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Assisted deaths: Quebec passes Netherlands to lead world in number per capita
Quebec is now the jurisdiction with the highest proportion of people choosing medical assistance in…
Month: December 2022
Nurses’ strike: Government must act to avoid “stalemate for foreseeable future”
Up to 100 000 nursing staff across the UK walked out in the first of…
Doctors on film
Doctors have been the heroes of action films, disaster movies, and thrillers—think Harrison Ford in…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: AbbVie leaves pharma industry trade groups; net drug prices see big drop after inflation
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
She-Hulk: an incredible case of transfusion associated graft versus host disease
Transfusion associated graft versus host disease (TaGVHD) is a rare complication of blood transfusion in…
Protecting children from harms of vaping
The international popularity of vaping products has grown rapidly over the past decade,1 and e-cigarettes…
Fetal monitoring in labour: summary and update of NICE guidance
What you need to knowThe new guideline on fetal monitoring emphasises that women are the…
I tried to survive as a Doctor in The Sims 4
When the world first went into national lockdowns during the covid-19 pandemic, I, like many,…
Strep A: Pharmacists can supply alternative penicillin, in light of shortages
The government has issued protocols to allow pharmacists to dispense alternative penicillin for treating scarlet…
Intermittent Fasting Leads To Type 2 Diabetes Remission, Study Finds
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 37 million…
Opinion: The art of the ‘deceased note’: A physician grapples with documenting patients’ final moments
My grandmother died in the hospital, alone, the day after she was “found down” at…
No one’s quite sure how to fix pulse oximeters. The FDA asked this lab to find answers
SAN FRANCISCO — The discovery that fingertip oxygen-measuring devices might contribute to health disparities because…
She Went Undercover to a Crisis Pregnancy Center. They Told Her Abortion Is Reversible. – Yahoo News
She Went Undercover to a Crisis Pregnancy Center. They Told Her Abortion Is Reversible. Yahoo News…
Pregnant Kate Chastain Says She Will Raise Her Baby ‘Solo’: ‘I’m Happy to Do It Alone’ – PEOPLE
Pregnant Kate Chastain Says She Will Raise Her Baby ‘Solo’: ‘I’m Happy to Do It…
Texas data on pregnancy-related deaths released after delay – KXAN.com
Texas data on pregnancy-related deaths released after delay KXAN.com Read Original Article: Texas data on pregnancy-related…
News in Brief 15 December 2022
UN emergency relief chief ends Ukraine visit pledging solidarity Ukraine: Human Rights Council hears of summary…
STAT+: Guardant Health trial of colon cancer liquid biopsy test disappoints observers
Bay Area biotech Guardant Health on Thursday announced results from a massive trial of its…
Marsquake!
The quake lasted four hours and identified layering in the crust that could indicate a…
When using virtual reality as a teaching tool, context and ‘feeling real’ matter
Psychologists had people learn words from two phonetically similar languages in virtual reality environments. Those…
Wood-eating clams use their feces to dominate their habitat
Researchers didn’t know what to make of sunken pieces of wood that were so thoroughly…
Christmas-colored droplets hint at solutions for fog harvesting
When droplets glide along a specially engineered wire, they gain speed as they coalesce. When…
Dynamical fractal discovered in clean magnetic crystal
Researchers have uncovered an altogether new type of fractal appearing in a class of magnets…
Imaging gases in rainbow colors
Scientists have designed and fabricated a simple device capable of imaging a gas injected into…
Medical terminology can be confusing for patients
Researchers found there is often a disconnect between the medical language used by doctors and…
New support for a serotonin deficit in depression
Since the 1960s, researchers have postulated that major depression stems from disruptions in the serotonin…
Strep A kills three more children as UK activates alternative medicines plan – The Guardian
Strep A kills three more children as UK activates alternative medicines plan The Guardian Read Original…
Strep A: Three more children die as pharmacists told they can supply alternative penicillin – Yahoo News UK
Strep A: Three more children die as pharmacists told they can supply alternative penicillin Yahoo News…
Strep A child deaths rise to 19 as pharmacists told they can … – iNews
Strep A child deaths rise to 19 as pharmacists told they can … iNews Read Original…
How Long Does It Take to Lower Cholesterol?
Having healthy levels of cholesterol to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke is…
How to Sit With Low Back Pain
According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), almost everyone will experience low back…
UN rights chief reports on intensified ‘climate of oppression’ in Nicaragua
The “climate of oppression” in Nicaragua has only intensified in recent months, UN High Commissioner…
STAT+: Drugmakers ask regulators to change standards on new Covid antibody drugs for most vulnerable
Biotech executives and a handful of academics pleaded with U.S. and European regulators on Thursday…
STAT+: Biden administration takes aim at Medicare Advantage care denials, misleading ads
The Biden administration has unveiled its plan for attacking people’s chief concerns about privatized Medicare…
Listen: Leaky health data, ASH22, & what it takes to get booed by your peers
Why do billionaires get booed? How does Facebook end up with sensitive health data? And…
STAT+: AbbVie exits major pharmaceutical industry lobbying groups
WASHINGTON — The maker of one of the world’s most profitable medicines is exiting the…
We mustn’t accept long ambulance delays and errors as the new normal in the NHS
Barely a week goes by without headlines about spiralling wait times for NHS ambulatory or…
Rights experts urge UK to redraft controversial Northern Ireland bill
The United Kingdom should rewrite proposed legislation covering the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, known…
STAT+: Amid criticism over unaffordable insulin, Lilly strikes a manufacturing deal to supply Africa
In a bid to widen access to insulin in primarily low-income nations in Africa, Eli…
Whales could be a valuable carbon sink, say scientists
Nature-based solutions to fight climate change take a holistic approach that promotes biodiversity and ecosystem…
Harmful fungal toxins in wheat: a growing threat
Wheat — the most widely cultivated crop in the world — is under growing attack…
Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water
Astronomers have found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are ‘water worlds,’…
Exquisite views of distant galaxies
For decades, the Hubble Space Telescope provided us with the most spectacular images of galaxies….
Machine learning reveals how black holes grow
Black holes are surrounded by an invisible layer that swallows every bit of evidence about…
New robot does ‘the worm’ when temperature changes
A new gelatinous robot that crawls, powered by nothing more than temperature change and clever…
Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS
Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other…
The NHS’s forgotten workforce—a historical essay by Jennifer Crane
Porters, cleaners, receptionists, chefs, laundry workers, and other ancillary staff have represented a huge proportion…
From health systems to systems for health: much more than semantics
There’s something in the air. Ministries of health in the Bahamas, Barbados, and Botswana have…
Science, Cell issue notices of concern on challenged papers co-authored by Stanford president
The leading journals Science and Cell on Thursday issued “expressions of concern” on papers co-authored…
Health officials revise BMI tool to track severe obesity in kids
U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity…
Arora case: Review recommendations must be implemented swiftly, says chair
An interim report by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) on…