World News in Brief: Child displacement in Haiti, Hong Kong torture claims, UN refugee chief visits Ethiopia
Escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis, the UN Children’s Fund,…
Month: January 2024
Guterres: Two-State solution the only path to a just, lasting peace
Secretary-General António Guterres underscored on Wednesday the critical role of the UN committee on the…
STAT+: Obscure vertigo drug could bring rare hope for patients with devastating neuron disease
About a decade ago, Tatiana Bremova-Ertl’s graduate adviser was studying an obscure, 1950s-era French vertigo…
Discovery of a third RNA virus linage in extreme environments Jan 17, 2024
A research group has discovered a novel RNA viral genome from microbes inhabiting a high-temperature…
STAT+: Medicare Advantage insurers face slight proposed cut to 2025 payments
The federal government is cutting the average benchmark payments for 2025 Medicare Advantage plans by…
Engineering viruses to kill deadly pathogens
Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent and growing global crisis. Researchers are exploring phages, viruses that…
Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago
Archaeologists have debated whether Neanderthals or modern humans made stone tools that are found at…
Precursor of cholesterol protects cells from ferroptosis
A precursor of cholesterol, previously categorized as harmful, can protect cancer cells from cell death….
Molecule can quickly, and briefly, boost white blood cell counts
Treatment with a molecule known as A485 can quickly and temporarily increase levels of white…
When and how immune cells decide to form pathogen memories
During infection, reversible switch permits flexible formation of memory T cells, long-lived blood cells that…
STAT+: Judge skeptical of arguments against Medicare drug price negotiation
WILMINGTON, Del. — Today was the first time that a federal judge asked questions in-person…
Congressmen: This Covid hearing ‘could have been an email’
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have repeatedly accused Biden health officials of withholding and censoring documents…
Northern Ireland’s doctors are relieved as Stormont is set to return—but will funds go far enough?
“SHAME,” read one placard adorned with pictures of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader, Jeffrey…
Sidney Wolfe: public health leader who campaigned for reform across the US health system
bmj;384/jan31_17/q239/FAF1faJamie Rose, New York TimesDepending on your perspective, Sidney Wolfe was either a “gadfly” or…
Medicine is equally blind to diversity of skin colour as to body diversity
I agree with Hodkinson—doctors should be taught physical examination skills that are inclusive of all…
STAT+: WTO appears close to rejecting a proposed waiver on patents for Covid diagnostics and therapies
After more than a year of deliberation, the World Trade Organization appears close to rejecting…
Some dementia patients might have reversible symptoms caused by cirrhosis, study says
The descent into dementia can feel like traversing a minefield, coming across new symptoms without…
We’re naming cancers all wrong, oncology leader says
Naming cancers solely by the organs they originate in is getting a bit old, according…
Roy Calne: surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation
bmj;384/jan31_15/q210/FAF1faCredit: Cambridge University HospitalsHistory highlights “firsts” and Roy Calne may have had a record number….
Junior doctors feel like the lowest priority members of the team
It is positive to see that NHS England is concerned for the “dignity and respect”…
Target patients at highest risk of sepsis for immediate antibiotics, says NICE
Antibiotics should be better targeted at patients most at risk of sepsis to reduce the…
January top picks: loving medicine
My relationship with medicine is perhaps more like that of the old married couple than…
Cigna to sell Medicare Advantage plans to Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer for $3.3 billion
Cigna is officially exiting the Medicare business, agreeing to sell all of its Medicare insurance…
Pfizer’s reset year starts with a little profit
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Wegovy supplies, Biogen ditching Aduhelm, and more
Rise and shine, everyone. The middle of the week is upon us. Have heart, though….
Use of generative artificial intelligence in medical research
Among the most groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) is the emergence of generative AI….
AI-powered app can detect poison ivy
To find poison ivy before it finds you, scientists have published a new study in…
Black summer bushfires in Australia wiped $2.8 billion from tourism supply chain
First input-output economic analysis of the 2019-20 Australian fires also found 7300 jobs were lost….
Using computers to design proteins allows researchers to make tunable hydrogels that can form both inside and outside of cells
New research demonstrates a new class of hydrogels that can form not just outside cells,…
Researchers craft new way to make high-temperature superconductors — with a twist
An international team has developed a new method to make and manipulate a widely studied…
Study suggests secret for getting teens to listen to unsolicited advice
A new study may hold a secret for getting your teenager to listen to appreciate…
Machine learning informs a new tool to guide treatment for acute decompensated heart failure
A recent study utilized a machine learning-based approach to identify, understand, and predict diuretic responsiveness…
A green alternative for treating Streptococcus iniae bacteria in hybrid striped bass
Scientists have developed a green antibiotic alternative to treat the deadly pathogen Streptococcus iniae in…
As cities grow, how will city trash, wastewater, and emissions rise?
A team of researchers, in an analysis of waste products — municipal solid waste, wastewater,…
A tie between the most common obesity surgeries
The two most common obesity surgeries — gastric bypass and gastric sleeve — have few…
Maternal pulse recording during childbirth prevents encephalopathy in newborn babies
External heart rate monitoring, the most common method of monitoring the fetus, may leave signs…
Superfluids could share characteristic with common fluids
Every fluid — from Earth’s atmosphere to blood pumping through the human body — has…
Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss
Modeling shows that stratospheric aerosol injection has the potential to reduce ice sheet loss due…
How fasting may protect against inflammation
Scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation — a…
Artificial muscles — lighter, safer, more robust
Researchers have developed artificial muscles that are lighter, safer and more robust than their predecessors….
Sweat-resistant wearable robot sensor
A joint research team has developed a stretchable and adhesive microneedle sensor that can be…
STAT+: Years after a polarizing approval, Biogen walks away from Aduhelm
Biogen is giving up its ownership of Aduhelm, the Alzheimer’s disease treatment whose 2021 approval…
Former GP lead for NHS England who downloaded child pornography is struck off
A GP who was director of general practice development for NHS England when he was…
David Oliver: Work wellness programmes aren’t the key to improving NHS morale or retention
André Spicer, professor of organisational behaviour at London’s Bayes Business School, has written recently in…
Second trimester abortions: a preventable crisis in global abortion care
Kamila had dearly wanted to have a child. The 27 year old was happily engaged…
John Launer: How I walked around Wales with “heart failure”
Seven years ago, a consultant cardiologist stood at the end of my hospital bed with…
Publishers’ and ȷournals’ instructions to authors on use of generative artificial intelligence in academic and scientific publishing: bibliometric analysis
AbstractObjectivesTo determine the extent and content of academic publishers’ and scientific journals’ guidance for authors…
UK needs urgent plan to protect health during heatwaves, MPs warn
The UK government is underprepared to deal with the deadly impact of heatwaves and must…
STAT+: Experts critique flawed system for monitoring drugs’ side effects in wake of asthma drug report
After a drug enters the market, it’s up to Food and Drug Administration regulators to…
Opinion: The Biden administration should not support a WTO petition to strip IP protections from Covid-19 treatments
The Biden administration may soon double down on one of its gravest mistakes. In 2022,…