After The Devastating Fires, Can Australia’s Forests Bounce Back?
Can Australia’s ancient rainforests bounce back from the raging wildfires of last year? Even experts…
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Although exercise helps you shed unwanted pounds and get the physique you wanted, it has…
Unique Virus With Unknown Genes Discovered By Scientists In Brazil
Meet the Yaravirus, a newly discovered viral organism that has a genome unlike anything scientists…
Scientists Discover New Way To Study Moon Samples
Scientists, clever as ever, have just managed to come up with a new way to…
Noise Pollution In The Arctic Scares Cod From Feeding Grounds, Study Finds
As per a newly released report, the noise that shipping vessels make while passing through…
Wolves Apparently Regurgitate Berries To Feed Their Young, Study Finds
Wolves are known for snacking on blueberries. As it turns out, a good number of…
Drinking Lemon Water For Weight Loss And Other Myths Debunked
Here are some weight loss myths that you may not be aware of. Read Original…
Mediterranean Diet Better Than Intermittent Fasting For Weight Loss, Study Claims
Research finds the Mediterranean diet is the best diet in terms of health benefits and…
Snapchat Launches Mental Health Tool ‘Here For You’
As per a recent company announcement released Tuesday, social media app Snapchat will be launching…
Best Tips To Boost Your Immune System
These tips will boost your immune system, keeping you protected from all kinds of diseases…
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Smells Exposed To During Learning And Sleeping Improve Memory
A new study found the odor cues exposed to the whole night, during studying and…
Wormwood As Super Herb: What You Need To Know
Here’s what you need to know about wormwood. Read Original Article: Wormwood As Super Herb:…
Cannabis for Treating IBD: Hope or Hype? – University of Michigan Health System News
Cannabis for Treating IBD: Hope or Hype? University of Michigan Health System News Read Original Article:…
Fake Coronavirus Cures, Part 2: Garlic Isn’t a ‘Cure’ – FactCheck.org
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AP VoteCast: NH Democrats angry, seek alternative to Trump – Minneapolis Star Tribune
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New ‘universal’ target for antiviral treatment
Researchers have uncovered a novel potential antiviral drug target that could lead to treatments protecting…
‘Atomic dance’ reveals new insights into performance of 2D materials
A team used electron microscopy to observe the cause of failure in a widely used…
Storm-induced sea level spikes differ in origin on US east, Gulf coasts
The Gulf Coast, especially New Orleans, is particularly vulnerable to storm surge. As the climate…
Replacing animal testing with synthetic cell scaffolds
Electrospun synthetic cell scaffolds are not only more consistent than animal cells for cancer research,…
Casting light on the brain’s inner workings
A team of engineers has created an ultra-small, wireless, battery-free device that uses light to…
Combining viral genomics and public health data revealed new details about mumps outbreaks
In 2016 and 2017, a surge of mumps cases at Boston-area universities prompted researchers to…
Pilot program aims to improve reproducibility, utility, and ethics of biomedical research
Addressing the widespread concern over transparency and reproducibility in biomedical research, one of the largest…
Hot climates to see more variability in tree leafing as temperatures rise
Scientists found that while all regions of the country can expect an earlier start to…
Researchers look to fungus to shed light on cancer
Researchers found that a natural product from the fungus Fusicoccum amygdali stabilizes a family of…
Software updates slowing you down?
We’ve all shared the frustration — software updates that are intended to make our applications…
Disease found in fossilized dinosaur tail afflicts humans to this day
Researchers have identified a benign tumor found in a fossilized dinosaur tail as part of…
How some butterflies developed the ability to change their eyespot size
Biologists have new insight on how a butterfly species developed the ability to adjust its…
Coincidences influence the onset and ending of ice ages
An analysis of the so called climate spectrum shows why the ice ages have not…
New technique allows scientists to study parasitic infections one cell at a time
A new technique may help scientists study the body’s immune response to intestinal parasite infections…
Birthing care without racism: five minutes with . . . Kimberly Seals Allers
“In New York City, where I live, black women are 12 times more likely to…
Four US doctors convicted of fraud in $150m scheme to swap opioids for back injections
Four physicians from Michigan in the US have been convicted of fraud after providing 6.6…
Doctors and paramedics must be better prepared to deal with propranolol overdoses
Doctors and ambulance services are being alerted to the dangers of a drug commonly prescribed…
Practices “waste hours” writing labels under new HPV screening system
General practice staff have been forced to waste hours of clinical time by handwriting labels…
Helen Salisbury: Responding to racism
I try hard, but I know that I make mistakes. I practise unfamiliar names to…
The Paterson report: what has it told us?
What went wrong?“This report is primarily about poor behaviour and a culture of avoidance and…
Gender pay gap in general practice: be careful what you wish for
I am concerned about the inference of The BMJ’s article about the gender pay gap…
Efficacy of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the AIM study): double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, multicentre trial
In this paper by Bråten and colleagues (BMJ 2019;367:l5654, doi:10.1136/bmj.l5654, published 16 October 2019), an…
Alasdair Breckenridge: pharmacologist who expanded research horizons and medicines regulator with vision and passion
bmj;368/feb11_15/m558/FAF1faAlasdair Muir Breckenridge was a giant in 20th century medicine—a physician, clinical pharmacologist, visionary, scientific…
Q fever—the superstition of avoiding the word “quiet” as a coping mechanism: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial
In this paper by Brookfield and colleagues (BMJ 2019;367:l6446, doi:10.1136/bmj.l6446) the affiliations for two authors…
Inequalities in 2020: time for a health strategy that unites the country
Peter English is right to stress the importance of tackling the ubiquitous problem of inequalities…
Gabapentinoids: when hope is restored, it’s obvious that increasing analgesics will bring no benefit
Ian Hamilton need not be so downcast about alternatives for reducing gabapentinoid use.1Kairos Rehabilitation, a…
Harnessing the outrage: it’s time the NHS tackled racial bias
There comes a tipping point in all campaigns when the evidence is irrefutable and the…
Don’t call me Bibi—or anybody else, for that matter
As medical students, our vocabulary expands exponentially to accommodate written exams and clinical assessments, but…
Neglect of older ethnic minority people in UK research and policy
Older people from ethnic minorities are one of the most disadvantaged and excluded groups in…
Transforming the health system for the UK’s multiethnic population
Ethnic diversity is a global phenomenon resulting from historical and contemporary movements of people. However,…
Dinesh Bhugra: Loving the sound of breaking glass
Thinking differently from the start“What makes people so different, if everyone has roughly the same…
Partha Kar: Sadda haq, aithe rakh
We live in a world where discussion around the issue of race gets caught up…
Making the most of a palliative care experience
At some point in their training, most medical students will encounter palliative care during their…
Yvonne Coghill: cultural transformation through conversation
“Motivated, valued, and respected staff give much more, they feel appreciated and part of something….
Can patients use family members as non-professional interpreters in consultations?
Interpreters should be neutralSofia Sarfraz, senior clinical fellow in paediatrics and medical education, says, “For…