Autonomous products like robot vacuums make our lives easier. But do they deprive us of meaningful experiences?
‘Meaning of manual labor’ causes consumers to reject autonomous products. Read Original Article: Autonomous products…
Month: June 2023
Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief
Proposed legislation in New York state, in the northeast United States, could provide effective and…
Wegovy: Weight loss drug to be available from GPs in pilot scheme
GPs in England will be able to prescribe a weight loss drug to patients with…
Two GP partners are suspended after falsifying QOF data to try to save their practice
Two GP partners who falsified Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) data in patient records in…
Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert
Bangladesh must “immediately suspend” a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar,…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA commish calls U.S. drug prices ‘too high’; FDA staff says Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug has benefits
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way, although the smoky covering…
Seven days in medicine: 31 May to 6 June 2023
Covid-19WHO treaty is “being watered down”The World Health Organization’s new pandemic preparedness treaty is being…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—8 June 2023
How do DOs do?How important are qualifications in modern day healthcare? Regardless of how good…
Practical thematic analysis: a guide for multidisciplinary health services research teams engaging in qualitative analysis
Through qualitative methods, researchers can provide deep contextual understanding of real world issues, and generate…
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Folic acid: The case to rethink the UK’s food fortification plans
“The importance of folic acid has been known for some 30 years, enough time for…
Recurrent episodes of confusion, weakness, and unsteadiness
A woman in her 50s presented to her general practitioner with recurrent episodes of confusion,…
Considering tomorrow’s patients in today’s drug approvals
Responding to pressure from patients seeking access to promising new medicines,1 drug regulatory agencies have…
BMI is starting to plateau in rich Western countries. That doesn’t mean obesity is solved
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
Opinion: Why brain decoding is not mind reading — and why that matters
Recently, my colleagues and I published a study on decoding language from brain recordings made…
STAT+: After gene therapy deaths, Astellas brings in potentially safer treatment for muscle disorder
Astellas Pharma said Thursday it will license and develop a new gene therapy for a…
JAMA Publishes UAMS Study of Digital Health Visits for Prenatal … – UAMS News
JAMA Publishes UAMS Study of Digital Health Visits for Prenatal … UAMS News Read Original Article:…
Prenatal Genetics: The Hidden Key to Childhood Mental Health Risk? – SciTechDaily
Prenatal Genetics: The Hidden Key to Childhood Mental Health Risk? SciTechDaily Read Original Article: Prenatal Genetics:…
Prenatal COVID boosts protective power of breast milk – News-Medical.Net
Prenatal COVID boosts protective power of breast milk News-Medical.Net Read Original Article: Prenatal COVID boosts protective…
Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant – BBC
Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant BBC Read Original Article: Crocodile found to have made…
Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant in first known ‘virgin birth’ – Sky News
Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant in first known ‘virgin birth’ Sky News Read Original…
Zookeepers discover first ever ‘virgin birth’ as crocodile makes itself pregnant – 9News
Zookeepers discover first ever ‘virgin birth’ as crocodile makes itself pregnant 9News Read Original Article: Zookeepers…
Porn star Moriah Mills makes bombshell Zion Williamson claim after girlfriend’s pregnancy reveal – New York Post
Porn star Moriah Mills makes bombshell Zion Williamson claim after girlfriend’s pregnancy reveal New York Post…
Zion Williamson: Porn star alleges he ‘better pray I’m not pregnant’ – Daily Mail
Zion Williamson: Porn star alleges he ‘better pray I’m not pregnant’ Daily Mail Read Original Article:…
Pelicans: Zion Williamson’s baby mama’s questionable past – ClutchPoints
Pelicans: Zion Williamson’s baby mama’s questionable past ClutchPoints Read Original Article: Pelicans: Zion Williamson’s baby mama’s…
Popular beauty influencer in coma after suffering aneurysm rupture – GMA
Popular beauty influencer in coma after suffering aneurysm rupture GMA Read Original Article: Popular beauty influencer…
Al Pacino breaks silence on 29-year-old girlfriend Noor Alfallah’s pregnancy – Hindustan Times
Al Pacino breaks silence on 29-year-old girlfriend Noor Alfallah’s pregnancy Hindustan Times Al Pacino breaks silence…
News in Brief 7 June 2023
Ukraine: Lack of clean water, spread of disease major risks in Kakhovka dam disaster: IOM…
Kakhovka dam disaster: Humanitarians rush to assist victims
UN humanitarians are ramping up assistance in the aftermath of the Kakhovka dam disaster in…
The Canada wildfires are exposing the harmful effects — and health inequities — of air pollution
Wildfires blazing in and around Quebec are creating hazardous health conditions throughout North America. Over…
Reanimated hearts donated after death work just as well for transplants, study finds
A new method of heart transplantation that uses machines to reanimate donor hearts from people…
STAT+: Sen. Cassidy wants to put a stop to FDA delays in drug review process
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is looking into ways to speed up the Food…
STAT+: Democrats blast Biden administration over Alzheimer’s drug plans
WASHINGTON — Ahead of a major Food and Drug Administration meeting on a new Alzheimer’s…
How the public health lessons of Covid can help Americans protect themselves from wildfire smoke
An unusually early and ferocious outbreak of forest fires across Canada has sent unprecedented amounts…
CDC comes under fire for inadequate information about its Covid response
WASHINGTON – Republicans aren’t impressed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s reorganization plan,…
STAT+: ‘We don’t agree’ on drug pricing policy, FDA chief tells biotech leaders
BOSTON — The drug industry has spent the past year speaking against new mechanisms that…
STAT+: After missing vaccine glory in pandemic, GSK looks to dominate other diseases
BOSTON — GSK has been developing vaccines under one corporate guise or another for 140…
STAT+: While other states, countries have biotech envy, Massachusetts can’t find enough workers
While other states and nations came to the global BIO 2023 convention in Boston this…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.K. launches pilot to expand access to weight loss drugs; European Union approves RSV vaccine
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Well, sort of….
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Palliative care in dementia: referring to “end of life” is unnecessary
Nobody could disagree with Yorganci and Sleeman that many people with dementia would benefit from…
STAT+: Google strikes deal with Mayo Clinic to comb patient records using generative AI
Google will embed its generative AI technology into computer systems at Mayo Clinic and other…
Not your average space explosion: Very long baseline array finds classical novae are anything but simple
While studying classical novae using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA),…
Measuring greenhouse gas from ponds improves climate predictions
Shallow lakes and ponds emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but emissions…
Sponge makes robotic device a soft touch
A simple sponge has improved how robots grasp, scientists have found. Read Original Article: Sponge…
GMC says it’s making progress in stamping out discrimination in referrals
The gap between doctors from ethnic minority groups and white doctors in the proportion of…
Akili Interactive releases video game treatment for adult ADHD with no prescription required
Following positive top-line data released in May, Akili Interactive announced it will release its video…
Helping people plan their end of life
In his response to Yorganci and Sleeman’s article on the benefits of palliative care for…
The imprinting effect of covid-19 vaccines: an expected selection bias in observational studies
Antigenic variation in the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant and subvariants are substantial compared with previous variants…
Doctors are told to stay alert as cases of gonorrhoea and syphilis reach record highs
Gonorrhoea diagnoses increased by 50% between 2021 and 2022—from 54 961 to 82 592, the…
Scarlett McNally: Considering the impact of human factors on teamworking and behaviour
The NHS needs every one of its 1.4 million staff,1 but nobody is perfect every…
Is the UK losing its world leading covid surveillance network just when it needs it most?
In early March 2020 a group of scientists set up the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium…