STAT+: Medicare reverses course on plan to hide hospital safety data next year
Medicare will continue to report hospital safety data as usual next year after the program,…
Month: August 2022
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Researchers improve cement with shrimp shell nanoparticles
Putting nanoparticles from shrimp shells into cement paste made the material significantly stronger — an…
Study tracks plant pathogens in leafhoppers from natural areas
Phytoplasmas are bacteria that can invade the vascular tissues of plants, causing many different crop…
High-tech imaging offers new way to detect signs of early glaucoma
A new study shows flavoprotein fluorescence could serve as new biomarker. Read Original Article: High-tech…
Light as a tool for the synthesis of complex molecules
Chemists have developed a novel and straightforward way to produce complex organic molecules. Mild reaction…
In DNA, scientists find solution to engineering transformative electronics
Scientists have used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineer materials that would…
Liver cancer’s supercharged metabolism offers a new treatment strategy
Liver cancer’s rapid growth leads to a vulnerability in its energy-production and cell-building processes that…
Opinion: Paxlovid rebound happens, though why and to whom are still a mystery
As an emergency department physician in New York, I often field calls about medical issues…
Helen Salisbury: A feeling of safety
Recently, I consulted with a satisfied patient. An unexpected abnormality had shown up on a…
Destroying tumor cells: Targeted immunotherapy using injectable materials
Researchers have developed and optimized a minimally invasive method for more targeted, efficient, and sustained…
STAT+: How much are patients actually using mental health apps? Research on engagement is elusive
As companies selling health care apps struggle to prove to a skeptical system that they…
Colin Blakemore: neuroscientist who explored the symbiotic relation between art and science
bmj;378/aug02_12/o1910/FAF1faCredit: David Hartley, ShutterstockColin Blakemore made an outstanding contribution to understanding of vision and neural…
Inquiry urges immediate compensation to victims of contaminated blood
bmj;378/aug02_11/o1925/FAF1faTayfun Salci/ZUMA/AlamyVictims Lee Moorey, Richard Warwick, Neil Steve Nichols, Melanie Richmond, and Neil Weller outside…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: West Virginia cities reach deal with wholesalers over opioid crisis; Democrats’ economic plan would raises taxes on pharma
Top of the morning to you. And a fine one it is. Lots of sunshine…
Tory leadership contest reveals complacency about NHS crisis
The recent televised leadership debates told us very little about Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss’s…
A chaotic sprint to lower insulin prices and AIDS activists go after Biden on monkeypox
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Covid-19: is omicron less lethal than delta?
Soon after the omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern was first reported to the World Health…
Risk of covid-19 related deaths for SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) compared with delta (B.1.617.2): retrospective cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the risk of covid-19 death after infection with omicron BA.1 compared with delta…
Smartphone Use Could Help Improve Memory Skills: Study
A new study found that digital devices could help improve memory skills, contrary to popular…
Does The Lining Of Children’s Noses Provide Protection Against COVID-19?
A new study suggested that children typically have a lower COVID infection rate due to…
STAT+: Alexis Borisy, biotech’s ‘man of many hats,’ dons another
Alexis Borisy is the first person to admit he has a lot of projects going…
Response to acute monotherapy for major depressive disorder in randomized, placebo controlled trials submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration: individual participant data analysis
AbstractObjectivesTo characterize individual participant level response distributions to acute monotherapy for major depressive disorder in…
Standing on the shoulders of giants: the anaesthetist
“I believe in the saying by Isaac Newton: ‘We stand on the shoulders of giants.’…
“Downgrade your mask before entering”—a dangerous NHS policy at a critical public health ȷuncture
In May 2022, the UK Health Security Agency changed its guidance to make masking in…
Junk food advertising bans do help reduce obesity, say researchers
Restrictions on the adverting of high fat, salt, and sugar products across the Transport for…
Government must regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures within a year, say MPs
A new licensing regime for non-surgical cosmetic procedures should be brought in by July 2023…
Welcome to your new hospital
August is a month of mass medical migration. Postgraduate doctors are scattered across UK hospitals,…
Opinion: STAT+: Hospitals, health systems play critical roles in the real-world data movement
Since the start of the pandemic, the health care and life sciences sectors have relied…
Cities are lobbying to host the ARPA-H headquarters. Experts don’t understand why
WASHINGTON — America’s mayors are drooling over President Biden’s new high-stakes research agency, ARPA-H. They…
Iron Buildup In Brain Linked To Greater Movement Disorder Risk
A new study found iron buildup in the brain could be responsible for movement disorders…
What’s TPOXX? Smallpox Drug Could Be Answer To Monkeypox Outbreak
An antiviral drug that could be the answer to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak is being…
Monkeypox vs. Chickenpox: What’s The Difference?
Doctors have clarified the primary difference between monkeypox and chickenpox. Read Original Article: Monkeypox vs….
Prenatal opioids can do long-term harm to kid brains – Futurity: Research News
Prenatal opioids can do long-term harm to kid brains Futurity: Research NewsView Full Coverage on Google…
Anti-Abortion Activist Says 13-Year-Old Pregnant Girls “Do Phenomenal” – The Cut
Anti-Abortion Activist Says 13-Year-Old Pregnant Girls “Do Phenomenal” The Cut Read Original Article: Anti-Abortion Activist Says…
The criminalization of pregnancy – The Seattle Times
The criminalization of pregnancy The Seattle Times Read Original Article: The criminalization of pregnancy – The…
Data brokers resist pressure to stop collecting info on pregnant people – POLITICO
Data brokers resist pressure to stop collecting info on pregnant people POLITICO Read Original Article: Data…
What Counts as the Life of the Mother? – The Atlantic
What Counts as the Life of the Mother? The Atlantic Read Original Article: What Counts as…
Less income, education associated with learning about pregnancy after Ohio’s 6-week abortion limit, OSU study – cleveland.com
Less income, education associated with learning about pregnancy after Ohio’s 6-week abortion limit, OSU study cleveland.com…
Buffalo Pregnancy Center Firebombed by Pro-Abortion Extremists Reopens after Spending $100,000 on Security – National Review
Buffalo Pregnancy Center Firebombed by Pro-Abortion Extremists Reopens after Spending $100,000 on Security National Review Read…
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16 Stylish School Clothes & Shoes To Keep Toddlers Through Teens Comfortable & Trendy This Year
The post 16 Stylish School Clothes & Shoes To Keep Toddlers Through Teens Comfortable &…
‘Tired, Overworked’ Health Agencies Led To Slow Monkeypox Outbreak Response In US: Report
The COVID-19 pandemic and other issues may have caused the monkeypox virus to take hold…
News in Brief – 1 August 2022
– UN chief welcomes 1st ship carrying #Ukraine grain – Conference to review #NPT now…
UN and partners roll out #LetMeLearn campaign ahead of key education summit
Amid the education crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations is partnering with…
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
While more than three quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind…
The alternative medicines that actually work, according to the world’s leading expert – Daily Mail
The alternative medicines that actually work, according to the world’s leading expert Daily Mail Read Original…
STAT+: Hospitals win higher payments from Medicare after lobbying campaign
Hospitals secured significantly larger payments from Medicare for 2023, after months of lobbying centered around…
Bioscientists use mixed-reality headset, custom software to measure vegetation in the field
A lab that specializes in applying data science to the study of conservation biology has…
Signaling ‘stressed-out’ plants
As plants experience multiple stressors from heat, drought and flooding because of extreme weather events,…
Synthetic mouse embryos created from stem cells — without sperm, eggs, or a uterus
Lit from below by the microscope’s soft glow, the translucent mouse embryos looked exactly as…
What’s new under the sun? Offering an alternate view on how ‘novel’ structures evolve
New research provide evidence that the crustacean carapace, along with other plate-like structures in arthropods…