is often inadequate
I enjoyed Brush and colleagues’ review of diagnostic reasoning, especially the figures illustrating the relation…
Benefits and harms of direct oral anticoagulation and low molecular weight heparin for thromboprophylaxis in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials
AbstractObjectiveTo systematically compare the effect of direct oral anticoagulants and low molecular weight heparin for…
David Oliver: Medicine should be a stronger ally to other health professions
Modern medicine relies more on multidisciplinary clinical teams and on the wider systems of care…
Ethnic health inequalities in the NHS
Health inequalities are unfair and avoidable differences in health among different groups within society. These…
A young man with red eye
A man in his 30s had left eye redness for three days. He attended a…
Solving retention to support workforce recovery post-pandemic
Rammya Mathew, GP and quality improvement lead for Islington GP Federation“Since I started as a…
Disseminated cutaneous gout
This is cutaneous disseminated gout on the abdominal wall of a man in his 40s…
Let’s develop multiple layers of primary care
The BMJ has published many good articles about GPs, their roles, and the future of…
STAT+: Gilead’s Dan O’Day is pharma’s most charming executive — but with his deals falling apart, charm may not be enough
The news Gilead Sciences dropped Monday was so disappointing it irked even the nicest guy…
Opinion: Ignoring behavioral and social sciences undermines the U.S. response to Covid-19
The U.S. has bungled many of its efforts to rein in the Covid-19 pandemic. We…
Opinion: Hospitals need to get ahead of regulations on climate change
Climate change, an issue that hospital leaders should have voluntarily been working on following the…
Nurses, more powerful and visible after Covid, capitalize on new clout in Washington
WASHINGTON — Since the start of Covid-19, nurses have been hailed as heroes. But two…
Fresh Approach Needed to Tackle Addiction and Mental Health in a Post-Covid World
There is a mental health crisis brewing that currently far outweighs the Covid Pandemic. People…
Study Shows Mild COVID-19 Cases May Accelerate Aging Of Brain, Other Changes
There is strong evidence that COVID-19 causes brain tissue damage and other brain-related abnormalities, according…
Nordic Diet Provides Health Benefits To People Even Without Weight Loss: Study
The participants were asked to maintain their weight throughout the study. Read Original Article: Nordic…
Investing in women’s empowerment yields major peace, prosperity dividend, Security Council hears
Investing in women’s economic empowerment yields enormous dividends for peace and prosperity, the head of…
International Women’s Day: ‘Time is now’ for gender equality
‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’ is the theme for the UN’s commemoration of…
Non-invasive prenatal testing: Online discussions show risk perception is highly personal – The Conversation
Non-invasive prenatal testing: Online discussions show risk perception is highly personal The Conversation Read Original Article:…
Law to require prenatal care passes through Oklahoma legislation – KSWO
Law to require prenatal care passes through Oklahoma legislation KSWO Read Original Article: Law to require…
How CO VID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may protect babies after birth – The Examiner – Examiner
How CO VID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may protect babies after birth – The Examiner Examiner When…
Sharna Burgess Of ‘DWTS’ Got Pregnant While On Birth Control – TODAY
Sharna Burgess Of ‘DWTS’ Got Pregnant While On Birth Control TODAY Read Original Article: Sharna Burgess…
News in Brief 8 March 2022
Ukraine war now ‘apocalyptic’, warn humanitarians in call for safe access Tigray crisis marked by…
Alternative medicine charity winds down after regulator ‘identified concerns’ about its public benefit – Third Sector
Alternative medicine charity winds down after regulator ‘identified concerns’ about its public benefit Third Sector Read…
STAT+: AbbVie settles litigation with another drug maker over a biosimilar version of Humira
After months of squabbling over allegedly stolen trade secrets, AbbVie (ABBV) has settled litigation with…
The ‘equal-opportunity jerk’ defense: Rudeness can obfuscate gender bias
If you’re an ‘equal-opportunity jerk,’ does that mean you can’t also be sexist? New research…
Physical activity may protect your brain as you age
We all know we should exercise and eat healthy foods. But doing that isn’t just…
Student researchers discover genes unique to humans in search for source of our evolutionary distinctiveness
A team of student researchers has discovered human microRNA genes not shared with any other…
Earthquake fracture energy relates to how a quake stops
By examining earthquake models from a fresh perspective, engineers now show that the earthquake fracture…
New dental tool prototype can spot the acidic conditions that lead to cavities
Researchers have shown that a dental tool they created can measure the acidity built up…
Research advances understanding of DNA repair
A researcher has made a discovery that alters our understanding of how the body’s DNA…
Treating heart attacks with a medium chain fatty acid
Heart attacks mean energy deprivation. Could a fatty acid found in energy drinks, then, help…
Dementia patients struggle to cope with change because of damage to general intelligence brain networks
People with dementia struggle to adapt to changes in their environment because of damage to…
STAT+: Congress moves toward giving FDA authority over synthetic nicotine products like Puff Bar
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are within striking distance of closing the largest loophole in the Food…
NASA’s NICER telescope sees hot spots merge on a magnetar
For the first time, NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) has observed the merging…
Medicine’s gender pay gap is still a glaring manifestation of pervasive inequality
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is the hope of a world free…
Anticipation and accents: Talking like a southerner even if you’re not
Linguistic convergence refers to temporary (and often subtle) shifts in speech to sound more similar…
How animal swarms respond to threats
With the help of microrobots, physicists decode how swarms of animals respond effectively to danger….
Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones linked to rise in U.S. deaths from several major causes
Over recent decades, hurricanes and other tropical cyclones in the U.S. were associated with up…
New species of extinct vampire-squid-like cephalopod is the first of its kind with 10 functional arms
New research shows that the oldest ancestors of the group of animals that includes octopuses…