News in Brief 7 October 2022
Human Rights Council appoints top rights investigator on Russia Aid relief reaches reclaimed towns and…
Year: 2022
PODCAST: Time to take out the space trash
It’s World Space Week, a UN event celebrating the contributions of space science and technology…
Awake patients can have kidney stones moved, blasted
A new technique which combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may offer an option…
Critical information about the size and growth speed of gliomas
An important new clue for preventing and treating brain tumors known as gliomas has been…
To boost rural vaccination rates, health officials head for NASCAR
WASHINGTON — The federal government, which has long struggled to increase Covid-19 vaccinations in rural…
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Climate change made the 2022 summer droughts more likely
High temperatures, fuelled by climate change, dried out soils across Europe and the Northern Hemisphere…
STAT+: Merck’s Covid-19 pill was no better than placebo in lowering the risk of hospitalization
A Merck pill used to combat Covid-19 failed to demonstrate it can lower the risk…
Age vs. genetics: Which is more important for determining how we age?
Our genetics, the environment and our age all play important roles in our health, but…
STAT+: Medicare Advantage quality ratings plunge as government resets to pre-pandemic standards
Federal officials significantly reduced the quality scores of next year’s Medicare Advantage plans, a move…
Burkina Faso: UN rights office calls for probe into coup-related deaths and injuries
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has called for investigations into deaths and injuries resulting…
Novel navigation strategies for microscopic swimmers
Autonomous optimal navigation of microswimmers is in fact possible, as researchers have recently shown. In…
How the mother’s mood influences her baby’s ability to speak
Communicating with babies in infant-directed-speech is considered an essential prerequisite for successful language development of…
Optical foundations illuminated by quantum light
Despite being considered well established, the physics of optical waves have some fundamental aspects, which…
Microbial enzymes are the key to pectin digestion in leaf beetles
A research team shows in a new study how leaf beetles could successfully use new…
New field of research: Crystal traces in fossil leaves
In fossil leaves, puzzling structures are often visible under the microscope. Researchers have now been…
3D map reveals DNA organization within human retina cells
Researchers mapped the organization of human retinal cell chromatin, the fibers that package 3 billion…
Sixty seconds on . . . sponge parks
Is that Spongebob’s cousin?Actually, we’re talking about something a lot more porous than the underwater…
Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit
Authorities in Egypt must ensure civil society can safely and fully participate in the COP27…
Nobel Peace Prize winners shine spotlight on ‘the power of civil society to promote peace’
The human rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus who have been awarded this year’s…
Green hydrogen: Faster progress with modern X-ray sources
In order to produce green hydrogen, water can be split up via electrocatalysis, powered by…
Daylight hours impact opioid receptor levels in brown fat
Researchers have observed that the length of daylight hours impacts opioid receptor levels in brown…
Widespread metabolic dysregulation in different organs in type 2 diabetes
Using state of the art techniques, researchers have shown that the metabolism in patients with…
Global warming at least doubled the probability of extreme ocean warming around Japan
A new study has revealed that global warming has at least doubled the occurrence probability…
Similarities in movie review content by critics and general users impact movie sales, study shows
By analyzing movie reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, a film and TV review website, new research…
The Secret of Swing: Downbeat delays
Jazz must swing — jazz musicians agree on that. However, even 100 years after the…
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High levels of methane in the Nord Stream leak area
Researchers have detected methane levels that were up to 1,000 times higher than normal in…
How cattle ranchers in Brazil cope with weather shocks
Agricultural producers around the world must adapt to changing weather patterns. Much research has focused…
Detecting Alzheimer’s disease from blood samples
Researchers have developed a method to detect build-up of amyloid beta in the brain, a…
Cosmic rays used to track and visualize tropical cyclones offer new perspectives
High-energy muon particles created in the atmosphere have allowed researchers to explore the structures of…
Michael Sanders: neuro-ophthalmologist who diagnosed Jane Austen’s cause of death
bmj;379/oct07_9/o2412/FAF1faBorn in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, where his parents ran a tea plantation, Michael David…
Ebola: Uganda battles fresh epidemic as infections threaten to spread
Ugandan health authorities are setting up emergency response teams, isolation centres, and treatment tents in…
STAT+: Biogen CEO search focuses on scientists, with former J&J exec as a leading candidate
A senior researcher who was most recently at Johnson & Johnson has emerged as a…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Medicare can still penalize drugmakers for hiking prices to privately insured patients; FDA explains push to withdraw premature-birth drug
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Doctor who plagiarised medical education theses is suspended for six months
A doctor who plagiarised two other doctors’ theses when submitting his own thesis for a…
Covid-19: Don’t let economic crisis distract from preparing for a future pandemic, conference hears
Most countries haven’t learnt all the lessons of the covid pandemic and need to take…
Concerning Chemicals In Cosmetics, Skin Care Products To Watch Out For
While there’s nothing wrong with using products to keep our skin hydrated and fresh, people…
More Than 2.5 Million U.S. Teens Vaped In 2022, A ‘Concerning’ Health Risk, Officials Say
One in four of those students said they used e-cigarettes daily, according to a national…
Learning networks in the pandemic: mobilising evidence for improvement
Key messagesThe paucity of evidence during the early phase of the pandemic provided an opportunity…
Acute infections in people who inject drugs
What you need to knowHave a low threshold for imaging with computed tomography (CT) angiography,…
Tobacco control, climate change, public health, primary care—the name of the game is “conflict of interest”
Although the involvement of big companies in dictating the terms of tobacco control and responses…
A good death
It is uncanny how timely the piece about death as the great leveller is, considering…
It makes no sense for Therese Coffey to continue to vote against measures to prevent climate change
I found this analysis of the position of the new health secretary Thérèse Coffey informative,1…
Opinion: Certified nursing assistants do important work. They deserve to be paid a living wage for it
In mid-April 2020, as Covid-19 shutdowns and lockdowns were being put in place across the…
Opinion: FDA’s plan to define “healthy” for food packaging: Better than the existing labeling anarchy, but do we really need it?
The FDA has announced the set of rules it proposes to enforce for manufacturers to…
Another potential roadblock to wider telemedicine abortion: state medical boards
In the post-Roe landscape, advocates for abortion rights are pinning hopes on telehealth as one…
STAT+: Health plans say texting could help reach underserved patients. But a federal rule is getting in their way
Health plans trying to reach low-income and underserved customers say they’re being stymied by a…
Researchers working to uncover consequences of prenatal cannabis exposure – Medical Xpress
Researchers working to uncover consequences of prenatal cannabis exposure Medical Xpress Rat study shows prenatal exposure…
Global Non Invasive Prenatal Testing Market Report (2022 to 2030) – Asia-Pacific is Expected to Exhibit the Highest CAGR Over the Forecast Period – ResearchAndMarkets.com – Business Wire
Global Non Invasive Prenatal Testing Market Report (2022 to 2030) – Asia-Pacific is Expected to…
Pregnancy Services of Delta County launches its capital campaign – WLUC
Pregnancy Services of Delta County launches its capital campaign WLUC Read Original Article: Pregnancy Services of…
News in Brief 6 October 2022
Horrific Thailand shooting prompts swift condemnation: UNICEF Suicide prevention campaign launches in Africa Ecuador: Torture prevention…