STAT+: U.K. researchers warn about biases in medical devices, health care algorithms
LONDON — Regulators, clinicians, and health care algorithm developers need to take additional steps to…
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Preventing the weaponization of AI-designed proteins
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Blood-based marker developed to identify sleep deprivation
A blood test that can accurately detect when someone has not slept for 24 hours…
Use of nitrous oxide for execution is a concerning development in ongoing medicalisation of the death penalty
On 25 January 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith was killed in Alabama in the first state…
Suspected acute respiratory infection in over 16s: assessment at first presentation and initial management—summary of NICE guidance
What you need to knowFor patients with acute respiratory infection who can be cared for…
Prison healthcare in England and Wales is in perpetual crisis
The global prison population totals around 11.5 million people,1 and over 30 million people move…
A generalist specialist: the consultant neurologist
Neurology is such a broad specialty that it can appeal to a range of doctors,…
BMA chair: Junior doctors understandably think my generation has not protected the profession
Junior doctors believe that their senior colleagues have not done enough to safeguard the future…
STAT+: UnitedHealth is on a buying spree of outpatient surgery centers
UnitedHealth Group quietly acquired dozens of outpatient facilities in 2023, with a particular focus on…
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Amid the battle over abortion rights, a failure to agree on how to define abortion
Every year, Lisa Campo-Engelstein tells her medical ethics class the story of Isabel: A fictional…
Opinion: Disabled scientists are often left out of academia. The NIH can help change that
Despite being the largest minority in the nation, disabled people like us have been structurally…
Vanessa Hudgens makes glamorous pregnancy debut on Oscars red carpet – CNN
Vanessa Hudgens makes glamorous pregnancy debut on Oscars red carpet CNN Vanessa Hudgens Announces Pregnancy While…
Joy-Anna Forsyth’s Glasses Spark Pregnancy Rumor – IMDb
Joy-Anna Forsyth’s Glasses Spark Pregnancy Rumor IMDb Read Original Article: Joy-Anna Forsyth’s Glasses Spark Pregnancy Rumor…
STAT+: Medicare announces loan program to aid providers affected by Change cyberattack
Medicare announced on Saturday that it will make advance payments available to physician groups, hospitals,…
Pregnant Draya Michele, 39, posts about ‘being misunderstood’ after backlash over having baby with NBA star Jalen Green, 22 – Page Six
Pregnant Draya Michele, 39, posts about ‘being misunderstood’ after backlash over having baby with NBA…
Iridology: Using alternative medicine to unlock genetic clues through the eye – FOX 35 Orlando
Iridology: Using alternative medicine to unlock genetic clues through the eye FOX 35 Orlando Read Original…
Opinion: STAT readers on new CDC Covid guidelines, weight loss drugs and mental health, and new psychiatric meds
STAT now publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays…
International Women’s Day: UN chief launches plan to tackle ‘baked-in bias’
The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around…
Over 230 million women and girls subjected to female genital mutilation: UNICEF
More than 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital…
Medicaid prenatal program expanded, advanced to final round – Unicameral Update
Medicaid prenatal program expanded, advanced to final round Unicameral Update Read Original Article: Medicaid prenatal program…
Grandpa Prime? Deion Sanders set to become grandfather after daughter announces pregnancy – USA TODAY
Grandpa Prime? Deion Sanders set to become grandfather after daughter announces pregnancy USA TODAY Read Original…
Deiondra Sanders And Jacquees Expecting, Dad Deion Sanders Reacts To Pregnancy – Yahoo Entertainment
Deiondra Sanders And Jacquees Expecting, Dad Deion Sanders Reacts To Pregnancy Yahoo Entertainment Read Original Article:…
Deion Sanders’ Daughter Pregnant With R&B Singer Jacquees’ Baby – TMZ
Deion Sanders’ Daughter Pregnant With R&B Singer Jacquees’ Baby TMZ Read Original Article: Deion Sanders’ Daughter…
Halle Bailey Explains Why She Kept Her Pregnancy a Secret – The Cut
Halle Bailey Explains Why She Kept Her Pregnancy a Secret The Cut Halle Bailey Gets Emotional…
Draya Michele Reveals Pregnancy With 22-Year-Old NBA Star Jalen Green: “We Are Overjoyed” – Yahoo Entertainment
Draya Michele Reveals Pregnancy With 22-Year-Old NBA Star Jalen Green: “We Are Overjoyed” Yahoo Entertainment ‘Basketball…
Meghan Markle Says She Was Bullied Worst Online During Pregnancies – PEOPLE
Meghan Markle Says She Was Bullied Worst Online During Pregnancies PEOPLE Meghan Markle reveals being abused…
News in Brief 8 March 2024
Marking International Women’s Day, UN chief launches plan to tackle baked-in bias Rafah ground assault would…
Alternative Treatments to Pharmacological Therapy in Pediatric Populations With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity … – Cureus
Alternative Treatments to Pharmacological Therapy in Pediatric Populations With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity … Cureus Read Original Article: Alternative…
UN rights chief urges comprehensive action against religious hatred and discrimination
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday outlined a comprehensive set of measures…
World News in Brief: Rights violations in Iran, Haiti chaos grows, prison reform in face of pandemic threat
Violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls has led…
STAT+: Amylyx ALS drug failure leaves patients, advocates, and researchers reeling — and wondering what’s next
The latest disappointment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research brought crushing news for patients and physicians,…
Pushing the boundary on ultralow frequency gravitational waves
A team of physicists has developed a method to detect gravity waves with such low…
STAT+: Obesity drug Wegovy gets FDA approval to add cardiovascular benefits on its label
U.S. regulators approved a label expansion for Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy to tout its…
Optimizing boosters: How COVID mRNA vaccines reshape immune memory after each dose
COVID-19 vaccines elicit strong T-cell responses, but clonal-resolution analyses of these responses have not previously…
STAT+: UnitedHealth gives timeline for Change restoration: payments up by late next week
Change Healthcare’s parent company said it’ll have its electronic payment function up and running by…
Good news for coral reef restoration efforts: Study finds ‘full recovery’ of reef growth within four years
While the majority of the world’s reefs are now under threat or even damaged potentially…
Children with ‘lazy eye’ are at increased risk of serious disease in adulthood
Adults who had amblyopia (‘lazy eye’) in childhood are more likely to experience hypertension, obesity,…
Surge in anti-gay laws in Africa imperil progress on HIV/AIDS, experts say
The International AIDS Society (IAS) and UNAIDS have spoken out against legislation passed by Ghana’s…
Sixty seconds on . . . 10 000 steps
I thought that number was arbitraryThe widely used target of 10 000 steps a day…
Northern Ireland: Junior doctors on picket line are at “breaking point”
Junior doctors in Northern Ireland have said that they went on strike this week to…
Gaza: Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes
Any assault by Israeli forces on the densely populated city of Rafah where 1.5 million…
When I use a word . . . . Medical blue plaques—penicillin
Blue plaques outside LondonIn 1863 Mr William Ewart, MP for Dumfries Burghs, proposed, in a…
Eli Lilly’s anti-vanity ad campaign for Oscars
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly Alzheimer’s drug adcomm, Amylyx ALS drug flop, and more
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
February top picks: new beginnings
Midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, 1 February is the celebration of…
Doctors’ strikes one year on: what will it take to end the disputes?
A year ago (13-16 March 2023) junior doctors in England began strike action, calling for…
Dental recovery plan offers bonuses to “dental deserts”
The policy paper Faster, Simpler and Fairer: Our Plan to Recover and Reform NHS Dentistry…
Nearly one in 10 NHS staff in England report sexual harassment at work last year, staff survey finds
Some 9% of NHS staff in England were sexually harassed while at work last year,…
How common are side effects of treatment to prevent gout flares when starting allopurinol?
The studyRoddy E, Bajpai R, Forrester H, et al. Safety of colchicine and NSAID prophylaxis…
Physician associates should not diagnose patients, says BMA guidance
Physician associates (PAs) must be barred from diagnosing patients or from claiming to be “one…