Junior doctors are cutting back on food and heating amid cost of living crisis, BMA poll finds
The effects of the cost of living crisis in the UK have been brought into…
Month: December 2022
Why scientists must learn to listen: five minutes with . . . Roula Inglesi-Lotz
“Gone are the times that the scientist would sit in ‘his’ lab and produce knowledge…
STAT+: Kite to buy Tmunity Therapeutics, Carl June’s troubled CAR-T startup
Kite Pharma, Gilead’s cell therapy subsidiary, said on Tuesday it would buy Tmunity, a biotech…
Government wants to blame NHS’s problems on strikes, says Labour
The shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said he can’t understand how the government allowed…
Doctors in Rome stage protest in defence of Italy’s health service
Unions representing Italian doctors and health managers staged a protest in Rome last week which…
On the 12th Day of Christmas, a Statistician Sent to Me . . .
The weeks leading up to Christmas are a magical time for medical research. The impending…
Effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines in adolescents and children
Although children and adolescents generally have a milder form of covid-19 than adults, some young…
Digital disparities among healthcare workers in typing speed between generations, genders, and medical specialties: cross sectional study
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the typing skills of healthcare professionals.DesignCross sectional study.SettingTwo large tertiary medical centres in…
The gift that won’t keep on giving: ban coal as punishment at Christmas
Once linked to energy security and considered a welcome gift for keeping warm over the…
Low-Carb Or Low-Fat? This Diet Controls Weight Loss And Diabetes, Study Finds
The study is all the more important given that more than 480 million people globally…
Opinion: Reducing the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases starts with kids
Americans have been warned — again — about lax attention to routine vaccinations. This time…
Amid dire maternal mortality rates, Congress falls short on Medicaid postpartum care
Last week, the state of Texas issued a long-awaited report that found at least 118…
‘One needs to feel safe’: Racism can put sleep — and its health benefits — out of reach
Lots of people struggle to get enough sleep — and the responsibility for fixing the…
STAT+: The list of the worst biopharma CEOs of 2022: No ‘winner,’ just accountability
I enjoy thinking about and writing the Worst CEOs of Biopharma column every year. It’s…
Flu Activity Starts Slowing Down In Some Parts Of US: CDC
CDC’s latest data showed the first signs of the flu season slowing in some parts…
New theory on timing for human settlement of some parts of tropical Pacific
Spread across vast distances, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean are thought to have…
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PODCAST: Seeking Peace episode 1
This week, The Lid Is On has partnered with the UN Department of Peace Operations,…
Do polar bear paws hold the secret to better tire traction?
Traction is important. Humans have been continually interested in discovering how to better move across…
Serotonin 2C receptor associated with obesity and maladaptive behavior
A collaborative study reveals a new gene associated with obesity and maladaptive behavior. The evidence…
Disparities in prenatal care linked to citizenship status and … – Contemporary Obgyn
Disparities in prenatal care linked to citizenship status and … Contemporary Obgyn Read Original Article: Disparities…
Benzodiazepine Prenatal Exposure No Risk for Autism Spectrum … – Psychiatry Advisor
Benzodiazepine Prenatal Exposure No Risk for Autism Spectrum … Psychiatry Advisor Read Original Article: Benzodiazepine Prenatal…
HGTV star Erin Napier says she’s ‘not expecting’: ‘It is weird and a bit rude to constantly speculate if a woman is pregnant’ – Yahoo Life
HGTV star Erin Napier says she’s ‘not expecting’: ‘It is weird and a bit rude…
News in Brief will be back in 2023
The holiday season is upon us, and UN News will be taking a break from…
Pharma wins changes in bill regarding FDA’s accelerated approval
A bill that makes it easier for the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw drugs…
UN rights experts condemn attacks in UK on trafficking victims’ credibility
Demonising victims of trafficking and modern slavery, turns the public against them and legal methods…
STAT+: Audit of FDA’s tobacco oversight underscores agency’s struggle to regulate the booming vaping market
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products is lacking clear goals…
STAT+: Gilead, Arcus anti-TIGIT drug reduces risk of lung cancer progression in mid-stage study
Gilead Sciences and Arcus Biosciences said Monday that an experimental cancer immunotherapy directed against a…
Learning from habitat ‘haves’ to help save a threatened rattlesnake
Comparing the genetics and relocation patterns of habitat ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ among two populations of…
Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises
Engineers compare wastewater ‘snapshots’ to daylong composite samples and find snapshots lead to bias in…
What triggers flow fluctuations in heavy-ion collision debris?
Scientists have published a comprehensive analysis aimed at determining which factors most influence fluctuations in…
Measuring gamma-ray bursts’ hidden energy unearths clues to the evolution of the universe
When stars die out, they emit gamma-ray bursts. Although scientist can calculate the explosion energy…
Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study
Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving…
New winged robot can land like a bird
Researchers have developed a method that allows a flapping-wing robot to land autonomously on a…
Electrocardiogaffe
Because a physician has possessed himself of an electrocardiograph, a polygraph, an x-ray machine, a…
Scottish gender recognition reform may have unintended harms for health and healthcare
The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which allows people to be “legally recognised in their…
Congress reaches major health policy deal on Medicare, Medicaid, and pandemic preparedness
WASHINGTON — Leaders in Congress have reached a sweeping deal to ease Medicare pay cuts to…
Nonsense in global health
KEY MESSAGESSpin, hyperbole, meaningless buzzwords, and technocratic jargon have become increasingly common in global health…
Misspelling of antimicrobials by healthcare professionals
Although electronic health records have widely reduced medication errors, and computerised hospital orders are an…
STAT+: Rare form of severe childhood obesity is linked to a single genetic mutation
Since infancy, she showed a constant desire for food. Throughout childhood, she was continually hungry…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA adds Lilly diabetes drugs to shortage list; WTO delays decision on extending Covid IP waiver
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Medical regulation must be compassionate, supportive, and fair—how can we make this a reality?
Like doctors across the country, I felt a profound disquiet over the case of Manjula…
Study finds no sign that gap in medical training attainment by ethnicity is shrinking
Trainee doctors from some ethnic backgrounds are continuing to experience differential attainment in undergraduate medical…
STAT+: Madrigal experimental drug delivers strong results in fatty liver disease known as NASH
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals said Monday that its experimental treatment for fatty liver disease improved liver biopsies…
Brexit has worsened shortages of specialist doctors, says think tank
Brexit shut off the “relief valve” of immigration from the European Union, worsening workforce shortages…
Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease
The detailed results of a phase 3 randomised controlled trial of lecanemab,1 the latest monoclonal…
Additional testing of blood samples: reflective versus reflex
Silverstein and colleagues discuss the excess of blood tests performed on hospital inpatients and strategies…
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‘Cradle To Grave’: Genome Sequencing Of 100,000 Newborns To Identify Genetic Diseases At Birth
DNA sequences of the babies will be stored to correlate or find a connection to adult-onset diseases…
STAT+: Even with gene therapy on the horizon, drugmakers join hunt for new sickle cell drugs
Next year, two curative gene therapies could be approved for sickle cell disease. Yet drugmakers…
Opinion: Lawmakers should act on the evidence and expand access to dental therapists
Northern Maine and southern California don’t seem to have a lot in common — until…
STAT+: Here are the finalists for best biopharma CEO of 2022. And a winner
It’s that time of the year again when we at STAT recognize the Best Biopharma…