Ian Norman McCulloch
bmj;377/jun24_10/o1539/FAF1faIan Norman McCulloch’s parents, Joseph and Marjorie (née Harris), were both doctors. Having been evacuated…
Month: June 2022
Charles Keith Anderson
bmj;377/jun24_9/o1524/FAF1faCharles Keith Anderson (“Keith”) was a major figure in local cancer medicine in Leeds and…
Duncan Alexander Maclean
bmj;377/jun24_8/o1537/FAF1faDuncan Alexander Maclean was born in Lochcarron, on the north west coast of Scotland, on…
Abu Akleh shooting: fatal shot came from Israeli forces, says OHCHR
Israeli forces were behind the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in…
FDA orders Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from US market
The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered Juul to remove all its e-cigarettes from…
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been…
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The steady crisis across the NHS
Over the course of the pandemic, NHS performance against national waiting time targets has repeatedly…
Internet shutdowns impact human rights, economy, and day to day life
The dramatic real-life effects of shutdowns of the internet on people’s lives and human rights…
Females itch less than males
The female hormone estradiol was found to suppress psoriasis in mice by regulating neutrophil and…
Wearable chemical sensor is as good as gold
Researchers created a special ultrathin sensor, spun from gold, that can be attached directly to…
Developmental dyslexia essential to human adaptive success
Researchers say people with developmental dyslexia have specific strengths relating to exploring the unknown that…
A new model sheds light on how we learn motor skills
Researchers have developed a mathematical model of motor learning that reflects the motor learning process…
We lose medical secretaries at our peril
Morgan mourns the shrinking of the medical administrative workforce in favour of new technology.1 Using…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Sarepta halts a Duchenne clinical trial over safety; Why the CVS Health whistleblower lawsuit comes at a pivotal moment
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Covid-19: UK makes first payments to compensate injury or death from vaccines
The first compensation payments in the UK have been made to families who have been…
US Supreme Court ends New York’s restriction on carrying firearms as Senate passes gun regulations
The US Supreme Court has overturned New York state’s century old restriction on carrying a…
The covid-19 pandemic will end with public health tools, not clinical ones
As a clinician, I rarely see a patient die from covid-19 anymore. Those who end…
Monkeypox: High Demand For Vaccine In NYC Halts Walk-Ins Within Hours
Walk-ins could no longer be accommodated just three hours after the launch. Read Original Article:…
Covid Vaccines Saved 20 Million Lives In First Year: Study
A study found that high- and middle-income countries accounted for the largest number of deaths…
Opinion: Digital back doors can lead down the path to health inequity
For years, racism mandated that Black people and other people of color in the United…
CDC Advisers Recommend Moderna Vaccine For Children 6 And Above
The vaccine advisers to the CDC voted in favor of Moderna’s vaccine for children this…
New recommendations for prenatal care delivery – Medical Xpress
New recommendations for prenatal care delivery Medical Xpress Read Original Article: New recommendations for prenatal care…
In defense of pregnancy – Chicago Sun-Times
In defense of pregnancy Chicago Sun-Times Read Original Article: In defense of pregnancy – Chicago Sun-Times…
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UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Afghanistan quake, Ukraine treasures at risk
In this week’s show, the UN ramps up aid for eastern Afghanistan, where communities are reeling…
News in Brief 23 June 2022
WFP deploys food and logistics equipment to quake-hit Afghanistan End targeting of Ukraine’s cultural sites,…
PODCAST: Barbados and the Blue Economy – Return of the turtles
For the last episode in our mini-series exploring some of the ocean-related issues facing Barbados,…
Women’s heart attacks are often missed: This gene may help explain why
Newly identified genes may help explain why women experience different heart disease symptoms than men…
Arecibo observatory scientists help unravel surprise asteroid mystery
Specifications from an asteroid that made headline news in 2019 because it appeared to come…
Study identifies unique underlying molecular factors driving melanoma development
A new study reveals important molecular information that could help scientists develop more effective treatment…
Covid-19 vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in a year, study estimates
Covid-19 vaccines cut the potential global death toll by more than half in the first…
Monkeypox: Amid uncertainty, global situation ‘cannot be ignored’ says WHO chief
Addressing the first meeting of the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee on Thursday over the global Monkeypox…
Actions to stem violence against women and girls ‘needed now more than ever’
Over the past two years, there has been “an unprecedented increase in all forms of…
Methods from weather forecasting can be adapted to assess risk of COVID-19 exposure
Engineers can adapt weather forecasting models to give individuals a personalized assessment of their risk…
STAT+: FDA halts study of Sarepta treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy due to safety concern
Sarepta Therapeutics said Thursday that it has temporarily stopped a clinical trial of its second-generation…
STAT+: A CVS whistleblower lawsuit comes at a pivotal moment for the FTC’s probe of pharma and PBMs
Three years ago, a former CVS Health executive told a U.S. Senate committee hearing that…
Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real
Scientists create the first boron nitride nanotube fibers using the custom wet-spinning process they developed…
Smart implants to monitor healing
Researchers are creating patient-specific 3D-printed smart metamaterial implants that double as sensors to monitor spinal…
As US obesity epidemic grows, new study shows who is gaining weight over the last decade
Research looked at the long-term weight gain of more than 13,800 U.S. adults — a…
Global hunger crisis pushing one child per minute, into severe malnutrition
Because of the global hunger crisis, every single minute, one child is pushed into life-threatening,…
New technology helps reveal inner workings of human genome
Researchers have developed a new method to assess on a large scale the three-dimensional structure…
Listen: Juul’s doomsday, Merck’s buyout plans, & the next Theranos verdict
Just how powerful is the FDA? Is Merck about to spend $40 billion? And what’s…
Giant bacteria found in Guadeloupe mangroves challenge traditional concepts
Researchers describe the morphological and genomic features of a ”macro’ microbe’ — a giant filamentous…
Humans can’t, but turtles can: Reduce weakening and deterioration with age
Evolutionary theories of ageing predict that all living organisms weaken and deteriorate with age (a…
STAT+: A cautionary tale: How one biotech stock trader lost a small fortune, but emerged wiser
Too many of my Twitter interactions with biotech-loving retail investors are unpleasant. If I write…
Researchers discover solutions to gender bias in autism diagnoses
A new study demonstrates that an equal number of girls and boys can be identified…
Personal health trackers may include smart face mask, other wearables
New research demonstrates different ways to improve wearable bioelectronic devices and materials to provide better…
Cardiac rehab attendance lower among Asian, Black and Hispanic adults at all income levels, study finds
In a study of more than 107,000 people eligible for cardiac rehabilitation programs, Asian, Black…
It sucked to be the prey of ancient cephalopods
The Jurassic cephalopod Vampyronassa rhodanica, thought to be the oldest known ancestor of the modern-day…
Modeling a devastating childhood disease on a chip
Millions of children globally suffer from environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a chronic inflammatory disease of…
Cancer survivors grew to 18 million in the US; more than two-thirds aged 65 years or older
A new report shows more than 18 million Americans (8.3 million males and 9.7 million…