STAT+: Flow Neuroscience shows promising results in trial of brain-stimulation headset for depression
Flow Neuroscience, a small Swedish company treating depression with brain-stimulating headsets, released early data on…
Month: July 2023
Why you shouldn’t declaw tigers or other big cats
Researchers looked at the effects of declawing on larger cat species and found that declawing…
Modifications to amino acids in sperm could be behind infertility
Researchers are delving into the molecular-level details of sperm formation, with a particular focus on how abnormalities in…
New study links brain waves directly to memory
Simply remembering events can trigger brain rhythms, even more so than when people are experiencing…
Researchers identify two new subtypes of HPV-associated head and neck cancers
Researchers have identified two subtypes of human papillomavirus positive head and neck cancers, giving them…
Lignin separation method could make renewable material profitable
A novel method to extract lignin could help spin wheat straw into gold. Lignin produced…
Engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials
Engineers have created a ‘supercapacitor’ made of ancient, abundant materials, that can store large amounts…
Researchers discover method to overcome antimicrobial resistance
Researchers have described a new class of molecules that inhibit efflux pumps so that antiboitics…
This protein may predict mild cognitive impairment years before symptoms
Results of a long-term, federally funded study of cognitively healthy adults — most with a…
Researchers find evolutionary adaption in trout of Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains
Scientists found that trout from lakes stocked decades ago in the Wind River Mountains have…
Scientists create novel approach to control energy waves in 4D
Everyday life involves the three dimensions or 3D — along an X, Y and Z…
Researchers find an epigenetic key that unlocks common deadly cancers
In skin, some aberrant adult epidermal stem cells turn on SOX9, kickstarting a process that…
New chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don’t exist in nature
Chemists describe a powerful new way to create new-to-nature, ‘unnatural’ amino acids, which could find…
Building blocks spontaneously construct 3D objects in fluids
Chemical engineering researchers have overcome the challenge of designing such properly self-aligning structures by using…
Plans to plant billions of trees threatened by massive undersupply of seedlings
Major government and private funding is being invested in planting trees as a powerful tool…
STAT+: Medicare wants to improve Alzheimer’s care, but sidesteps drug prices
WASHINGTON — Medicare announced today a pilot program aimed at improving dementia care and reducing…
Study demonstrates efficacy of new short-term resistant TB treatment
Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects vulnerable populations including those with limited economic resources, HIV patients, those…
Researchers find little evidence of cheating with online, unsupervised exams
A new study finds unsupervised, online exams can provide a valid and reliable assessment of…
New clues on the source of the universe’s magnetic fields
Researchers offer insight into the source of cosmic magnetic fields. The research team used models…
New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid
An asteroid discovery algorithm — designed to uncover near-Earth asteroids for the Vera C. Rubin…
Scrambler therapy may offer lasting relief for chronic pain, review paper suggests
Pain experts suggest that scrambler therapy, a noninvasive pain treatment, can yield significant relief for…
That’s funny — but AI models don’t get the joke
Using hundreds of entries from the New Yorker magazine’s Cartoon Caption Contest as a testbed,…
STAT+: Vivek Ramaswamy wants to ‘gut’ the FDA. His claims don’t hold up to scrutiny
STAT readers know Vivek Ramaswamy from his time as the founder of the biotech conglomerate…
NIH begins long-delayed clinical trials for long Covid, announces new research office
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health on Monday took long-delayed steps to begin enrolling patients…
GPT-3 can reason about as well as a college student, psychologists report
The artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performed as well as college students in solving certain…
3D display could soon bring touch to the digital world
Engineers have designed a new, shape-shifting display that can fit on a card table and…
Routinely drinking alcohol may raise blood pressure even in adults without hypertension
An analysis of data from seven studies involving more than 19,000 adults in the United…
Eco-friendly enzyme to create key chemical building blocks
Using energy from light to activate natural enzymes can help scientists create new-to-nature enzymatic reactions…
Trusts should review policies for handling sexual assault and harassment of staff and patients, NHS England says
NHS trusts and integrated care boards have been told by NHS England to review their…
Does the UK need a new minister for population health?
“We know what works,” concludes a report into improving the UK’s national health over the…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: House Republicans and Democrats duel over drug shortages; FDA approves second over-the-counter naloxone
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
UN calls for urgent action against human trafficking
Global crises, conflicts, and the climate emergency are escalating trafficking risks, the UN warned on…
WHO hails Mauritius, Netherlands for tobacco control measures but global risks remain
Despite the welcome news that more than seven in 10 people on the planet –…
STAT+: New safety details link Apellis eye drug to rare cases of blindness. Cause still unknown
Five elderly people have been blinded by a severe side effect after receiving injections of…
Leaning into the digital age: the role of TikTok and other technologies in providing mental health information
A quick search of “ADHD” on TikTok produces several videos generated by non-clinicians that describe…
Why is nitroglycerin in short supply in Canada?
Patients with coronary artery disease in Canada have been facing months of shortages of the…
Covid-19: Leaked cremation data hint at true scale of China’s death rate
Cremation figures released and then quickly withdrawn by authorities in China’s Zhejiang province appear to…
Re-evaluating national screening for chronic kidney disease in the UK
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity that is often…
National panel will explore requiring free Covid tests
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will discuss recommending Covid-19 screening, the first…
Listen: Why Covid-19 wasn’t the ‘great equalizer’
When the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, some experts assumed the virus would affect everyone…
As wildfires burn, scientists race to understand the health dangers of prolonged exposure
More than 120 million Americans — one-third of the U.S. population — have been living…
STAT+: Sage hopes for a blockbuster in fast-acting antidepressant now before FDA
Cheryl Meier had watched clinical trial enrollment announcements for years — but always for her…
Opinion: New attacks on the drug industry would have made my breakthrough sickle cell treatment impossible
I was born in Alabama in the Jim Crow South, one of eight siblings in…
Opinion: I’m a tick biologist whose body seems to kill off ticks
Sometimes people call me “the tick guy,” but I’m a mammal guy by training. Although…
STAT+: Gene therapy is in crisis. For nine hours, the field’s leading minds looked for a solution
WASHINGTON — Jennifer Puck has successfully treated 10 children with a gene therapy for a…
Big tummy, big money? Indonesian influencer’s pregnancy showcases unwed stigma – South China Morning Post
Big tummy, big money? Indonesian influencer’s pregnancy showcases unwed stigma South China Morning Post Read Original…
Pregnant Shawn Johnson Is Open to Having More Kids—With One Caveat – Yahoo Entertainment
Pregnant Shawn Johnson Is Open to Having More Kids—With One Caveat Yahoo Entertainment Read Original Article:…
Pregnancy after 40, a rising trend over past 3 decades: 5 Things podcast – USA TODAY
Pregnancy after 40, a rising trend over past 3 decades: 5 Things podcast USA TODAY Read…
Hailey Bieber sparks pregnancy rumors in new photos as she holds her tummy in a crop top during outing… – The US Sun
Hailey Bieber sparks pregnancy rumors in new photos as she holds her tummy in a…
Pregnant Kourtney Kardashian, Daughter Penelope Get Mani-Pedis: Photos – PEOPLE
Pregnant Kourtney Kardashian, Daughter Penelope Get Mani-Pedis: Photos PEOPLE Read Original Article: Pregnant Kourtney Kardashian, Daughter…