Ultrasound guidance improves first-attempt IV success in IV access in children
When caregivers used ultrasound to guide placement of intravenous lines in children with presumed difficult…
Category: Science and Research
Novel nano-vaccine for melanoma
Researchers have developed a novel nano-vaccine for melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer….
Blinking eye-on-a-chip used for disease modeling and drug testing
The latest iteration of an eye-on-a-chip has a mechanical eyelid to simulate blinking and was…
Insects as livestock: Considering nutritional needs of insects
Grasshoppers and crickets could provide a growing world population with a substantial portion of the…
Scientists propose environmentally friendly control practices for harmful tomato disease
Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) is the most destructive disease of tomato, causing severe…
How wildfires trap carbon for centuries to millennia
Charcoal produced by wildfires could trap carbon for hundreds of years and help mitigate climate…
Geoengineering versus a volcano
Major volcanic eruptions spew ash particles into the atmosphere, which reflect some of the Sun’s…
Simple fluorescent surfactants produced for medicine, manufacturing
Chemists have produced an array of fluorescent surfactants for imaging, biomedical and manufacturing applications. Read…
Raman spectroscopy poised to make thyroid cancer diagnosis less invasive
Researchers have demonstrated that an optical technique known as Raman spectroscopy can be used to…
Shrinking brain tumors and opening the door for targeted cancer therapies
A new drug, known as IP1867B, could be used for future treatments of brain tumors….
Myanmar companies bankroll ‘brutal operations’ of military, independent UN experts claim in new report
Money earned by the Myanmar military from international and domestic business deals, “substantially enhances its…
Using quantum dots and a smartphone to find killer bacteria
A combination of off-the-shelf quantum dot nanotechnology and a smartphone camera soon could allow doctors…
‘Stressors’ in middle age linked to cognitive decline in older women
A new analysis of data on more than 900 Baltimore adults has linked stressful life…
Need for anti-rejection drugs in transplant recipients
For decades, immunologists have been trying to train the transplant recipient’s immune system to accept…
Multiple genes affect risk of asthma, hay fever and eczema
Researchers have found a total of 141 regions (genes) in our genetic material that largely…
Long-term declines in heart disease and stroke deaths are stalling
Heart disease and stroke mortality rates have almost stopped declining in many high-income countries, and…
Researchers find proteins that might restore damaged sound-detecting cells in the ear
Using genetic tools in mice, researchers say they have identified a pair of proteins that…
Warning to adults: Children notice everything
Adults are really good at paying attention only to what you tell them to —…
Researchers make immunotherapy work for treatment-resistant lymphoma
Researchers have developed a way to use immunotherapy drugs against treatment-resistant non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas for the…
Reverse engineering the fireworks of life
An interdisciplinary team has successfully reverse engineered the components and sequence of events that lead…
Sixty seconds on . . . fact checking
Is this about fake news?Kind of. It is a truth universally acknowledged that you shouldn’t…
The dramatic rise of ultra-processed foods
We agree with Astrup and colleagues that the World Health Organization should reconsider its dietary…
PM’s {pound}1.8bn pledge for NHS buildings is “drop in the ocean,” say experts
Boris Johnson has announced that his government will release £1.8bn (€2bn; $2.2bn) to fund new…
Hong Kong healthcare workers join protests
Thousands of healthcare workers in Hong Kong have rallied to protest against what they see…
Ebola in Sierra Leone and DRC: lessons learnt
Mara Kardas-Nelson: How does clinical care differ in Sierra Leone and DRC?Ian Crozier: I got…
Unmasking the vulnerabilities of uninfected children exposed to HIV
The number of children exposed to HIV who remain uninfected has been rising over the…
Essential tremor: diagnosis and management
ABSTRACTEssential tremor is one of the most common movement disorders in adults and can affect…
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Is WHO’s surgical safety checklist being hyped?
Yes—David R Urbach, Justin B DimickExtraordinary claims, Carl Sagan used to say, require extraordinary evidence….
US Researchers Make Huge Progress In Developing Earthquake Prediction Tool
Predicting earthquakes is the goal of a U.S. research team. Read Original Article: US Researchers…
Examining Pennsylvania’s Proposed Ban On Feeding Wildlife
Pennsylvania’s Game Commission recently proposed a ban on feeding wildlife, leading to some citizens opposing…
Why Lobsters Turn Red After Getting Cooked
Lobsters are usually dark blue when caught in the wild, so why do they turn…
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: The Science Behind It
Stars twinkle from our view here on Earth, but can the same be said when…
Ballerina Tea Health Benefits And Possible Downsides
Ballerina tea is all the rage these days, but are its health benefits worth the…
Can Eating Chocolate Make You Fat?
Does chocolate make you fat? And can you still eat it while on a diet?…
Oral human papillomavirus infection
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Foot drop
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Dry mouth
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Purdue Pharma seeks to minimize its role in opioid crisis as it urges dismissal of Massachusetts suit
BOSTON — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma on Friday sought to minimize its role both in…
STAT Plus: A compounder loses a battle with the FDA over using bulk substances
A federal judge ruled the Food and Drug Administration correctly prevented a company from using…
STAT Plus: He studies jerks on the internet. His latest project: researching how they talk about genetic testing
We talk a lot about the unintended consequences of spit kit businesses like 23andMe and…
Opinion: STAT Plus: How to create successful leadership teams for cell and gene therapy companies
Cell and gene therapy companies are opening the door to a paradigm shift in medicine…
NASA Finds ‘First Nearby Super-Earth’ That May Support Alien Life
NASA discovered the exoplanet, GJ 357 d, that is located within the habitable zone 31…
NASA Discovers Strange, ‘Heavy Metal’ Planet
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope discovered a heavy metal exoplanet with temperatures so extreme its upper…
Security Council must ‘come together’ to address the plight of children trapped in armed conflict, says UN envoy
It is “vitally important” that the Security Council “come together” on the current plight of…
People who eat dark chocolate less likely to be depressed
Eating dark chocolate may positively affect mood and relieve depressive symptoms, finds a new study…
Water treatment cuts parasitic roundworm infections affecting 800 million people
A two-year study in rural Kenya explored the effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing and…
Turning water into ice in the quantum realm
When you pop a tray of water into the freezer, you get ice cubes. Now,…
Technique uses magnets, light to control and reconfigure soft robots
Researchers have developed a technique that allows them to remotely control the movement of soft…
Friday’s Daily Brief: Security Council Ebola response, UNICEF chief on ‘devastating week’ for children in Middle East and North Africa, climate and migration links
Our main stories today: Security Council concern over DRC Ebola outbreak, head of UNICEF deplores…
Genetic testing motivates behavior changes in families at risk for melanoma
A new study investigated whether genetic testing would motivate people at risk of developing melanoma…