STAT+: Big Health gets FDA nod for its digital therapy for insomnia
Digital Therapeutics developer Big Health this week received Food and Drug Administration clearance for SleepioRx,…
Year: 2024
As Covid deaths drop, heart disease and cancer remain leading causes of death
Since its emergence in 2020, Covid has jumbled the list of the 10 leading causes…
Listen: VC struggles, drug pricing negotiations, & Novo’s abrupt Wegovy decision
Why did Novo Nordisk pull its paperwork to expand the use of Wegovy for a…
Detecting climate change using aerosols
Researchers analyzed long-term aerosol satellite observation big data focusing on the Pacific Ocean downwind of…
Gender healthcare: Six new services for children and teenagers to open in England by 2026
Up to six new regional centres will open in England by 2026, in addition to…
Seven days in medicine: 31 July to 6 August 2024
Clinical safetyConfidence to speak out falls to five year lowThe proportion of NHS workers who…
Caring for dying patients in the community
What you need to knowRecognising when patients are dying can be difficult—clinical and general indicators…
WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak…
Talkspace earnings, a framework for detecting AI hallucination, and trends in telehealth abortions
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology…
Thalassaemia: NICE recommends “life changing” gene editing therapy
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended exagamglogene autotemcel (known as…
David George Pratt
bmj;386/aug08_23/q1745/FAF1faDavid was born in London in 1935 and studied languages at A level, winning a…
Breast cancer screening expansion: modelling doesn’t reflect real life and should not be used to update guidance
The move by the US Preventive Services Task Force to recommending screening mammography for women…
STAT+: A strong start for Madrigal’s MASH drug launch
This is the online edition of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Purdue overdose-reversal device, a discontinued Merck trial, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is, despite the gray…
NICE recommends new treatment option for osteoporosis after menopause
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended abaloparatide as a new treatment…
Breast cancer screening does not improve length or quality of life
I was one of the architects of the NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme (NHSBSP) in…
US abortion bans have led to health harms, discrimination, and unwanted births, reports Amnesty
The abolition of the right to abortion in the US has led to the deterioration…
STAT+: AI drug developers Recursion, Exscientia to merge
Two of the leading companies in the AI drug development field, Recursion Pharmaceuticals and Exscientia,…
Sarepta CEO: We’re ‘pretty brilliant’
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3D-printed blood vessels bring artificial organs closer to reality
Lab-grown organs are a long-time ‘holy grail’ of organ engineering that has yet to be…
When mammoths roamed Vancouver Island
Mammoths, the massive pre-historic ice age cousins of the modern-day elephant, have always been understood…
Scientists lay out revolutionary method to warm Mars
Ever since we learned that the surface of planet Mars is cold and dead, people…
Unexpected link between grooming and physiological stress in wild baboons
New research has found a surprising link between grooming and physiological stress in wild baboons….
Giant prehistoric flying reptile took off using similar method to bats, study finds
The pterosaur likely used all four limbs to propel itself in the air, as seen…
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Bacterial gut diversity improves the athletic performance of racehorses
The composition of gut bacteria of Thoroughbred racehorses at one-month-old can predict their future athletic…
Pesticide contamination is more than apple skin deep
Pesticides and herbicides are critical to ensuring food security worldwide, but these substances can present…
‘Amphibious’ sensors make new, waterproof technologies possible
Researchers have demonstrated a technique for creating sensors that can function both in air and…
Social rank may determine if animals live fast, die young
Social rank may determine whether animals prioritize immediate fitness over long-term health, according to a…
Blood test can help predict chronic lung disease in preterm babies
A blood test can help predict which preterm babies will go onto develop chronic lung…
South Florida estuaries warming faster than Gulf of Mexico, global ocean, USF research shows
Estuaries in South Florida have experienced rapid warming over the past two decades, including a…
New device for on-the-spot water testing
Researchers at University of Galway have developed a new, portable technology for on-the-spot testing of…
Walking the walk, scientists develop motion-compatible brain scanner
An upright neuroimaging device developed by neuroscientists, physicists and engineers allows patients to move around…
Processing traumatic memories during sleep leads to changes in the brain associated with improvement in PTSD symptoms
Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions…
Most existing heat wave indices fail to capture heat wave severity
Even though climate change is bringing more frequent and severe heat waves, there is no…
STAT+: Eli Lilly boosts 2024 revenue guidance by $3 billion on Mounjaro, Zepbound sales
Eli Lilly raised its full-year revenue guidance by $3 billion, driven by massive sales of…
Michael Bloomberg donates $600m to historically black US medical schools
America’s four medical schools belonging to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been gifted…
Lawrence Mascarenhas
bmj;386/aug08_17/q1740/FAF1faLawrence Mascarenhas was a distinguished obstetrician, gynaecologist, minimal access surgeon, and educationalist who made an…
Jennifer Mary Fisken (nee Street)
bmj;386/aug08_16/q1743/FAF1faAt the age of about 12 Jenny decided she wanted to be a doctor—this may…
Manak Chand
bmj;386/aug08_15/q1735/FAF1faManak Chand studied medicine at the Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi. He was…
William Goodhugh Dawson
bmj;386/aug08_14/q1736/FAF1faWilliam Goodhugh Dawson was born in Coulsdon, Surrey, and studied medicine at Christ’s College, Cambridge,…
Valerie Graves
bmj;386/aug08_13/q1737/FAF1faValerie Graves (née Scotland) will be remembered as the co-founder of the Medical Recording Service,…
Struggling doctors reduce hours to avoid burnout, finds GMC survey
Increasing numbers of doctors are looking to cut their hours or leave the NHS, the…
Physician associates must be supervised by a GP straight after seeing each patient, says BMA
Physician associates (PAs) working in general practice must have access to a named onsite GP…
US abortion restrictions are causing widespread harm
Evidence is mounting that in the two years since the US Supreme Court removed constitutional…
Episiotomy: Are we ready to let women make choices in pregnancy and childbirth?
Research on therapeutic measures and interventions is sparse in pregnant women, which risks hindering important…
Trace elements and pancreatic cancer . . . and other stories
Cadmium and pancreatic cancer riskA case-control design, nested within a large longitudinal study of cancer…
Opinion: Removing barriers to split liver transplants will save lives
The liver is one of the few organs that need not be transplanted whole. It…
Scientists are starting to uncover how neighborhood can affect the biology of cancer
Where you live has a relationship to your odds of getting cancer and surviving cancer….
Trump’s real health care agenda isn’t in Project 2025 — it’s in his own words
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump has made it abundantly clear that nobody else speaks for…
Watch: How drug patents pave the way to profit
This is Part 3 of “Behind the Counter,” an in-depth video series demystifying the complex…