Solving the disappearance of bears and lions with ancient DNA
Researchers suggest a change in climate is the likely cause of the mysterious disappearance of…
Year: 2022
Revitalizing batteries by bringing ‘dead’ lithium back to life
Scientists brought islands of “dead” lithium back to life by making them creep worms to…
70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron: WHO
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health…
Researchers reveal scale of prevalence of a condition that can cause type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure
Scientists are calling for changes to healthcare policy following research which has shown for the…
Opinion: Opioid overdoses are killing Americans. Improving access to methadone can save lives
The United States recently reached a grim milestone: 100,000 overdose deaths in one year. This…
New light shed on potentially damaging effects of standard heart attack treatment
A new study is challenging standard treatment methods used to prevent muscle damage during heart…
Climate change, invasive species drive native trout declines
Researchers have found that climate change drives native trout declines by reducing stream habitat and…
Inverted order: The direction of your DNA may be as important as which parent it came from
Researchers generated mice with a specific DNA sequence inverted to determine if orientation affects expression…
Covid-19: NHS trusts declare “critical incidents” because of staff shortages
A number of NHS trusts in England have declared “critical incidents” because of staff absences…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma raises median drug prices by 4.9%, so far; Covid forces some lawmakers to ponder pharma gifts
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Clear skies and…
Holmes convicted of fraud at Theranos & new FDA signposts for digital research tools
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Helen Salisbury: New Year’s revolutions?
As the season turns and the days begin to lengthen, it is traditional to look…
Matt Morgan: Your 1800 weeks of work
As another year ticks silently into the next, along with the resolutions broken, I reflect…
Effect of dexamethasone as an analgesic adjuvant to multimodal pain treatment after total knee arthroplasty: randomised clinical trial
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the effects of one and two doses of intravenous dexamethasone in patients after…
Why I . . . keep bees
“When I was a medical student I had an allotment and I started to keep…
Boosting healthier choices
The idea of using nudges to change behaviour, introduced by Thaler and Sunstein in 2008,1…
2022—the year of recovery?
Looking at the year ahead, incredible medical progress has been made over the past 12…
Covid-19 politics force state lawmakers to ponder pharma campaign cash
WASHINGTON — Ohio state Rep. Beth Liston had accepted campaign donations from Pfizer before, but…
Opinion: Confessions of a ‘human guinea pig’: Why I’m resigning from Moderna vaccine trials
In July 2020, I volunteered to be in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine trial. If I knew…
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STAT+: FDA’s vaccines and biologics chief talks Covid-19, 2022 priorities, and getting back to gene, cell therapy review
WASHINGTON — No part of the Food and Drug Administration has been challenged by the…
‘A black box’: Emergency medics remain locked out of electronic health records
A few years back, Travis Ogden’s ambulance crew raced to revive a 4-year-old who’d drowned,…
STAT+: Texas is trying to create the next research triangle for biotech. Will it work?
Do you live in a city vying to be the country’s next biotech hub? Get…
Can You Still Get The Vaccine After Testing Positive For COVID-19?
The CDC has updated its guidelines for people who have been exposed to the virus…
First Person: The entrepreneur helping Middle Eastern women enter the digital economy
Mona Ataya, a Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates, runs the largest online…
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Rare Diseases Is Wrong More Times Than Right: Report – The Daily Beast
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Rare Diseases Is Wrong More Times Than Right: Report The Daily Beast…
Go read this NYT investigation on the inaccuracy of prenatal blood tests – The Verge
Go read this NYT investigation on the inaccuracy of prenatal blood tests The Verge These Prenatal…
Is It Safe To Get the COVID-19 Booster Shot If You’re Pregnant? – Health Essentials from Cleveland Clinic
Is It Safe To Get the COVID-19 Booster Shot If You’re Pregnant? Health Essentials from Cleveland…
When should you get a COVID vaccine if you’re pregnant? Here’s what a study found – Miami Herald
When should you get a COVID vaccine if you’re pregnant? Here’s what a study found Miami…
Choline during pregnancy impacts children’s sustained attention – Science Daily
Choline during pregnancy impacts children’s sustained attention Science Daily Read Original Article: Choline during pregnancy impacts…
Readers respond: An argument for ‘pregnant people’ – OregonLive
Readers respond: An argument for ‘pregnant people’ OregonLive Read Original Article: Readers respond: An argument for…
How my pregnancy led to a life-changing diagnosis – BBC News
How my pregnancy led to a life-changing diagnosis BBC News Read Original Article: How my pregnancy…
Pregnancy Toothache: Causes, Treatment, Home Remedies – Verywell Health
Pregnancy Toothache: Causes, Treatment, Home Remedies Verywell Health Read Original Article: Pregnancy Toothache: Causes, Treatment, Home…
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Diet, activity reduce gestational weight gain, improve pregnancy outcomes – Healio
Diet, activity reduce gestational weight gain, improve pregnancy outcomes Healio Read Original Article: Diet, activity reduce…
Amy Slaton of ‘1000-lb Sisters’ Confirms Pregnancy Rumors – Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Amy Slaton of ‘1000-lb Sisters’ Confirms Pregnancy Rumors Showbiz Cheat Sheet Read Original Article: Amy Slaton…
7 Weeks Pregnant
At this time that you have settled into pregnancy, you may be wondering when you…
Jury finds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of fraud
Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO who promised to revolutionize medicine but whose company collapsed…
Bringing the sun into the lab
Why the sun’s corona reaches temperatures of several million degrees Celsius is one of the…
Lymphoma cell metabolism may provide new cancer target
Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical…
STAT+: Drug makers ring in the new year with 5% price hikes on hundreds of medicines
As 2022 gets under way, pharmaceutical companies have so far raised wholesale prices by a…
Choline during pregnancy impacts children’s sustained attention
Seven-year-old children performed better on a challenging task requiring sustained attention if their mothers consumed…
When mom talks, are infants with ASD listening?
Researchers pinpoint the regions of the brain and neural mechanisms responsible for normal or impaired…
Anthropologists study the energetics of uniquely human subsistence strategies
Among our closest living relatives — the great apes — we humans are unique: We…
STAT+: HHS appeals rulings over drug discount program just as AbbVie is latest to cut discounts
A heated clash over a U.S. government drug discount program has intensified after a federal…
COVID-19 patients have severely increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, and glutathione deficiency, study finds
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had significantly increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, and…
Self-healing nanomaterials usable in solar panels and other electronic devices
The field of self-repairing materials is rapidly expanding, and what used to be science fiction…
COVID-19 can trigger self-attacking antibodies
Infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 can trigger an immune response that lasts well…
FDA authorizes first Covid-19 booster shot for teens aged 12 to 15
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday extended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: New Covid-19 vaccine developers expect nothing in return; COVAX distribution falls short of goals
Good morning, everyone, and nice to see you again after a long break. For those…
Opinion: Will the Biden administration use ‘march-in’ to protect prostate cancer patients from excessive drug prices?
Astellas Pharma, a drug company headquartered in Japan, is charging U.S. patients $156,000 a year…
What racism in medicine takes from us
During my freshman year of college, Cornel West, the renowned philosopher, had been invited to…