Co-design of new post-covid oncology rehabilitation services offers a model for the future
Justin Roe and Grainne Brady, on behalf of the therapies experience based co-design teamThe therapies…
Year: 2022
STAT+: Pharmalittle: PhRMA trade group is losing its edge; Eisai CEO tries to silence critics of Alzheimer’s drug
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? Gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus…
Forensic examiner who failed to examine alleged rape victims is struck off
A former forensic medical examiner who was suspended in 2018 for failing to examine two…
Diphtheria: Home Office ignored offer of help to manage migrant centre outbreak, say public health leaders
The diphtheria outbreak linked to the Manston migrant processing centre in Kent “could and should…
Sri Lanka’s health crisis
Sri Lanka is facing a severe political and economic crisis, and the health system is…
Rammya Mathew: The NHS and its staff are being set up to fail
When I chose to become a doctor all those years ago, I never imagined that…
Primary care in Spain: underfunded, understaffed, and neglected
Spain’s covid-19 pandemic put intensive care units1 and nursing homes2 in the spotlight. But during…
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Challenging prejudice: the chief medical officer and consultant psychiatrist
“People find it very hard to accept that there is structural or institutional racism—and even…
Helen Salisbury: Looking into the abyss
Just at the moment, our GP surgery is in the happy position of having enough…
Scottish footballers are advised to limit heading the ball over brain injury fears
Scottish football has introduced some of the most stringent guidelines in the world limiting the…
Opinion: Rushing into the World Bank’s Pandemic Fund is a bad idea
The World Bank has rolled out a new Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness,…
Resistance to FDA’s opioid-disposal plan raises concerns about CADCA, a powerful advocacy group
At its surface, it seems like a simple problem with a simple solution. Across the…
STAT+: PhRMA, once invincible in Washington, has lost its edge
WASHINGTON — PhRMA has a reputation in Washington for might, for money, for scorched-earth tactics,…
8 Glasses Of Water A Day Myth Or Truth? Here’s The Right Answer
Water turnover was seen the most between ages 20 and 30 in men and women…
Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Risk Of Premature Death
“The take-home message here is simple – the key is in the prevention. It is…
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How Alarming Is This Year’s Flu Season?
As flu activity climbs higher, more pediatric deaths are anticipated. Read Original Article: How Alarming…
A new UN podcast: amplifyHER
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CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs lands $4 million grant to improve prenatal care in 11 counties – talkbusiness.net
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs lands $4 million grant to improve prenatal care in 11…
New research helps to better understand the risks associated with prenatal Zika virus infections – News-Medical.Net
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What an MRI Study Reveals About Low Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Fetal Brain Structure – Diagnostic Imaging
What an MRI Study Reveals About Low Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Fetal Brain Structure Diagnostic…
A Platform For Preventing Pregnancy And Childbirth Complications In Sub-Saharan Africa – Forbes
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News in Brief 28 November 2022
– WHO recommends adopting ‘mpox’ for monkeypox – ‘Critical opportunity’ to strengthen Biological Weapons Convention …
Non-detection of key signal allows astronomers to determine what the first galaxies were — and weren’t — like
Researchers have been able to make some key determinations about the first galaxies to exist,…
Adventurous bird personalities can help population cope with climate change
The areas in the Wadden Sea where red knots, plump migratory birds, spend the winter…
Green means GO! Ultra-violet means STOP!
A research group has revealed a new system that allows them to control the behavior…
Ancient superpredator got big by front-loading its growth in its youth
Whatcheeria, a six-foot-long salamander-like creature that lived 340 million years ago, was the T. rex…
Astrophysicists hunt for second-closest supermassive black hole
As massive as the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, the behemoth…
Earth’s many new lakes
The number of lakes on our planet has increased substantially in recent decades, according to…
Chemotherapy could increase disease susceptibility in future generations
A common chemotherapy drug could carry a toxic inheritance for children and grandchildren of adolescent…
Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments
African large carnivores have undergone significant range and population declines over recent decades. Although conservation…
Three years of flatlined progress on HIV treatment and prevention affect 2.7 million youth
Some 110,00 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children’s…
WHO recommends new name for monkeypox
Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday,…
STAT+: mRNA startup Strand Therapeutics raises millions to test targeted cancer therapies
When Jacob Becraft addressed a bustling party of a hundred-plus employees, friends, and investors at…
STAT+: ‘Skinny labels’ on biosimilar medicines saved Medicare $1.5 billion over a recent five-year period
A hotly contested provision of a federal law designed to speed copycat drugs to market…
STAT+: The secret to longer, healthier life? Ambitious new trial focuses on ‘super agers’ and seeks thousands of families.
Dr. Thomas Perls has for decades studied so-called super agers, people who live deep into their 90s…
China eases Covid rules after wide protests of lockdowns
BEIJING — Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe “zero Covid” strategy…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Second clinical trial death may be linked to Eisai-Biogen Alzheimer’s drug; pharma presses the U.K. over ‘out of control’ levy
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Opinion: Anti-amyloid drugs and the mystery of treatment-associated brain shrinkage
Eisai’s announcement that lecanemab, its antibody drug for Alzheimer’s disease that targets the buildup of…
Ministers plan to replicate vaccine task force for cancer, obesity, mental health, and addiction
The UK government has pledged to replicate the blueprint it used for its covid vaccine…
STAT+: Axsome drug reduces agitation in Alzheimer’s patients, data show
A drug developed by Axsome Therapeutics significantly reduced a common side effect of Alzheimer’s disease…
WHO to phase out the name ‘monkeypox’ for ‘mpox’
The World Health Organization said Monday it will phase out the name of the disease…
Advances in diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer
AbstractTesticular cancer is a curable cancer. The success of physicians in curing the disease is…
Retracted papers originating from paper mills: cross sectional study
AbstractObjectivesTo describe retracted papers originating from paper mills, including their characteristics, visibility, and impact over…
NICE’s new methods: putting innovation first, but at what cost?
Deciding when a new drug merits funding and when it does not—often to the displeasure…
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Health and social services staff missed chances to protect murdered 5 year old from dangers at home
A 5 year old child who was murdered by his mother and her partner and…
STAT+: Former Merck CEO: Democracy and the drug industry are both in danger
Ken Frazier, the former chief executive of Merck, has been the preeminent pharmaceutical CEO of…
Looking For A Mental Health-Friendly Activity? Try Fishing
Researchers found “significantly fewer” people who participated in recreational fishing had anxiety disorder, attempted suicide…
Opinion: Minimizing administrative harm: a key step to improving health care
Late on a Friday, I sit reviewing some of my patients’ old medical records instead…
Lessons from a thriving physical therapist to a younger self just learning about multiple sclerosis
“Living With” explores the contours of life with chronic illness, from the prelude to diagnosis…