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Significant glacial retreat in West Antarctica began in 1940s
Among the vast expanse of Antarctica lies the Thwaites Glacier, the world’s widest glacier measuring…
Year: 2024
STAT+: Obesity drug from Viking Therapeutics hits target in Phase 2 study, raising hopes for a competitor to existing medicines
An obesity medication from Viking Therapeutics succeeded in a Phase 2 clinical study, the company…
Scotland’s health visitor investment is improving child health and easing pressure on services
Urgent action is needed to tackle worsening health in children under 5 in the UK,…
Regression discontinuity design studies: a guide for health researchers
Everyday medical practice is largely shaped by evidence from clinical research activities, such as understanding…
Professionalism in 2024: today’s doctors shouldn’t be held to outdated ideas
Professionalism is a term that most healthcare professionals are familiar with, but defining it can…
How to respond when asked where you’re ‘really from’
Fight for acceptance, not toleranceNarut Pakunwanich, academic foundation doctor, interventional neuropsychiatry group, School of Clinical…
Gaza: Excess deaths could exceed 85 000, researchers predict
If the war against Hamas continues its current path or escalates the number of excess…
Nearly half US states limit or ban access to gender affirming care for adolescents, finds report
Some 23 of the 50 US states limit or ban adolescents’ access to gender affirming…
STAT+: Experts say scale of Change cyberattack shows risk of centralized claims processing
Change Healthcare’s recent cyberattack has hospitals, doctors’ offices, and pharmacies across the country reeling as…
Opinion: IVF bans like Alabama’s could cost the lives of children already born
When my wife, Laurie, completed her ninth in vitro fertilization cycle in the spring of…
Protocols originally intended to be extra conservative are now heralded as evidence of mifepristone’s risk
Decisions made by the Food and Drug Administration more than 20 years ago have come…
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Opinion: Palliative psychiatry offers a new path for some people with serious mental illness
The Canadian surgeon and urologist Balfour Mount is considered the father of palliative care in…
Pregnant women can’t get divorced in Missouri. Here’s why – The Hill
Pregnant women can’t get divorced in Missouri. Here’s why The Hill An Insane Missouri Law Prevents…
A Texas Woman Was Denied Abortion Care Even Though an Ectopic Pregnancy Was Killing Her – Truthout
A Texas Woman Was Denied Abortion Care Even Though an Ectopic Pregnancy Was Killing Her Truthout…
Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman’s daughter is pregnant, makes rare appearance with mom – Yahoo News
Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman’s daughter is pregnant, makes rare appearance with mom Yahoo News Read…
Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman’s Daughter Lucy DeVito Is Pregnant – PEOPLE
Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman’s Daughter Lucy DeVito Is Pregnant PEOPLE Read Original Article: Danny DeVito, Rhea…
Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman’s daughter Lucy pregnant with first baby – Page Six
Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman’s daughter Lucy pregnant with first baby Page Six Read Original Article: Danny…
Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy may raise risk of child asthma – Medical News Today
Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy may raise risk of child asthma Medical News Today Read Original…
Millions of TikTok Users Are Following Along with the Miraculous Pregnancy of a Virgin Stingray – IGN
Millions of TikTok Users Are Following Along with the Miraculous Pregnancy of a Virgin Stingray IGN…
News in Brief 26 February 2024
With eyes on Gaza, UN chief launches rights protection pledge UN migration agency teams up with…
First-in-humans discovery reveals brain chemicals at work influencing social behavior
The idea that people make decisions based on social context is not a new one…
STAT+: MD Anderson tried — and failed — to resolve research credit dispute between two scientists, new documents show
Early last year, MD Anderson Cancer Center leadership had a problem on their hands: a…
Research suggests natural compound could be promising new alternative treatment for colon cancer – Medical Xpress
Research suggests natural compound could be promising new alternative treatment for colon cancer Medical Xpress Read…
Explainer: What is the UN Human Rights Council?
War crimes, racism, arbitrary detention and rape as a weapon of war: these just a…
STAT+: Congress ditches site-neutral hospital pay policy
WASHINGTON — Congress will not move forward with a controversial policy to equalize certain Medicare…
STAT+: Private equity firm offers $5.8 billion buyout of hospital billing company R1 RCM
R1 RCM, a large publicly traded technology company that helps hospitals and physicians collect money…
New world record for CIGS solar cells
A new record for electrical energy generation from CIGS solar cells has been reached. Scientists…
Metal scar found on cannibal star
When a star like our Sun reaches the end of its life, it can ingest…
STAT+: The quest for psychedelics in the Amazon would push a Harvard botanist to his limits
The Aztecs called it teonanácatl, or “flesh of the Gods.” Some who ate the intoxicating…
STAT+: Congress punts on PBM reform efforts
WASHINGTON — Congress has abandoned its attempt to reform how pharmacy middlemen operate in an…
Junior doctors in England strike for 10th time as pay dispute rumbles on
The dispute over pay between the government and junior doctors in England saw its 10th…
Sponge-on-a-string test replaces need for endoscopy in eight in 10 reflux patients
Eight out of 10 patients who underwent a capsule sponge test for Barrett’s oesophagus did…
The FDA isn’t afraid to yank a disappointing drug
Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about state moves on drug pricing, an asthma med for kids and more
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
New isotretinoin legislation is based on misinformation
The UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA’s) new legislation around the prescription of…
South Korea: Striking junior doctors are threatened with arrest and suspension
Leaders of a rapidly escalating junior doctors’ strike in South Korea have been threatened with…
Dengue fever: Brazil rushes out vaccine as climate change fuels unprecedented surge
Health authorities in Brazil are rushing out limited supplies of a recently approved vaccine as…
With eyes on Gaza, Ukraine and beyond, UN chief launches rights protection pledge
An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would spell the end for UN-led humanitarian relief to…
STAT+: Obesity treatment from Boehringer Ingelheim, Zealand Pharma succeeds in study in liver condition MASH
LONDON — A drug in development as a weight loss treatment succeeded in a Phase…
Scalpels and spotlights: bringing theatre to the theatre
Stepping into the rehearsal space at the National Theatre in London felt like being back…
Management of chronic pancreatitis
ABSTRACTChronic pancreatitis results from repeated episodes of pancreatic inflammation and associated fibrosis leading to the…
Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study
The largest vaccine safety study to date has identified two new, but very rare, side…
STAT+: Liver disease MASH is next target for obesity drugs in development
As drugmakers race to join the obesity drug market ignited by the approval of Wegovy…
Opinion: A new Louisiana capital-punishment bill would fundamentally alter physician licensing
After the recent nitrogen gas execution in Alabama of Kenneth Smith, state Attorney General Steve…
Cloud clustering causes more extreme rain
Understanding cloud patterns in our changing climate is essential to making accurate predictions about their…
Drug limits dangerous reactions to allergy-triggering foods, Stanford Medicine-led study of kids finds
A drug that binds to allergy-causing antibodies can protect children from dangerous reactions to accidentally…
I tried Prenatal DNA Nutrition test by Genate and here is what I would do differently with my prenatal nutrition plan for my next pregnancy
The post I tried Prenatal DNA Nutrition test by Genate and here is what I…
Unlocking the Power of Phonics: 5 Reasons Why It’s Critical to Teach Struggling Readers How to Read with Phonics
The post Unlocking the Power of Phonics: 5 Reasons Why It’s Critical to Teach Struggling…
Opinion: What STAT readers think about octogenarian presidents
STAT now publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays…
An ectopic pregnancy put her life at risk. A Texas hospital refused to treat her. – The Washington Post
An ectopic pregnancy put her life at risk. A Texas hospital refused to treat her. The…