Astronomers find distant gas clouds with leftovers of the first stars
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints…
Month: May 2023
Sleep phase can reduce anxiety in people with PTSD
A new study shows that sleep spindles, brief bursts of brain activity occurring during one…
‘Gluing’ soft materials without glue
If you’re a fan of arts and crafts, you’re likely familiar with the messy, sticky,…
A novel stem cell adhesive using mussels
A team of researchers develops stem cell adhesive for arthritis treatment using mussel adhesion protein…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug slowed cognitive decline; most EU countries back plan to push production of key drugs
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
STAT+: Immunogen ovarian cancer drug shown to extend patients’ lives
A drug approved in November as the first new treatment for advanced ovarian cancer in…
Tribunal told to think again after allowing doctor who wrote prescriptions without seeing patients to continue practising
A High Court judge has quashed a tribunal’s decision to allow a doctor who wrote…
STAT+: In early glimpse at data, Akili’s video game shows positive results with adults with ADHD
Akili Interactive on Wednesday revealed earlier-than-expected top-line clinical trial results suggesting its video game treatment…
NHS Staff Council accepts pay offer, but Royal College of Nursing and Unite vow to continue action
NHS staff on the Agenda for Change contract will receive their pay increase this summer,…
STAT+: Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s therapy slowed patients’ rate of cognitive decline, data show
A new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease developed by Eli Lilly slowed patients’ rate of cognitive…
“The Big One”—Healthcare staff ȷoin four days of climate action
bmj;381/may03_7/p984/FAF1faAmer Ghazzal/AlamyAn activist from Extinction Rebellion dons a bee costume on 22 April, the second…
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Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis: checklist for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (TRIPOD-SRMA)
Clinical prediction models are used to predict health related outcomes in individual patients.12 These models…
What are the latest covid drugs and treatments?
What are the best treatments for covid-19?Written in cooperation with the World Health Organization, The…
Bony lesions after anterior shoulder dislocation
A woman in her 60s experienced severe right shoulder pain and restricted shoulder motion after…
A cornea consumed
This is peripheral ulcerative keratitis in a man in his 60s who presented with a…
Hearing aids, cognitive decline . . . and other stories
Recovery from mild cognitive impairmentLast year, a longitudinal study of ageing reported that the condition…
Opinion: Listen: Two medical residents debate their hospital’s unionization drive
In training to become a physician, medical residency can be a grueling period. Residents and…
RJ Reynolds is threatening to sue vape shops for selling flavored vapes
WASHINGTON – The tobacco giant RJ Reynolds is threatening to sue small vape shops if…
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STAT+: Biden’s pick to lead NIH stares down an increasingly political litany of questions
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s presumed pick to lead the National Institutes of Health, Monica Bertagnolli,…
Opinion: The Global North can’t solve its health care worker shortage by stealing from the Global South
The U.S. is facing unprecedented health care labor shortages and related cost pressures. In the U.K., the…
STAT+: The CEO of 23andMe says people are willing to share health data — if ‘treated like adults’
When it comes to personal health information, many people are actually willing to share their…
Association of quality of prenatal care with contraceptive planning in … – BioMed Central
Association of quality of prenatal care with contraceptive planning in … BioMed Central Read Original Article:…
Serena Williams Pregnant, Expecting Baby 2 with Alexis Ohanian – PEOPLE
Serena Williams Pregnant, Expecting Baby 2 with Alexis Ohanian PEOPLE Serena Williams: Tennis legend reveals second…
UN supporting young Sudanese women, amid mounting threats
UN Women is giving financial and technical support to young Sudanese who are leveraging the…
Social media and AI: Friends or foes of press freedom?
Social media has long been a boon to press freedom, allowing journalists from all over…
News in Brief 2 May 2023
Afghanistan: UN will continue to use convening power, ‘put Afghan people first’: UN chief Sudan…
Imprisoned Iranian women journalists receive UN press freedom prize
Three imprisoned Iranian women journalists – whose reporting helped spark the revolution surrounding the death…
Freedom of the press under attack worldwide
Disinformation, hate speech and deadly attacks against journalists are threatening freedom of the press worldwide,…
New RNA-seq, metabolomics protocol offers more efficient extraction that maintains data integrity
Scientists have developed a new extraction protocol for RNA-seq and metabolomic analysis, offering a more…
World tour for model boat inspiring citizen science against environmental pollution
A model sailing boat which represents a key part of a project working to banish…
Wearable ultrasound patch provide non-invasive deep tissue monitoring
Engineers have developed a stretchable ultrasonic array capable of serial, non-invasive, three-dimensional imaging of tissues…
‘Raw’ data show AI signals mirror how the brain listens and learns
New research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) systems can process signals in a way that…
Fragile gains on reducing child marriage, under threat from ‘polycrisis’: UNICEF
The practice of child marriage has continued to decline globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
Researchers Make Ionocytes, Mysterious Lung Cells, in a Dish – Harvard Medical School
Researchers Make Ionocytes, Mysterious Lung Cells, in a Dish Harvard Medical School Read Original Article: Researchers…
‘Golden’ fossils reveal origins of exceptional preservation
A recent study found that many of the fossils from Germany’s Posidonia shale do not…
Air pollution may increase risk of dementia, complicated by genetics
Researchers describe how exposure to ambient air pollution, such as car exhaust and power plant…
Deep neural network provides robust detection of disease biomarkers in real time
A lab has developed a deep neural network that improves the accuracy of their unique…
A touch-responsive fabric armband — for flexible keyboards, wearable sketchpads
It’s time to roll up your sleeves for the next advance in wearable technology —…
Health systems show first major signs of post-COVID-19 recovery
Health systems in most countries have started showing the first major signs of recovery three…
What would the Earth look like to an alien civilization located light years away?
What would the Earth look like to an alien civilization located light years away? A…
Could wearables capture well-being?
Applying machine learning models, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), to data collected passively from…
Behavior patterns of people who achieve clinically significant weight loss
A new study analyzing data on over 20,000 U.S. adults links a healthier diet and…
STAT+: Disagreements and digs upend an otherwise bipartisan hearing on PBM reform
WASHINGTON — The first Senate health committee markup under Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and ranking…
Fish thought to help reefs have feces that’s deadly to corals
Marine biologists found the feces of fish that were long thought to promote healthy reefs…
Wiggly proteins guard the genome
Dynamic network in the pores of the nuclear envelope blocks dangerous invaders. Read Original Article:…
Toys demonstrate how biological machines move
By connecting small self-propelling toys in a chain, researchers have found the key to studying…
Too much water can make whiskies taste the same
While adding a little water is popularly thought to ‘open up’ the flavor of whisky,…
Helen Salisbury: The NHS is not unsustainable
This week I visited two older patients of mine who recently had surgery for cancer….
Matt Morgan: Is medicine no longer a vocation?
Junior doctors in the UK have recently gone on strike simply in a bid to…
UK needs national mission to stop decline in health that mirrors climate action, says commission
The UK government should launch a national mission to improve people’s health and prosperity—mirroring society’s…