Functional seizures associated with stroke, psychiatric disorders
In a large-scale study of electronic health records investigators determined the prevalence of functional seizures…
Category: Science and Health
Emotionally appealing ads may not always help consumer memory
Emotional appeals in advertisements may not always help improve consumers’ immediate recall of a product,…
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What is surgical smoke and what can be done about it?
Surgical smoke poses a health risk to everyone in the operating room. Perioperative teams exposed…
Chemists invent shape-shifting nanomaterial with biomedical potential
Made of synthetic collagen, the new nanomaterial may have a range of biomedical applications, from…
MRI frequently underestimates tumor size in prostate cancer
Improving imaging processes will lead to more successful treatments and help reduce morbidity in men…
Striped or spotted? Winds and jet streams found on the closest brown dwarf
Using high-precision brightness measurements from NASA’s TESS space telescope, astronomers found that the nearby brown…
An Update on At-home Covid-19 Tests
Last month, the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization for at-home Covid-19 tests. Now, several at-home…
Intelligence deficit: Conclusion from the mouse to the human being
Impaired intelligence, movement disorders and developmental delays are typical for a group of rare diseases…
Reducing treatment-related complication for blood cancer patients
Researchers published promising findings on preventing a common complication to lifesaving blood stem cell transplantation…
High-flux table-top source for femtosecond hard X-ray pulses
Researchers have now accomplished a breakthrough in table-top generation of femtosecond X-ray pulses by demonstrating…
What happens when your brain can’t tell which way is up or down?
What feels like up may actually be some other direction depending on how our brains…
Protein that can be toxic in the heart and nerves may help prevent Alzheimer’s
A protein that wreaks havoc in the nerves and heart when it clumps together can…
Mediterranean diet may decrease risk of prostate cancer progression
In a study to examine a Mediterranean diet in relation to prostate cancer progression in…
Delivering the news with humor makes young adults more likely to remember and share
Could the merging of humor and news actually help inform the public? New research found…
Simple bioreactor makes ‘gut check’ more practical
Researchers develop lab tool to mimic conditions in intestines, giving them a mechanical model for…
Fundamental study on the Kondo effect
In 1998, spectroscopic studies on the Kondo effect using scanning tunnelling microscopy were published, which…
Study examines attitudes toward long-acting injectable HIV therapy among women
A study led by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers examines attitudes toward…
Nanodroplets and ultrasound ‘drills’ prove effective at tackling tough blood clots
Engineering researchers have developed a new technique for eliminating particularly tough blood clots, using engineered…
Comprehensive database of head and neck cancers created
Researchers have clarified the contribution of key cancer-associated genes, proteins and signaling pathways in these…
How medical schools can transform curriculums to undo racial biases
Medical school curriculums may misuse race and play a role in perpetuating physician bias, a…
Power, water and climate
As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing…
Not just a guys’ club: Resistance training benefits older women just as much as older men
Men and women aged over 50 can reap similar relative benefits from resistance training, a…
World’s fastest optical neuromorphic processor
A Swinburne-led team has demonstrated the world’s fastest and most powerful optical neuromorphic processor for…
Hawai’i drought during El Niño winter? Not always, according to new research
El Niño events have long been perceived as a driver for low rainfall in the…
A brain mechanism underlying ‘vision’ in the blind is revealed
Researchers observed slow spontaneous fluctuations in the brain’s visual centers that preceded visual hallucinations in…
No More Free Plane Rides for Emotional Support Animals
Emotional Support Animals have lost privileges in a new rule from the Department of Transportation….
Rising lizard temperatures may change predator-prey relationship with snakes
Researchers have discovered that predation by snakes is pushing lizards to be active at warmer…
Peeking inside ‘mini-brains’ could boost understanding of the human brain
Revealing details of the internal structure of ‘mini-brains’ could help accelerate drug studies and may…
Native biodiversity collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean
An international team quantified a dramatic biodiversity collapse of up to 95 per cent of…
Faulty metabolism of Parkinson’s medication in the brain linked to severe side effects
Until now, the reason why the drug levodopa (L-Dopa), which reduces the motor symptoms of…
Unusual sex chromosomes of platypus, emu and pekin duck
Three studies uncovered the unusual sex chromosomes of platypus, emu and Pekin duck. Platypus have…
Human donor milk also protects against severe retinopathy of prematurity
Tran and colleagues highlight the benefit of pasteurised donor milk in reducing the risk of…
Reforming medical education: student experience during the covid-19 pandemic
Dornan and colleagues suggest the importance of experience over competence and the risks that can…
We need to collect data on race, ethnicity, and community in pandemics
I read with interest your recent news article on the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on…
Study Links Hispanic Americans, Diet Choices to Asthma Risk
For millions of Americans with asthma, breathing problems are a real, everyday risk. Hispanic-Americans are…
Where antibiotic resistance comes from
By comparing thousands of bacterial genomes, scientists have traced back the evolutionary history of antibiotic…
New hard disk write head analytical technology can increase hard disk capacities
Using synchrotron radiation at SPring-8 – a large-scale synchrotron radiation facility – researchers have successfully…
What level of immobilisation is necessary for treatment of torus (buckle) fractures of the distal radius in children?
What you need to knowEvidence suggests that most children with torus fractures of the distal…
John Spalding: neurologist who helped to develop mechanical ventilation
bmj;372/jan07_11/m4859/FAF1faJohn Spalding was one of the pioneers of artificial respiration. An old Etonian, he was…
Covid-19: Indian health officials defend approval of vaccine
Health officials have defended India’s decision to approve a homegrown covid-19 vaccine without efficacy data—a…
Covid-19: US cases surge but vaccine distribution is slow
Cases of covid-19 have continued to surge in the US as only five million people…
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Each year we award The BMJ editors’ prize for “persistence and courage in speaking truth…
Covid-19 vaccine: GPs should decide whether to honour second dose appointments, says minister
GPs should use their own discretion to decide whether to honour existing appointments to administer…
Metformin Recalls Continue into a New Year
The FDA announces another recall of metformin, the type 2 diabetes medication, because of possible…
Oldest hominins of Olduvai Gorge persisted across changing environments
Olduvai (now Oldupai) Gorge, known as the Cradle of Humankind, is a UNESCO World Heritage…
Why crocodiles have changed so little since the age of the dinosaurs
New research explains how a ‘stop-start’ pattern of evolution, governed by environmental change, could explain…
Hiatus hernia with oesophageal ulcer
This endoscopy image shows severe erosive reflux oesophagitis (grade D, Los Angeles classification) of the…
Covid-19: High level of non-covid deaths may reflect health system pressures
Excess deaths were higher than deaths involving covid-19 in the week leading up to Christmas,…
Journal article reviews century of data showing COVID-19 likely to impact the brain
Decades of data paint a compelling case for why COVID-19 survivors, even those with few…
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What does the UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement mean for health?
The announcement, on Christmas Eve 2020, that the UK and the EU had agreed a…