Opinion: As a doctor in the Covid-19 era, I’ve learned that judging patients’ decisions comes easier than it should
Mrs. Gomes, my umpteenth patient of the day, is an older woman — only slightly…
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With limited surveillance of Covid-19 variant, it’s déjà vu all over again
As health officials in the United States announced a second and possibly a third person…
We wish we’d written that: STAT staffers share their favorite stories of 2020
It has been a long, tough year unlike any other. As the new coronavirus tore…
Patient Medical Bills: The Smoke’s About to Clear
Buried within the nearly 6,000-page Combined COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending Bill signed by President…
Loss of Regular Diabetes Care Increases Number of Amputations
Diabetics face many challenges even in a normal year, but pandemic-related delays of care can…
Global Complementary & Alternative Medicine Market Slumps Temporarily amid Covid-19 Outbreak, Lexis Business Insights Study 2020 2028 – The Courier
Global Complementary & Alternative Medicine Market Slumps Temporarily amid Covid-19 Outbreak, Lexis Business Insights Study…
Thailand Clears Use of Herbal Medicine for Covid-19 Treatment – Bloomberg
Thailand Clears Use of Herbal Medicine for Covid-19 Treatment Bloomberg Read Original Article: Thailand Clears Use…
CDPAP gives NY’s disabled alternative to assisted living and home health care – NEWS10 ABC
CDPAP gives NY’s disabled alternative to assisted living and home health care NEWS10 ABC Read Original…
Telehealth offers alternative to in-person visits during COVID-19 – Cleveland Jewish News
Telehealth offers alternative to in-person visits during COVID-19 Cleveland Jewish News Read Original Article: Telehealth offers…
Scientists explore deficits in processing speed in individuals with spinal cord injury
A new study examined the neural mechanisms of higher order cognitive tasks of individuals with…
New research may explain severe virus attacks on the lungs
In some cases, immune cells in the lungs can contribute to worsening a virus attack….
Potential new RX strategy for stroke
new research reports that a combination of a new drug and selected DHA derivatives is…
STAT+: 3 pharma trends to watch in 2021
To say this past year has been like no other is an understatement. But for…
Development of fusion energy
Physicists are working to develop a unique tokamak fusion device called ‘SPARC.’ Read Original Article:…
A pursuit of better testing to sort out the complexities of ADHD
The introduction of computer simulation to the identification of symptoms in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity…
Opinion: Stopping the syndemic: Covid-19 plus other debilitating and deadly diseases
With Covid-19 vaccines beginning to be distributed in the United States and other countries, and…
Opinion: 5 most widely read First Opinion articles of 2020
In a year of crisis and tragedy, 2020 lent itself to an abundance of opinions…
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STAT+: 3 freshman lawmakers for health wonks to watch
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have a habit of contorting their resumes to find a…
As a nurse, she knew the daily traumas of Covid-19. Then her father landed in her ICU
Even on his second trip to the emergency room, Tom McNamara wasn’t especially afraid of…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market SWOT Analysis by Key Players- Herbal Hills, Nordic Naturals, Quantum Touch – Press Release – Digital Journal
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market SWOT Analysis by Key Players- Herbal Hills, Nordic Naturals, Quantum…
Global Complementary & Alternative Medicine Market 2021 Complete Strategic Report – The Courier
Global Complementary & Alternative Medicine Market 2021 Complete Strategic Report The Courier Read Original Article: Global…
Pueblo West dispensary closes its doors – Pueblo Chieftain
Pueblo West dispensary closes its doors Pueblo Chieftain Read Original Article: Pueblo West dispensary closes its…
New Law Takes the Surprise out of Patient’s Bills
Buried within the nearly 6,000-page Combined COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending Bill signed by President…
Public health experts grow frustrated with pace of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
WASHINGTON — Some public health experts are expressing mounting frustration with the pace of the…
Scientists develop high-throughput mitochondria transfer device
Scientists have developed a simple, high-throughput method for transferring isolated mitochondria and their associated mitochondrial…
College football players underestimate risk of injury and concussion
College football players may underestimate their risk of injury and concussion, according to a new…
More effective training model for robots
Multi-domain operations, the Army’s future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate…
Sustained cellular immune dysregulation in individuals recovering from COVID-19
Observational clinical research of COVID-19 patients can help clinicians better understand how the previously unknown…
Daily DIY sniff checks could catch many cases of COVID-19
Smell loss – called anosmia – is a common symptom of COVID-19. DIY smell tests…
General anesthesia and normal sleep affect brain in an amazingly similar way as consciousness fades
What happens in the brain when our conscious awareness fades during general anesthesia and normal…
Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease
Small studies have suggested that a group of medications called RAS inhibitors may be harmful…
Detective work in theoretical physics
Physicists have published a review article on the so-called dynamical density functional theory (DDFT). This…
Sugars influence cell-to-surface adhesion
An international team of researchers examined how movement and adhesion in the green alga Chlamydomonas…
A single gene ‘invented’ haemoglobin several times
Thanks to the marine worm Platynereis dumerilii, an animal whose genes have evolved very slowly,…
Opinion: David Dinkins, former NYC mayor, a teacher for our times
In the decades before Covid-19, two frightening infectious disease epidemics — HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis —…
Brain imaging predicts PTSD after brain injury
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder brought on by physical and/or psychological…
Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion
Researchers have always known that waves were an important part of the cliff erosion process,…
Common brain malformation traced to its genetic roots
Researchers have shown that Chiari 1 malformation can be caused by variations in two genes…
Opinion: We stress tested banks in 2009. We need to do the same thing now for U.S. hospital systems
Following the market turmoil after the failure of Lehman Brothers in the fall of 2008,…
Explanations for ‘long Covid’ remain elusive. For now, believing patients and treating symptoms is the best doctors can do
Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the perplexing problems of Covid-19 long-haulers seem no…
3 global health issues to watch in 2021
In December 2018, when I set out to write about the global health issues the…
STAT+: 3 biotech trends to watch
For biotech companies, 2020 could have been a lot worse than it was, all things…
30,000 Adults Wanted for Covid-19 Vaccine Trial
Novavax is enrolling participants for a phase 3 clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine. Read…
For Some Lung Cancer Patients, Good News
It’s always a good day when a new treatment, especially one for lung cancer, becomes…
Many painful returns: Coping with crummy gifts
Painful gift giving can burden friends and loved ones with unwanted stuff they may try…
Discovery about how cancer cells evade immune defenses inspires new treatment approach
Researchers have learned how chromosomal instability allows cancer cells to avoid immune defenses and metastasize…
Vaping could cloud your thoughts, new studies suggest
Both adults and kids who vape were more likely to report difficulty concentrating, remembering, or…
Important milestone in the creation of a quantum computer
One of the obstacles for progress in the quest for a working quantum computer has…
Quick look under the skin
Imaging techniques enable a detailed look inside an organism. But interpreting the data is time-consuming…
Carbon capture: Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres
A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital…