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The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday said he was “deeply concerned” over tit for tat…
Month: January 2024
Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star? MeerKAT uncovers a mysterious object in Milky Way
An international team of astronomers have found a new and unknown object in the Milky…
Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed
Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider may be the smallest, lightest and…
Butterflies could lose spots as climate warms
Female meadow brown butterflies have fewer spots if they develop in warmer weather — so…
Moon rocks with unique dust found
A research team has for the first time discovered anomalous meter-sized rocks on the lunar…
Why animals shrink over time explained with new evolution theory
The new theoretical research proposes that animal size over time depends on two key ecological…
Biotech layoffs, slumping stocks, and a 2024 preview
Why are rich biotechs cutting costs? Has JPM Week already worn off? And what’s going…
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Will Congress get any health policy done this year?
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: Microsoft to embed AI tool for clinical documentation in Epic’s health records software
Microsoft on Thursday said it will launch its artificial intelligence tool for automating clinical documentation…
New gut-brain circuits found for sugar and fat cravings
A new study has unraveled the internal neural wiring of separate fat and sugar craving…
Ancient ‘chewing gum’ reveals stone age diet
What did people eat on the west coast of Scandinavia 10,000 years ago? A new…
STAT+: Humana slashes profit predictions amid soaring Medicare Advantage costs
Humana’s Medicare Advantage enrollees got care in the hospital and physician clinics way more often…
Efficiently moving urea out of polluted water is coming to reality
Researchers have developed a material to remove urea from water and potentially convert it into…
Cobalt-free batteries could power cars of the future
A new battery material could offer a more sustainable way to power electric cars. The…
STAT+: Bernie Sanders proposes subpoenas of CEOs of J&J, Merck on drug prices
WASHINGTON — Senate health committee chair Bernie Sanders has taken a step toward subpoenaing the…
Could long Covid’s signs of immune dysregulation in the blood lead to a diagnostic test?
Long Covid has long eluded scientists looking for its cause. Not knowing what triggers its…
Over 450,000 children institutionalized across Europe, Central Asia
More than 450,000 children are living in residential care homes across Europe and Central Asia,…
STAT+: Pipelines from high school to health care jobs to be created by new Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative
The Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers will be revamped to create a guaranteed…
Why it makes more sense to wish people a Stoical rather than a Happy New Year
Traditionally we wish each other a Happy New Year as each year begins, but who…
Technological determinants of health: a looming apocalypse
Perhaps nobody predicted the damaging dysfunction of a health service and the collapse of society…
STAT+: CRISPR-edited pig liver from eGenesis passes first test in brain-dead human, researchers say
For three days in December, an ICU room at the Hospital of the University of…
Use of nitrogen in US execution may constitute torture, warns human rights agency
The UN human rights office has called on authorities in the US state of Alabama…
Continuity of care in general practice: avoid the blunt sledgehammers of national policy
Reviews of the importance of general practitioner continuity are useful.1 But it is unhelpful that…
Systems thinking to improve healthcare
I hope policy makers will listen to voices like Morgan’s when they say that improving…
STAT+: Apple removes pulse oximeter feature in Watches to comply with ban
Apple will remove the blood oxygen measurement feature from its Apple Watches, the company announced…
The XBI comedown after JPM
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about drug price hikes, Bayer strategic moves, and more
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. Sadly, gray skies are…
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—18 January 2024
Real world zoster vaccine effectivenessIn September, the UK started phasing out use of the live…
NHS temporary staffing bill “skyrockets” to {pound}10.4bn
The annual cost of using agency and bank staff to provide healthcare in the NHS…
Sixty seconds on . . . energy drinks
What’s the buzz?A review of the latest evidence on the health effects of consuming energy…
Computed tomography, malignancies . . . and other stories
Scans in childrenA multinational European study of a million young people who had undergone at…
Bradycardia, headache, and vomiting in a child after a fall
A 10 year old child presented with a history of falling from a height of…
Implementing a hospital sustainability quality improvement project: challenges and best practices for trainees
Climate change affects human health, but substantial greenhouse gas emissions from the global healthcare sector…
Homegrown parasites
This is a contrast enhanced abdominopelvic computed tomography scan of a woman in her 30s…
We must consider ageing and frailty when sharing decision making in intensive care
Decisions to admit older, frail patients to critical care must pay particular attention to quality…
Maisara Al Rayyes: doctor and Chevening scholar, who was committed to improving health in Gaza
bmj;384/jan18_2/q123/FAF1faCredit: British Consulate General, JerusalemPalestinian doctor Maisara Al Rayyes was an inspirational young health leader…
NHS England cuts national GP retention schemes in favour of local “support”
NHS England has announced that two general practice retention schemes will end in March, in…
Peter J Enoch
bmj;384/jan17_10/q72/FAF1faPeter J Enoch was attracted to Littlewick Medical Centre, Ilkeston, by the community hospitals (general,…
All cause and cause specific mortality in obsessive-compulsive disorder: nationwide matched cohort and sibling cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the risk of all cause and cause specific mortality in people with obsessive-compulsive…
Acute rehabilitation following traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation (ARTISAN): pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the effects of an additional programme of physiotherapy in adults with a first-time…
Acute rehabilitation after traumatic shoulder dislocation
Most anterior shoulder dislocations occur for the first time related to sports (59%1 to 74%2),…
Therapeutic advances in rheumatoid arthritis
AbstractRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common immune mediated inflammatory diseases. People with…
STAT+: How digital therapeutics companies are improvising when insurance coverage isn’t guaranteed
For years, the playbook for many companies that wanted to market digital therapeutics was stupid…
Pumping breastmilk in bathrooms is a common, albeit unspoken, practice at health care conferences
Even though Erin Booth was not thrilled about having to travel to Philadelphia for a…
Opinion: A new HHS rule rules takes a far too narrow approach to health care data interoperability
In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act required that the U.S. make progress toward interoperability,…
Amid a dire nationwide therapist shortage, could lay counselors help close the gap?
One morning last May, 10 students and two instructors from across California gathered on Zoom…
The heat is on: Scientists discover southern Africa’s temps will rise past the rhinos’ tolerance
Southern Africa contains the vast majority of the world’s remaining populations of both black and…
THEA: Prenatal Education and Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring | NEJM Catalyst – nejm.org
THEA: Prenatal Education and Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring | NEJM Catalyst nejm.org Read Original Article: THEA:…
Report shows misrepresentation on labels for prenatal vitamins – Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Report shows misrepresentation on labels for prenatal vitamins Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Read Original Article: Report…
Jenna Dewan Reveals She’s Pregnant With Baby #3 & How She Co-Parents – Romper
Jenna Dewan Reveals She’s Pregnant With Baby #3 & How She Co-Parents Romper Jenna Dewan is…