Haven, ambitious health venture backed by Amazon, to shut down
After a tumultuous three years marked by halting progress and high rates of employee turnover,…
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Research shows a few beneficial organisms could play key role in treating type 2 diabetes
Researchers have found that a few organisms in the gut microbiome play a key role…
Inflammation from ADT may cause fatigue in prostate cancer patients
Researchers are investigating whether inflammation in the body, a side effect of ADT, contributes to…
STAT+: HHS rebukes drug makers for curtailing discounts to hospitals that serve low-income communities
After months of controversy, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a stern rebuke…
New data-driven global climate model provides projections for urban environments
Cities only occupy about 3% of the Earth’s total land surface, but they bear the…
Alert system shows potential for reducing deforestation, mitigating climate change
Forest loss declined 18% in African nations where a new satellite-based program provides free alerts…
Using artificial intelligence to find new uses for existing medications
Scientists have developed a machine-learning method that crunches massive amounts of data to help determine…
Why patients with cancer spread to the liver have worse outcomes
A new study finds that tumors in the liver siphon off critical immune cells, rendering…
Long live the efficient, pure-blue OLED
In work that could help to solve the challenge of finding blue light sources matching…
Risk of extinction cascades from freshwater mussels to a bitterling fish
Reproduction of native and invasive bitterling fishes and their hybridisation was studied in Japan. We…
A polarization-driven guide to making high-performance, versatile solar cells
When solar cells are exposed to sunlight, certain bound ‘charge pairs’ are generated in its…
Innovative battery chemistry revolutionizes zinc-air battery
The zinc-air battery is an attractive energy storage technology of the future. Based on an…
Opinion: Instead of debating ‘first-shot’ vs. ‘set-aside’ vaccine approaches, hospitals’ study should compare them
The FDA authorizations of two Covid-19 vaccines so far specify two-shot regimens, spaced three weeks…
Drug discovery study identifies promising new compound to open constricted airways
In a preclinical study, researchers identified and characterized 18 new compounds (agonists) that activate bitter…
Frequent travel could make you 7% happier
People dreaming of travel post-COVID-19 now have some scientific data to support their wanderlust. A…
Pollutants rapidly changing the waters near Ieodo Island
A research team identifies the cause of ocean fertilization in northeast Asian waters. Read Original…
Oregon’s Medicaid expansion improved prenatal care access, birth outcomes
A pair of recent studies found that Oregon’s Medicaid expansion in 2014 has led to…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. considers giving half-doses of Moderna vaccine; Americans may not get AstraZeneca shot until April
Good morning, everyone, and nice to see you after an extended holiday break. We hope…
How to identify heat-stressed corals
Researchers have found a novel way to identify heat-stressed corals, which could help scientists pinpoint…
How it started: A Q&A with Helen Branswell, one year after Covid-19 became a full-time job
Before the virus that causes Covid-19 had a name — before Covid-19 itself had a name…
STAT+: The health tech tracker for the first quarter: 13 important events to watch
It will be a quarter unlike any other in recent memory for the health tech…
Opinion: Incentives and information drive health care innovation: lessons from Medicare Advantage
Health care in America often feels like it moves at a glacial pace, if that…
‘Still waiting for my turn’: Primary care doctors are being left behind in the vaccine rollout
In March, Marc Price set up a tent outside his primary care practice in Malta,…
Britain takes a gamble with Covid-19 vaccines, upping the stakes for the rest of us
In an extraordinary time, British health authorities are taking extraordinary measures to beat back Covid-19….
STAT+: The biotech 2021 preview, from M&A to gene therapy and more
Hello, Biotech 2021. In the interest of humility, we’ll note that last year’s preview story…
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Five key milestones in the Covid-19 pandemic that we’re anticipating in 2021
On the first day of fall, STAT published its best guesses of 30 moments to…
Comprehensive Report on Alternative Medicine Market 2021 | Size, Growth, Demand, Opportunities & Forecast To 2027 | Medigenics, Herb Pharma, Deepure Plus, Pure encapsulations, Nordic Naturals – Farming Sector
Comprehensive Report on Alternative Medicine Market 2021 | Size, Growth, Demand, Opportunities & Forecast To…
Putty-like composites of gallium metal with potential for real-world application
Researchers created a novel functional composite of gallium with putty or paste-like physical properties. The…
Comb of a lifetime: a new method for fluorescence microscopy
Conventional fluorescence microscopy provides poor quantitative information of the sample because it only captures fluorescence…
Pfizer and BioNTech speed up timeline for offering Covid-19 to placebo volunteers
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech plan to start offering their Covid-19 vaccine to clinical trial…
Machine Learning Helps Rewrite Earth’s History
Mass extinctions and radiations have shaped the development of life on our planet, and new…
Opinion: Who’s choosing Americans’ medications — doctors or insurers? The bane of prior authorization
New Year’s Day, the day of new beginnings, is a day health care providers like…
STAT+: Indian regulators are pushed to release Covid-19 vaccine trial protocol
As Indian regulators consider emergency approval of a Covid-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of…
See live cells with seven times greater sensitivity using new microscopy technique
Experts in optical physics have developed a new way to see inside living cells in…
Alternative medicine spikes – Executive
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Natural approach to healthcare – KNBN NewsCenter1 – Newscenter1.tv
Natural approach to healthcare – KNBN NewsCenter1 Newscenter1.tv Read Original Article: Natural approach to healthcare –…
Doctors criticize UK health officials for changing Pfizer Covid vaccine plan – CNBC
Doctors criticize UK health officials for changing Pfizer Covid vaccine plan CNBC Read Original Article: Doctors…
U.K. health service pushes back interval for delivering second Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to a duration company says is untested – MarketWatch
U.K. health service pushes back interval for delivering second Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to a duration…
A quiet, unusual end to a tumultuous year
2020 has been a rough year, and it’s coming to a close amid a flurry…
Traditional Ghanaian medicines show promise against tropical diseases
The discovery of new drugs is vital to achieving the eradication of neglected tropical diseases…
Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration
Producing clean water at a lower cost could be on the horizon after researchers solved…
Stretching diamond for next-generation microelectronics
Diamond is the hardest material in nature. It also has great potential as an excellent…
Multiple mosquito blood meals accelerate malaria transmission
Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and…
New virtual screening strategy identifies existing drug that inhibits COVID-19 virus
A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with lab experiments suggest that pralatrexate, a chemotherapy…
Social media safety messages: Pictures should match the words
When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviors, it’s critical to…
Study points the way to boost immunotherapy against breast cancer, other solid tumors
Researchers report that adding a small molecule to a chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) cell therapy…
Blood vessel cells implicated in chronic inflammation of obesity
When fat cells in the body are stuffed with excess fat, the surrounding tissue becomes…
Transfusions with higher red blood cell levels do not improve preterm baby outcomes
A randomized clinical trial is the largest study to-date to compare thresholds for blood transfusions…
New Dietary Guidelines Shift Focus, Garner Criticism
What and how should you be eating? There are new guidelines. Read Original Article: New…
Getting Creative to Help Diabetes Patients Save Limbs
Diabetics face many challenges even in a normal year, but pandemic-related delays of care can…