The problems with coal ash start smaller than anyone thought
Burning coal doesn’t only pollute the air. The resulting ash can leach toxic chemicals into…
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Why occupational health should be universally accessible
Employers, workers, and the healthcare profession can all benefit from occupational health, but only if…
Electrical synapses in the neural network of insects found to have unexpected role in controlling flight power
A team of experimental neurobiologists and theoretical biologists has managed to solve a mystery that…
Gene therapy produces long-term contraception in female domestic cats
Researchers have demonstrated that a single dose of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) gene therapy can induce…
Thomas Powell
bmj;381/jun06_15/p1292/FAF1faAfter qualifying Thomas Powell (“Tom”) trained in radiology, and was appointed consultant radiologist in 1967….
Brian John Sweetman
bmj;381/jun06_14/p1294/FAF1faBrian John Sweetman was born on 23 May 1945 in Sydney, Australia. His father was…
Weakened by a decade of austerity: why the UK’s covid-19 inquiry is right to look at policies since 2010
Any concerns that the UK’s covid-19 inquiry would give ministers an easy ride seem to…
‘Tantamount to extortion:’ Merck sues U.S. government over Medicare negotiation program
WASHINGTON — Merck on Tuesday sued to stop the federal government from implementing a new…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Merck sues U.S. to halt Medicare drug-price negotiation; FDA oncology head wants advisory panels to keep voting on new drugs
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell by…
The politics of health
Salisbury rightly points out that debates about funding the NHS often come down to the…
“Vocation” won’t prevent the impending workforce crisis
Matt Morgan, 6 MayMorgan questions whether vocation in medicine is dead.1 In my experience as…
STAT+: Novocure’s electric fields device prolongs survival in lung cancer, but doubts remain
CHICAGO — A medical device made by Novocure that creates electric fields in the lungs…
Why I . . . carve spoons
Sitting at his kitchen table, Matt Gardiner enjoys creating what may become cherished pieces of…
Helen Salisbury: Retention, not just training, is key
Achieving a place at medical school is the ambition of many school leavers. Competition is…
Gender equality and vocation
Morgan raises an interesting question in asking if the concept of vocation can still be…
No magic way to curb rising healthcare costs
There are no systems in which healthcare has been made “magically cheaper,” as Salisbury rightly…
Australia tightens its prescription-only regulation of e-cigarettes
Australia recently announced further tightening of e-cigarette regulations introduced in 2021 that designated all e-cigarettes…
Government must end “gross inȷustice” of excluding SAS doctors from pay rises, BMA says
The government must stop excluding some specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors in England…
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STAT+: Medicare taps acting official to head up its new drug price negotiations
WASHINGTON — Medicare has chosen a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation official to temporarily…
Academia’s postdoc system is teetering, imperiling efforts to diversify life sciences
For young life scientists hoping to land a prestigious faculty job in academia, postdoctoral research…
STAT+: The woman behind AstraZeneca’s cancer winning streak
CHICAGO — It was the kind of moment scientists who develop new medicines wait their…
Opinion: When should hospitals require masks?
Is the pandemic over? On the one hand, Covid-19 is clearly still with us. In…
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Opinion: Four communication lessons we learned the hard way during the pandemic
Now that the Covid-19 public health emergency has ended, it’s awfully tempting to put the…
STAT+: More than 200 FDA staffers have retired in less than a year
WASHINGTON — More than 230 people have retired from the Food and Drug Administration since…
Watch: Why do we get seasonal allergies?
There’s nothing better than a beautiful spring day after a long, cold winter. But there’s…
Prenatal Genetic Testing Market Size & Share to Surpass $24.9 Billion by 2030 | Vantage Market Research – Yahoo Finance
Prenatal Genetic Testing Market Size & Share to Surpass $24.9 Billion by 2030 | Vantage…
Prenatal Diagnostics Market 2023 Share Value by Leading Players … – KaleidoScot
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Prenatal Exome Sequencing for Short Long Bones or Intrauterine … – Physician’s Weekly
Prenatal Exome Sequencing for Short Long Bones or Intrauterine … Physician’s Weekly Read Original Article: Prenatal…
Volusia County is a prenatal care desert for many women on Medicaid – Daytona Beach News-Journal
Volusia County is a prenatal care desert for many women on Medicaid Daytona Beach News-Journal Read…
Alexa Bliss Shows Off Baby Bump After Announcing Pregnancy [PHOTO] – TJR Wrestling – TJR Wrestling
Alexa Bliss Shows Off Baby Bump After Announcing Pregnancy [PHOTO] – TJR Wrestling TJR Wrestling Read…
News in Brief 5 June 2023
World must ‘work as one’ to end plastic pollution: Guterres Foot on the “social justice…
Viruses hidden in coral symbiont’s genetic material are a potential threat to reefs
Microscopic algae that corals need for survival harbor a common and possibly disease-causing virus in…
Robot ‘chef’ learns to recreate recipes from watching food videos
Researchers have trained a robotic ‘chef’ to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate…
Saving moths may be just as important as saving the bees
Night-time pollinators such as moths may visit just as many plants as bees, and should…
Microbes key to sequestering carbon in soil
Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored…
Researchers demonstrate secure information transfer using spatial correlations in quantum entangled beams of light
Researchers have demonstrated the principle of using spatial correlations in quantum entangled beams of light…
Webb Space Telescope detects universe’s most distant complex organic molecules
Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away…
Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study reveals
Mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for holding up to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil…
Study shows promising treatment for tinnitus
A double-blind randomized clinical trial of a device aimed at silencing the phantom sounds of…
The other side of the story: How evolution impacts the environment
Researchers show that an evolutionary change in the length of lizards’ legs can have a…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope peers behind bars
A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the…
Dying stars’ cocoons could be new source of gravitational waves
Although astrophysicists theoretically should be able to detect gravitational waves from a single, non-binary source,…
Early universe crackled with bursts of star formation, Webb shows
Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies…
Prediction may be key to eye-and-hand coordination
Researchers have found that the ability to visually predict movement may be an important part…
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Event, June 4 2023 – YouTube
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Event, June 4 2023 YouTube Read Original Article: Complimentary and Alternative Medicine…
First Person: ‘Born fighting’ for rights of Black Brazilians
For Valdecir Nascimento, 63, the Black movement in Brazil was a “turning point” for her…
STAT+: FDA removes neurologist with financial ties to Eisai and Biogen from Alzheimer’s advisory panel
The Food and Drug Administration has removed a neurologist with financial ties to Biogen and…
Should doctors apologise to patients?
A recent decision of the medical practitioner’s tribunal (the tribunal service for doctors in the…
The human right to a healthy environment: implications for climate action
The final hours of COP27 saw a dramatic shift from entrenched gridlock to historical firsts….
STAT+: FDA oncology head wants advisory panels to keep voting on new drugs
CHICAGO — As commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Robert Califf has made clear…