Microchip capability expanded ewith new 3D inductor technology
Smaller is better when it comes to microchips, researchers said, and by using 3D components…
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Myanmar: Departing UN rights expert still hopeful for democratic transition
An independent human rights expert said she has not given up hope for a democratic transition in Myanmar…
Listen: The latest on the China virus, Sarepta’s ongoing FDA saga, and biotech at Davos
Are we dealing with a SARS redux? Has the FDA lost its teeth? And what…
23andMe laying off 14% of employees amid slump in DNA spit kit sales
In the latest sign of a slump in consumer genetic testing, 23andMe is laying off…
Coronavirus: ‘An emergency in China, but not yet a global health emergency’
The head of the UN health agency, WHO (World Health Organization), declared on Thursday that…
75 years after Auschwitz liberation, antisemitism still threatens ‘foundations of democratic societies’
Commemorating 75 years since the liberation of the notorious Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, independent UN…
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STAT Plus: Former Insys executive who dressed as giant fentanyl bottle gets 26-month sentence
A former high-ranking Insys Therapeutics executive who dressed as a giant fentanyl spray bottle in…
A Zika vaccine could save suffering and costs
A new study found that routinely giving the Zika vaccine to women of childbearing age…
WHO declines to declare China virus outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Thursday declined to designate the ongoing outbreak of a novel…
Want to know how contentious drug pricing is in Washington? Check the receipts
WASHINGTON — Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and the 31 other major drug makers that…
Poverty status is linked to worse quality of care
People living in England’s most deprived areas of England seem to receive the worst quality…
Europe’s drug regulator wins court backing for data transparency policy
The European Union’s highest court has decisively upheld the European Medicines Agency’s right to publish…
Meningitis vaccine: cases fall in UK, but herd immunity remains elusive in Australia
The UK’s infant vaccination programme against group B meningococcal disease has resulted in a significant…
Top UN court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide
Myanmar must take steps to protect its minority Rohingya population, the top UN court unanimously ruled on Thursday. Read Original Article: Top UN court…
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Will the future’s super batteries be made of seawater?
The race is on to develop even more efficient and rechargable batteries for the future….
Investing in humanity: The BMJ’s divestment campaign
How do we restore hope for humanity? Many of us feel despair at a disintegrating…
STAT Plus: Many patient groups have deep ties to pharma but fail to disclose backing
Amid ongoing debate over the role the pharmaceutical industry plays in shaping health policy, a…
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
What you need to knowConsider Duchenne muscular dystrophy in boys with delayed motor milestones, positive…
Mount Vesuvius blast turned ancient victim’s brain to glass
MILAN — The eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned an incinerated victim’s brain material into glass,…
Researchers have already grown miniature brains and lungs. Next up: snake venom gland organoids
It’s not every day that a press release for biomedical research conjures up the Barbasol…
STAT Health Tech Summit
About Where health tech meets biotech Breakthroughs in health and medicine are not just biological…
When medical information comes from Nazi atrocities
I first met the Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy1 in 1982, when I…
Skin-to-skin contact do not improve interaction between mother and preterm infant
Following a premature birth it is important that the parents and the infant quickly establish…
Hot flashes impair memory performance
If you’re having difficulty identifying the right word to express yourself clearly or remembering a…
Bending with the wind, coral spawning linked to ocean environment
A research team has utilized modeling analysis to indicate that environmental factors act as a…
Ghostly particles detected in condensates of light and matter
Discover ‘ghostly’ particles and quantum depletion. A new study makes the first observation of ‘ghost…
The secret of strong underwater mussel adhesion revealed
Scientists have identified a mechanism of adhesive proteins in a mussel that controls the surface…
Predicting the degradation behavior of advanced medical devices
Polymer materials play a vital role in today’s medicine. While many applications demand for long-lasting…
Tension between foreign climbers and Sherpas began over 200 years ago
Recent tragedies on Everest have exposed growing resentment felt by some Sherpas towards foreign climbers…
How moon jellyfish get about
With their translucent bells, moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) move around the oceans in a very…
Running for deputy leader of the Labour Party: five minutes with . . . Rosena Allin-Khan
“I’m a doctor first. I didn’t become an MP to stop being a doctor. Working…
Yeshi Dhonden: personal physician to the 14th Dalai Lama
bmj;368/jan23_9/m201/FAF1faCredit: The Tibetan Herbal Clinic, IndiaYeshi Dhonden, the foremost Tibetan doctor in the world, has…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Most Americans worry about drug prices, not Medicare for All; FDA remains divided over a drug
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Our short person…
CQC to reinspect dozens of care homes after uncovering “duplicate material” in reports
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to carry out dozens of reinspections of care and…
Blinding may be unnecessary, but please divest
In the hierarchy of evidence, randomised trials are near the top, trumped only by meta-analysis…
Scurvy in children . . . and other stories
ScurvyScurvy once occurred in seafarers and long distance travellers. Currently, the most vulnerable group seems…
Better health and wellbeing for all
The imminent change of leadership at the top of the World Health Organization’s European region…
An unexpected side effect of gardening
This is a picture of phytophotodermatitis (fig 1).bmj;368/jan23_4/l6969/F1F1f1Fig 1The patient was a 50 year old…
Syncope in a young woman
A previously well and active 25 year old woman with no underlying structural heart disease…
Value of kindness: “I went to the doctor and he didn’t even look at me”
The title of Klaber and Bailey’s editorial, Kindness: an underrated currency, conceals a greater wisdom…
Kindness: “Hello, my name is” badges have helped
I agree with Klaber and Bailey that we should all try to be more kind…
Brian Bartley
bmj;368/jan22_10/m151/FAF1faAfter enjoying national service as an army captain in Hong Kong and undertaking an obstetrics…
John Phillips Mckay
bmj;368/jan22_9/m153/FAF1faJohn Phillips Mckay was the loving husband of Marjorie of blessed memory, a much loved…
Jeannette Alexandra Smith
bmj;368/jan22_8/m154/FAF1faJeannette Alexandra Ferguson was born on Guernsey, the daughter of Alexander and Emily Ferguson and…
Jonathan Maw
bmj;368/jan22_7/m152/FAF1faDane Stephen Jonathan Maw, known as Jonathan, was born in Bath on 8 September 1937….
This Weekend Habit Increases Obesity Risk
One study found that inconsistent eating times on weekends can lead to obesity. Read Original…
Opinion: Pain doesn’t stigmatize people. We do that to each other
In 2000, a truck rear-ended my friend Andrea’s car as she stopped at a crosswalk…
Watch: Why do some viruses spread more widely than others?
As public health officials try to gauge the threat posed by a new virus that…
A fitting memorial: Superbug treatment named for the patient who inspired its discovery
Even for the most elite of bacteria-killers, these superbugs were a challenge. They’d delayed Mallory…
It’s been sequenced. It’s spread across borders. Now the new pneumonia-causing virus needs a name
Ebola, SARS, swine flu, MERS. With the reality that a previously unknown animal virus has…