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Month: March 2024
Antibiotic costs rise 1100% as big pharma exits Nigeria
In Nigeria, the rapidly escalating drug prices are indicative of a deeper issue: fundamentally, it’s…
Illness trajectories in the age of big data
For decades, healthcare providers have understood that patients follow typical trajectories of health decline as…
Using illness trajectories to inform person centred, advance care planning
What you need to knowMost patients with progressive illness follow characteristic trajectories of decline, previously…
Illness trajectories of incurable solid cancers
What you need to knowNew systemic anticancer treatments, such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy, have…
UK workers during the pandemic: inadequate protection and, consequently, increased risk
There are striking similarities, as well as differences, between the shortcomings in protection and consequent…
STAT+: Biotech FogPharma raises $145 million in anticipation of more clinical trials, pharma partnerships
Oncology startup FogPharma just closed a $145 million Series E round, the company confirmed, reaching…
Doctors report big rise in patients with illness because of socioeconomic factors
Over half (55%) of consultants surveyed say that they have seen a rise in the…
Teledentistry may help in detecting oral cancers in current GP and dentist shortages
Referrals to head and neck surgeons for suspected oral cancer are generally higher from areas…
Doctors should not declare anyone fit to be held in immigration detention centres
On 4 February 2024, a 22 year old Guinean man died by suicide in Ponte…
Opinion: New federal guidance is hurting cancer patients, especially those in rural areas
I recently started a patient with metastatic triple-positive breast cancer patient on a targeted therapy…
Q&A: AMA’s chief health equity officer on ridding medicine of racial essentialism
In the aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter…
STAT+: Medical device lobby says it’s tired of waiting on Medicare to cover breakthrough devices
Medical technology lobby AdvaMed is fed up with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services….
One in eight people globally are obese, with rates in children increasing fourfold in three decades
More than a billion people are affected by obesity, which is now the most common…
Ice shell thickness reveals water temperature on ocean worlds
Astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on…
Building bionic jellyfish for ocean exploration
Researchers show how biohybrid robots based on jellyfish could be used to gather climate science…
Could fiber optic cable help scientists probe the deep layers of the moon?
An increasing number of seismologists are using fiber optic cables to detect seismic waves on…
Astronomers reveal a new link between water and planet formation
Researchers have found water vapor in the disc around a young star exactly where planets…
Prenatal Yoga: Benefits and Safety Precautions – Parents
Prenatal Yoga: Benefits and Safety Precautions Parents Read Original Article: Prenatal Yoga: Benefits and Safety Precautions…
Bill to offer timely prenatal care in Mississippi sent to governor – Mississippi Today
Bill to offer timely prenatal care in Mississippi sent to governor Mississippi Today Read Original Article:…
Lawmakers pass bill expanding ambulatory prenatal care for pregnant women – SuperTalk Mississippi
Lawmakers pass bill expanding ambulatory prenatal care for pregnant women SuperTalk Mississippi Read Original Article: Lawmakers…
Uptick in behavioral disorders reported in children following prenatal exposure to anesthesia – Medical Xpress
Uptick in behavioral disorders reported in children following prenatal exposure to anesthesia Medical Xpress Read Original…
A landmark study maps the precise orchestration of prenatal development – EurekAlert
A landmark study maps the precise orchestration of prenatal development EurekAlert Read Original Article: A landmark…
Virgin stingray pregnancy may have a delightfully unusual scientific explanation – NBC News
Virgin stingray pregnancy may have a delightfully unusual scientific explanation NBC News Read Original Article: Virgin…
Why do some animals have ‘virgin births’? – BBC.com
Why do some animals have ‘virgin births’? BBC.com Read Original Article: Why do some animals have…
Stingray’s virgin pregnancy may have a delightfully unusual scientific explanation – AOL
Stingray’s virgin pregnancy may have a delightfully unusual scientific explanation AOL Read Original Article: Stingray’s virgin…
Deepika-Ranveer seen at airport after pregnancy announcement – India Today
Deepika-Ranveer seen at airport after pregnancy announcement India Today Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh make first…
News in Brief 29 February 2024
‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights CouncilRisks from climate change,…
UN issues global alert over teacher shortage
The world urgently needs 44 million teachers by 2030 in order to make the Sustainable…
At least one in eight people now obese, warns WHO
At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the World Health…
STAT+: Here are the cancer drugs Pfizer thinks could reignite investors’ interest
Pfizer spent more than four hours Thursday laying out its oncology program to investors. But…
Best Ozempic Alternatives in 2024 – Healthline
Best Ozempic Alternatives in 2024 Healthline Read Original Article: Best Ozempic Alternatives in 2024 – Healthline…