Watch: Why aren’t ectopic pregnancies viable?
Following the fall of Roe v. Wade, many clinicians have become fearful and uncertain about…
Month: October 2022
STAT+: The Q4 health tech tracker: 17 key industry events and milestones to watch
Health tech companies and their backers are increasingly cautious as they brace for uncertain market…
Prenatal acetaminophen use linked to sleep, attention problems in preschoolers – Science Daily
Prenatal acetaminophen use linked to sleep, attention problems in preschoolers Science Daily Read Original Article: Prenatal…
Ectopic pregnancy treatments can be pricy and complex, even in liberal states : Shots – Health News – NPR
Ectopic pregnancy treatments can be pricy and complex, even in liberal states : Shots –…
Pregnant and taking antidepressants? Don’t worry about neurodevelopment harm, study says – CNN
Pregnant and taking antidepressants? Don’t worry about neurodevelopment harm, study says CNN Read Original Article: Pregnant…
Parenting practices in teen years set the stage for closeness, warmth later on
High-quality parenting practices in adolescence lay the foundation for close parent-child relationships when the children…
News in Brief 4 October 2022
Pakistan: Urgent response needed to stem health disaster – WHO ‘Nowhere is safe’ for Afghan…
UNCTAD PODCAST: Shift in policies needed to avert global recession
In this episode of the UN Conference on Trade and Development’s Weekly Tradecast, Sarah Toms…
Driving high? Chemists make strides toward a marijuana breath analyzer
Chemists have developed a fuel cell sensor that they hope to develop into a handheld…
Breaking the glass ceiling in science by looking at citations
New research shows that paths to success in scientific disciplines are not equal. Read Original…
Microbiologists improve taste of beer
Investigators have improved the flavor of contemporary beer by identifying and engineering a gene that…
Detailed observation of orcas hunting white sharks in South Africa
A new article presents direct evidence of orcas killing white sharks in South Africa. Read…
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How to Best Serve Patients Who Prefer Alternative Medicine – DailyNurse
How to Best Serve Patients Who Prefer Alternative Medicine DailyNurse Read Original Article: How to Best…
Republicans offer a real healthcare alternative – Washington Examiner
Republicans offer a real healthcare alternative Washington Examiner Read Original Article: Republicans offer a real healthcare…
Former rugby players may be 15 times as likely to develop motor neuron disease, study finds
The risk of neurodegenerative disease among former Scottish international rugby union players is more than…
Dementia: WHO launches blueprint to tackle generational health challenge
Dementia is one of the greatest health challenges of our generation, according to the World…
Coral select algae partnerships to ease environmental stress
Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy…
Laughing gas in space could mean life
Scientists are suggesting something is missing from the typical roster of chemicals that astrobiologists use…
Decreased proteins, not amyloid plaques, tied to Alzheimer’s disease
New research supports the hypothesis that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a decline in levels…
Researchers’ flow platform advances water harvesting technology
The researchers’ unique platform solves a key problem in water harvesting: Collected water droplets form…
Optimal breeding group sizes differ by sex in cooperative animals
The evolutionary pros and cons of group living vary for males and females, according to…
AI models can now continually learn from new data on intelligent edge devices like smartphones and sensors
A new technique enables on-device training of machine-learning models on edge devices like microcontrollers, which…
‘Game-changing’ study offers a powerful computer-modeling approach to cell simulations
A milestone report proposes a new technique for modeling molecular life with computers. The advance…
Helping our heroes: Time-restricted eating improves health of firefighters
Scientists conducted a clinical trial and found that time-restricted eating improved measures of health and…
Combining time-restricted eating and HIIT improves health measures in women with obesity
Both time-restricted eating (TRE) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) have been shown to improve cardiometabolic…
Scientists chart how exercise affects the body
Researchers mapped out many of the cells, genes, and cellular pathways that are modified by…
Eating late increases hunger, decreases calories burned, and changes fat tissue
Obesity afflicts approximately 42 percent of the U.S. adult population and contributes to the onset…
Epic’s overhauled sepsis model, Verily’s close FDA ties, & AI for biopsies
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Keeping planes and wind turbines ice-free
Engineers have made a significant breakthrough in de-icing technology. New research examines a smart, hybrid…
Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered global tsunami that scoured seafloor thousands of miles from impact site
The miles-wide asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago wiped out nearly all the…
The US needs to prepare to introduce the novel oral polio vaccine
On 13 September 2022, the United States was added to a list compiled by the…
Patients with developmental disability at higher risk of preventable harm in hospitals, study finds
A study has found that people with developmental disability are up to three times more…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. Supreme Court asks solicitor general for views on ‘skinny label’ case; Express Scripts and Kroger are mired in dispute
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
What does “work” mean in the case of antidepressants?
For many people who think that depression is caused by low serotonin, an antidepressant “working”…
Lung cancer: NHS campaign aims to inflate numbers of early diagnoses
bmj;379/oct04_5/o2383/FAF1faDavid Poultney @In-Press Photography LtdThis giant pair of inflatable lungs is the centrepiece of a…
Association between initiation of fluoroquinolones and hospital admission or emergency department visit for suicidality: population based cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the association between initiation of fluoroquinolones and hospital admission or emergency department visit…
How to improve discussions about osteoarthritis in primary care
The studyVennik J, Hughes S, Smith KA, et al. Patient and practitioner priorities and concerns…
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Helen Salisbury: Being a GP in an unequal society
This week I learnt that England has the second highest income inequality in Europe, and…
Why I . . . play table tennis
It was the long hot summer of 1976 when Bryan Rhodes’ friend asked him to…
Junior doctors vote to ballot for industrial action
The BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee has voted to go to a ballot on industrial action…
Junior doctors’ pay: the dispute and what the future holds
On Saturday 1 October the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee voted to go to a ballot…
Do Vegans Outlive Non-Vegetarians? Here’s What Studies Have To Say
Veganism is the form of diet wherein people abstain from any animal products or by-products….
Opinion: Messaging — the unrecognized coefficient in pandemic control — matters
A little over a century ago, scientists working in laboratories discovered that microbes were the…
STAT+: CAR-T therapy doesn’t work in all cancer cases. Scientists are starting to figure out why
When CAR-T therapy works against blood cancer, it can work spectacularly, but cancer still returns…
STAT+: At Verily, a growing line of business builds on a revolving door to the FDA
After years spent building a seemingly slapdash set of medical initiatives, Verily seems to have…
Judge rebukes expert witness in injured baby case for series of failings
A leading neuroradiologist who was an expert witness in an injured baby case has been…
Labour pains left behind by a united and confident party conference
Labour Party conferences have been factional and unsettled affairs for some years. Health campaigning in…
Why it is important to discuss what antidepressants do
Kendrick and Collinson suggest that we overstepped the data in discussion of the relevance of…
Sixty seconds on . . . the “twindemic”
An epidemic of twins?Although the rate of multiple births in the UK has been rising…
Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with reduced lung function during childhood – News-Medical.Net
Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with reduced lung function during childhood News-Medical.Net Study links prenatal phthalate exposure…