Alarming decline in vaccine update must be tackled, say MPs
The UK’s status as a global leader on vaccination is at risk because of falling…
Month: July 2023
Bone resorption caused by systemic sclerosis
This woman in her 60s presented with a history of a progressively receding chin over…
Jean Kaseya: New head of Africa CDC faces uphill struggle in post-pandemic era
When the covid pandemic began in 2020, Jean Kaseya was in Italy witnessing how the…
Forearm injury in a young boy
A 9 year old boy presented to the emergency department after a fall onto his…
Phenotypes, cardiovascular disease . . . and other stories
Genome-wide association studies of cardiovascular diseaseAccording to the NHGRI-EBI catalogue of human genome-wide association studies…
Opinion: Why new guidelines recommending screening at 40 can’t end the mammography wars
New breast cancer screening guidelines from the United States Preventive Services Task Force give the…
STAT+: How the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S. got its ‘unapologetic’ design
It’s not every day that a marketing team is tasked with designing the branding and…
STAT+: VC firm starts a new synthetic biology incubator, headed by a former Broad Institute scientist
Venture capital firm RA Capital is starting a new incubator, setting the stage for the…
How To Talk About Divorce to Your Kids in 2023
The post How To Talk About Divorce to Your Kids in 2023 appeared first on…
How to make educational technology accessible to all
As technology becomes increasingly accessible across the globe, more must be done to ensure its…
News in Brief 26 July 2023
UNESCO calls for global ban on smartphones in schools UN calls on Uganda to repeal…
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Ukraine: ‘Latest attacks signal a calamitous turn’, Security Council hears
The recent wave of devastating Russian attacks targeting Odesa and other key Ukrainian port cities…
UNESCO calls for global ban on smartphones in schools
A new UN report raised concerns on Wednesday about the excessive use of smartphones, calling…
Heatwave threat impacts half of all children in Europe and Central Asia
Half of all children in Europe and Central Asia, 92 million, are exposed to high…
Diets Impact Health and the Environment
Researchers reviewed and assessed impacts of popular diets, including vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, paleo, keto, and…
Build a Better Breakfast
Breakfast may be the least popular meal of the day. Hunger, time, motivation—whatever it is,…
Ask the EN Experts August 2023
If you’re looking for more evidence that food choices and dietary patterns can influence health,…
What is Coffeefruit?
Q: What is coffeefruit and is it healthful to consume? A: Coffee beans are one of the…
Benefits of Vitamin C
Q: What are some benefits of vitamin C and what foods are good sources? A: Vitamin C…
The Forgotten Flavor
As a flavor, bitter often gets a bad rap. A taste to grimace at instead…
What Happens if You Have Too Much or Too Little Fat in Your Diet?
While fat has often been dubbed as a dietary nemesis, it’s important to know that…
Mexican Restaurant Meals
Depending on the source, many consider Mexican cuisine to be the most popular ethnic food…
The Struggles with Weight Bias
The prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to rise. Nearly one in three adults are…
Tomato Time
The Folklore. Ripe tomatoes, plump with the flavor and fragrance of summer, tug heavily on…
STAT+: Senate panel advances PBM reform — but sidesteps anything controversial
WASHINGTON — Senators on the Finance Committee on Wednesday nearly unanimously passed a bill to…
Unraveling a protein that may inspire a new biotechnology tool
Scientists have unraveled the step-by-step activation process of a protein with a deep evolutionary history…
Earlier and earlier high-Arctic spring replaced by ‘extreme year-to-year variation’
About 15 years ago, researchers reported that the timing of spring in high-Arctic Greenland had…
Family trees from the European Neolithic
The Neolithic burial site of Gurgy ‘les Noisats’ in France revealed two unprecedentedly large family…
Over 350,000 children in developing world missing out on cancer treatment
Treatment remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of children diagnosed with cancer in…
STAT+: UHS finance chief said company favors patients whose insurance pays more
The country’s largest private psychiatric hospital operator cherry picks patients whose insurance will pay more,…
New archosaur species shows that precursor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs was armored
Researchers have described a new species of armored reptile that lived near the time of…
STAT+: European Commission accelerates phasing out animal testing, but stops short of a ban
After months of deliberation, the European Commission has agreed to accelerate the phasing out of…
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STAT+: Democrats decry a new health package as too easy on private equity
WASHINGTON — A rift between Democrats and Republicans over health care transparency was on full display…
Automated analysis of microplastic concentrations
How high are concentrations of microplastics in the environment, in our drinking water or in…
One simple brain hack might boost learning and improve mental health
Shifting from a high-pressure mindset to a curious one improves people’s memory, finds new research….
STAT+: Democrats already want to expand Medicare’s drug price negotiation
WASHINGTON — It’s drug pricing déjà vu: Just as they did in 2019, House Democrats…
Cambodia: UN rights chief regrets ‘severely restricted’ poll and opposition clampdown
The UN human rights chief on Wednesday lamented the severe electoral clampdown by the Cambodian…
STAT+: Medical device maker Teleflex to acquire urology company Palette Life Sciences for $600 million
Teleflex announced plans on Wednesday to acquire Palette Life Sciences, the maker of a slate…
Gordon McInnes: professor of clinical pharmacology, past president of the British Hypertension Society, and key figure in cardiovascular research
bmj;382/jul26_17/p1728/FAF1faKnown as “Big Gordon” by colleagues—not least on account of his stature (he was 2…
Strike action: Junior doctors in England announce fifth walkout in August
Junior doctors in England will take further strike action in August, as their dispute with…
Potent synthetic opioids are linked to rise in heroin overdoses and deaths in England
A group of potent synthetic opioids called nitazenes have been linked to a rise in…
Authors’ reply to Braithwaite
We agree with Braithwaite1 that cardiovascular events are usually acutely defined and generally have an…
Risk of diabetes with statins: comparing apples with oranges
Mansi and colleagues appropriately advocate for shared decision making when considering statins for secondary prevention…
STAT+: FDA inspection underscores problem at major U.S. compounder behind hospital drug recalls
One of the largest compound pharmacy operations in the U.S. recently recalled a slew of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: State Medicaid programs seek discounts for Wegovy; congressional PBM bills work around the fringes
Top of the morning to you. And a fine one it is. Lots of sunshine…
Israel: Doctors strike to protest against judicial overhaul
Doctors in Israel have joined mass protests against moves by the government to radically overhaul…
Government reȷects MPs’ calls to restore doctor-patient relationship to heart of general practice
Various steps recommended by MPs last year to improve the doctor-patient relationship in general practice…
Healthcare workers must be included in long covid research in the UK
Patient and public involvement in research into long covid is key to understanding the condition’s…
David Oliver: NHS England targets for new and follow-up outpatient appointments are ill conceived
In February 2022 NHS England published its Delivery Plan for Tackling the Covid-19 Backlog of…
In praise of civility among clinicians
There’s currently no shortage of controversies in medicine, with repeated strikes by doctors and proposals…