Giant swirling waves at edge of Jupiter’s magnetosphere
A team has found that NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter frequently encounters giant swirling waves…
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Clinical trial to help millions with penicillin allergies
Many low-risk patients with a penicillin allergy were able to have their penicillin allergy label…
STAT+: Medicare to cover more brain scans for Alzheimer’s patients
WASHINGTON — Medicare on Monday proposed ending restrictions on how many PET scans patients can…
Poetic birdsong, precisely tuned
Nightingales match the pitch of their whistle songs to those of their rivals in real…
Nanomedicine for treating inflammatory bowel disease
Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is on the…
Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end
Indigenous Peoples have the ancestral wisdom to guide humanity towards a more sustainable use of…
STAT+: Key House panel plots a new health care package — complicating the chamber’s agenda
WASHINGTON — It’s two weeks until Congress leaves town in August, and a prominent House panel…
When ET calls, can we be sure we’re not being spoofed?
In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, alien radio signals would be swamped by interference from…
Robotics: New skin-like sensors fit almost everywhere
Researchers have developed an automatic process for making soft sensors. These universal measurement cells can…
New study shows anti-inflammatory drugs as a promising target for Alzheimer’s disease
A recent study centers around the idea that various anti-inflammatory drugs could be effective treatments…
Theory for superfluid helium confirmed
Researchers have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in studying how vortices move in these quantum fluids….
In Florida, endangered coral finds a way to blossom
In a new study, researchers have found that the restoration efforts of the critically endangered…
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Russia: UN rights experts call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich
The journalist Evan Gershkovich should be immediately released following his arrest by Russian authorities on…
Building better lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery
Pharmaceutical scientists and biologists are teaming up to make the next generation of lipid nanoparticles…
AI to predict your health later in life — all at the press of a button
Common bone density scans can detect a predictor of cardiovascular health risk — a process…
ChatGPT’s responses to people’s healthcare-related queries are nearly indistinguishable from those provided by humans, new study reveals
ChatGPT’s responses to people’s healthcare-related queries are nearly indistinguishable from those provided by humans, a…
STAT+: Colombian government explores compulsory licensing for an HIV drug
The latest clash over the cost of a prescription medicine is playing out in Colombia,…
Pancreatic cancer vaccine plus immunotherapy and antibody spark immune system response in pancreatic cancers
Giving patients with operable pancreatic cancers a three-pronged combination immunotherapy treatment consisting of the pancreatic…
FDA approves RSV monoclonal antibody for infants, young children at high risk
The Food and Drug Administration approved a monoclonal antibody to protect infants and young children…
Nearly 8,000 blood tests recalled over risk of missed heart attack diagnosis
QuidelOrtho has recalled nearly 8,000 potentially faulty blood tests meant to help doctors quickly determine…
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‘Low risk’ for humans, as cats in Poland test positive for avian influenza
Polish authorities are investigating all potential sources of infection after some 29 cats were found…
Discovery could lead to more treatments to prevent cancer and infectious diseases
Researchers have uncovered the role the thymus gland plays in creating and ‘training’ specialised anti-cancer…
STAT+: Electronic health record maker NextGen Healthcare to pay $31 million to resolve fraud claims
The health records company NextGen Healthcare will pay $31 million to resolve allegations that it…
Iranian healthcare caught in political crossfire: a global call to action
Medical impartiality is a well established principle but the impartial practice of medicine has brought…
STAT+: Sanofi licenses CRISPR enzyme in bid to develop safer, simpler sickle cell cure
Sanofi will license a new CRISPR enzyme from the startup Scribe Therapeutics in a bid…
UK Supreme Court restricts scope of Montgomery duty of care to patients
The UK Supreme Court has delivered an important judgment clarifying a doctor’s duty to discuss…
Covid-19: Bring back mandatory mask wearing in health settings, say Scottish workers
Decisions taken to end the universal wearing of face masks in hospitals and doctors’ surgeries…
Humility is vital in science, even for The BMJ
It is reassuring to learn just how robust The BMJ’s processes are for appraising submissions….
STAT+: Detailed data confirm benefits — and risks — of Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug
The benefits and risks of Eli Lilly’s treatment for Alzheimer’s disease were confirmed in detailed…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Alzheimer’s diagnosis revamp embraces rating scale similar to cancer; FTC seeks info on Pfizer-Seagen deal
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Structural racism and sexism cause high maternal deaths and morbidity among Afrodescendant women in the Americas, says UN agency
Structural racism and sexism have harmed women of African descent in the Americas before, during,…
UK government is making slow progress on hospital rebuilds, say auditors
The UK government is behind schedule with its new hospital programme and has not achieved…
STAT+: BridgeBio heart drug succeeds in pivotal study
A drug developed by the biotech firm BridgeBio to treat an increasingly common heart condition…
Screening for depression and anxiety in general practice
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently recommended that all adults in general…
Ask the expert: Diagnosis and management of complications in pregnancy in primary care
What you need to knowDuring pregnancy, treat iron deficiency anaemia with lower and/or intermittent doses…
Mothers of the River: raising the ceiling for maternal care in the Amazon
Magaly Blas fell in love with the Amazon rainforest in 1999 as a medical student…
Community of spoon carving
I read with interest the article reflecting on spoon carving as a pastime and how…
Sixty seconds on . . . genetic studies
Here we go. What am I inheriting now?I sense some scepticism. But maybe that’s no…
STAT+: Westlake Village, a West Coast VC firm, raises $450 million fund
Westlake Village BioPartners, a West Coast biotech venture capital firm founded five years ago by…
STAT+: Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in California evaded $170 million in taxes, whistleblower says
Two dominant Blue Cross Blue Shield companies in California intentionally underreported premiums of certain health…
How telehealth startups are trying to fill the menopause care vacuum
At the turn of the century, nearly 18 million women in the United States were…
Opinion: No one — M.D. or otherwise — should use the honorific ‘doctor’ with patients
Florida legislators recently passed legislation to prevent advanced practice nurses in Florida with doctorates from…
Listen: Wildfire pollution widens asthma inequities on Long Island
Wyandanch is a proud, resilient community on Long Island. There’s about 13,000 people who live…
For a 9-year-old patient at a Los Angeles obesity clinic, barriers to health are everywhere
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
STAT+: As fear rises over AI, Google and Epic fight stronger regulation of the technology in health care
Big businesses poised to profit from the advance of artificial intelligence in health care are…
STAT+: Argenx antibody drug significantly slows progression of nerve disorder that robs patients of muscle strength
Belgian drugmaker Argenx said Monday that its antibody treatment called Vyvgart significantly delayed the progression…
New prenatal yoga studio opens in Port Chester, aiming to support … – News 12 Westchester
New prenatal yoga studio opens in Port Chester, aiming to support … News 12 Westchester Read…
Researchers turn to CRISPR to unlock one of the trickiest diseases to treat: Alzheimer’s
When the genome-editing tool CRISPR is thought of as a potential medicine, the targets that…
Gwyneth Paltrow Opens Up About ‘Really Rough’ Pregnancy – TODAY
Gwyneth Paltrow Opens Up About ‘Really Rough’ Pregnancy TODAY Read Original Article: Gwyneth Paltrow Opens Up…
Pregnant Lindsay Lohan Shows Ocean-Themed Nursery for Baby in Dubai Home – PEOPLE
Pregnant Lindsay Lohan Shows Ocean-Themed Nursery for Baby in Dubai Home PEOPLE Read Original Article: Pregnant…