Drinking Coffee Pros And Cons: What You Need To Know
Whethere your cup of coffee is good or bad depends on your habits. Read Original…
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Simon John Connell
bmj;367/dec06_3/l6824/FAF1faBrought up in Lytham St Annes, Simon John Connell was certain of his chosen career…
Philip Rose
bmj;367/dec06_2/l6828/FAF1faPhilip Francis Rose, known as Phil, was born on 19 April 1960 in Liverpool. As…
Birds Are Becoming Smaller Due To Climate Change
A new study reveals that birds have started physically shrinking in size as a direct…
Opinion: Creating a Facebook for cell communication can help treat disease
Everyone, it seems, uses Facebook and LinkedIn these days. Social networking sites make it incredibly…
Families are reeling after FDA rejects therapy for kids born without a thymus gland
When Charlie Luckesen turned 2 the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, his family celebrated with a golden…
STAT Plus: Acquisitions, not Congress, will chart biotech’s course in 2020, experts predict
Washington has never before been so focused on lowering prescription drug prices. But these biotech…
Listen: Biogen’s big reveal, hot takes on Alzheimer’s, & the science of one-eyed sheep
How do you know if a “positive” study is positive? And what if clinical trial…
STAT Plus: Veritas, genetics company founded by George Church, suspends U.S. operations
Veritas Genetics, the Boston-based personal genome testing company co-founded by noted Harvard Medical School professor…
STAT Plus: Bribing doctors in India is allegedly a widespread practice
Seeking to juice profits, some Indian drug makers bribe doctors with credit cards, free trips,…
Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann to step down
Sue Desmond-Hellmannn is stepping down as CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the…
Scientists Discover A Planet Circling A Dead Star
For the first time ever, researchers and scientists have discovered a planet that’s apparently circling…
Previously-Scrapped Alzheimer’s Drug May Be Effective After All
In one of the most unexpected comebacks of the scientific and medical world, a once-shelved…
Study Shows Exercise Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk
A new study suggests regular exercise can reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Read Original…
What Meditation Does To Your Body
Meditation works and the trick is to know how to do it. Read Original Article:…
Coloring, Straightening Hair May Give You Breast Cancer, Study Warns
Researchers found that women who frequently use permanent hair dye or chemical hair straighteners are…
Best Exercise To Eliminate Belly Fat Revealed
An expert recommends doing long duration but low-intensity exercise, such as running, cycling and swimming,…
Nausea: Best Teas To Drink When You Have The Urge To Vomit
There are ways that have already been proven effective to relieve nausea. One is sipping…
Food Addiction: Simple Guide On How To Overcome Condition
Food addiction is a serious condition. Here are some tips to help you overcome it….
Telltale Signs You Have High Blood Sugar
Here are telltale signs to look out for if you suspect that you, or someone,…
Weight Loss Tip: Does Drinking Apple Cider Vinegar Help Burn Fat?
According to health experts, people who want to lose weight should consider taking apple cider…
Supplements That Will Effectively Help You Beat Holiday Stress
There are stress-fighting supplements you can easily find and add to your daily meals to…
Is Fish Oil Really Good For The Heart?
Animal studies showed omega-3-fatty acids found in fish oil could help protect the heart. However,…
LYNPARZA® (olaparib) Approved in China as a First-Line Maintenance Therapy in BRCA-Mutated (BRCAm) Advanced Ovarian Cancer
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. AstraZeneca and Merck’s LYNPARZA Reduced the Risk of Disease Progression or…
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Brushing Teeth Helps Stave Off Heart Disease
A study based in Korea found that brushing teeth three or more times a day…
HIV: PrEP and PEP
Source: National Library of Medicine What are PrEP and PEP? PrEP and PEP are medicines…
Cannabis (Marijuana) and Cannabinoids: What You Need To Know
Are marijuana and cannabis the same thing? What are cannabinoids? Can cannabis or cannabinoids treat…
Are plant-based diets a healthy meat alternative? – WLS-TV
Are plant-based diets a healthy meat alternative? WLS-TV Read Original Article: Are plant-based diets a healthy…
Thursday’s Daily Brief: Samoa measles epidemic, Dozens die off Mauritania, Volunteer Day and Zambia’s food troubles
A recap of Thursday’s top stories: Dozens of migrants drowned off Mauritanian coast; measles grip Samoa…
Assistance during first years of biology major leads to higher retention of first-gen students
Assistance during the first years of a biology major leads to higher retention of first-generation…
As China rapidly adopts clean energy, use of traditional stoves persists
Old habits are hard to break. A new study of replacement of traditional wood and…
Artificial cells act more like the real thing
Protocells — artificial cells — that are active and mimic living cells by moving independently…
‘Buildings’ in human bone may hold key to stronger 3D-printed lightweight structures
The discovery of how a ‘beam’ in human bone material handles a lifetime’s worth of…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission explains Asteroid Bennu’s mysterious particle events
Shortly after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by the mission’s…
Rats exchange information about danger in a reciprocal fashion
Rats exchange information about danger in a reciprocal fashion, and this information transfer is at…
Mobile devices blur work and personal privacy raising cyber risks
Organizations aren’t moving quickly enough on cyber security threats linked to the drive toward using…
Dull teeth, long skulls, specialized bites evolved in unrelated plant-eating dinosaurs
Herbivorous dinosaurs evolved many times during the 180 million-year Mesozoic era, and while they didn’t…
Bats may benefit from wildfire
Bats face many threats — from habitat loss and climate change to emerging diseases, such…
UN team aids Samoa response to deadly measles outbreak
UN teams are on the ground in Samoa as the country combats a deadly measles…
Measles ‘misinformation campaigns’ through social media, fuel rising toll
Measles deaths and infections in 2019 are set to “substantially exceed” last year’s toll when…
Can Arctic ‘ice management’ combat climate change?
According to a much-debated geo-engineering approach, both sea-ice retreat and global warming could be slowed…
How flowers adapt to their pollinators
The first flowering plants originated more than 140 million years ago in the early Cretaceous….
Damaging rains from hurricanes more intense after winds begin to subside
Howling wind drives torrential rain sideways as tall, slender palms bow and tree limbs snap….
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Changing wildfires in the California’s Sierra Nevada may threaten northern goshawks
Research suggests fire, as it becomes more frequent and severe, poses a substantial risk to…
Carbon emissions from volcanic rocks can create global warming
Greenhouse gas emissions released directly from the movement of volcanic rocks are capable of creating…
A robot and software make it easier to create advanced materials
A team of engineers has developed an automated way to produce polymers, making it much…
Frank Dobson: Labour politician who became “best UK health secretary since Aneurin Bevan”
bmj;367/dec05_10/l6792/FAF1faPhoto credit: Glenn Corpus/ShutterstockFrank Dobson was the first Labour health secretary for nearly 20 years…
Medical memoirs: using patient stories with explicit consent
Thanks for the fantastic column about the ethics of medical memoirs.1 I wanted to tell…
Acute paraplegia in a healthy child
A previously healthy 12 year old girl presented to the emergency department with two days…
Shared decision making: why the slow progress? An essay by Neal Maskrey
Shared decision making occurs when clinicians and patients work together to select tests, treatments, management,…