US healthcare spending will reach nearly 20% of GDP by 2032, predict experts
US healthcare spending growth will likely exceed the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) during…
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Lateral episiotomy during vacuum assisted childbirth
The linked paper by Bergendahl and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-079014) provides much needed evidence supporting the use…
Climate: Jury fails to convict medics charged with JP Morgan protest
A jury was unable reach a majority decision on four doctors and two nurses who…
Why I . . . go adventure sailing
After weeks of preparation, Trevor Thompson was finally out on the open sea in his…
Exploring different objectives in non-inferiority trials
Non-inferiority clinical trials conventionally try to show that a new treatment is not appreciably worse…
Bird flu snapshot: A critic of the U.S. response speaks out, and USDA tries to ‘corner the virus’
Bird flu snapshot: This is the first in a series of regular updates on H5N1…
STAT+: Under pressure to thwart pharma patent abuse, the PTO proposes a new rule. But will it fly?
In a bid to prevent the patent system from being abused, the U.S. Patent and…
STAT+: Oncologists turn to blood test for circulating tumor DNA, but questions remain on how to use the data
The hope for many cancer patients who go through surgery is that they’ll be cured…
STAT+: Why a big California employer ditched Elevance for some of its health plans
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is making a drastic change to one of its…
Opinion: I’m a hypochondriac. Here’s how the health care system needs to deal with people like me
A late-night Flomax commercial is sometimes all it takes for me to start spinning in…
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STAT+: Oncologists turn to blood test for circulating tumor DNA, but questions remain on how to use the data
The hope for many cancer patients who go through surgery is that they’ll be cured…
Opinion: I’m a hypochondriac. Here’s how the health care system needs to deal with people like me
A late-night Flomax commercial is sometimes all it takes for me to start spinning in…
Opinion: Oversight of health AI must be democratic, not done by the big tech companies
AI development is at a flash point; developers from some of the largest, most successful…
Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center – Veterans Affairs
Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Affairs Read Original Article: Jesse Brown Department…
Growing Use of Herbal Medicine in Cancer Patients Highlights Risks, Communication Gaps – Pharmacy Times
Growing Use of Herbal Medicine in Cancer Patients Highlights Risks, Communication Gaps Pharmacy Times Read Original…
Inside Anthony Fauci’s ‘On Call’: 9 health and science takeaways from the memoir of America’s most famous doctor
Anthony Fauci spent 40 years in the top echelons of government. It was no accident….
Ambitious federal study failed to curb opioid deaths, NIH announces
In 2019, amid an ever-worsening drug crisis, the federal government launched a research study with…
Opinion: I cried tears of loss and rage at the World Hepatitis Summit
At this year’s World Hepatitis Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, the World Hepatitis Alliance presented me…
Alvin C. York Veterans’ Administration Medical Center – Veterans Affairs
Alvin C. York Veterans’ Administration Medical Center Veterans Affairs Read Original Article: Alvin C. York Veterans’…
Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Holistic Healthcare Proven to Boost Your Mental Health – Verywell Mind
Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Holistic Healthcare Proven to Boost Your Mental Health Verywell Mind Read Original…
Alternative Medicine Market Size | Global Industry Research on Growth, Trends, Opportunity and Top Companie… – WhaTech
Alternative Medicine Market Size | Global Industry Research on Growth, Trends, Opportunity and Top Companie… WhaTech…
Opinion: Readers respond to a plea for rare disease progress, vaccine-related injury, and more
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and maybe even provocative articles about the…
Gonadal function in male mice disrupted by prenatal risk factors
Researchers have consistently shown that prenatal exposure to Di (2-ethyhexyl) phthalate harms the reproductive system…
New holistic center offers alternative therapy to help ease sickle cell pain – The Atlanta Journal Constitution
New holistic center offers alternative therapy to help ease sickle cell pain The Atlanta Journal…
Scientists solve decades long mystery of NLRC5 sensor function in cell death
A new study identifies NLRC5 as an innate immune sensor that plays a crucial role…
Quantum entanglement measures Earth rotation
Researchers carried out a pioneering experiment where they measured the effect of the rotation of…
Researchers use large language models to help robots navigate
A technique can plan a trajectory for a robot using only language-based inputs. While it…
New approach to identifying altermagnetic materials
An international team has discovered a spectrum characteristic of an altermagnetic material with X-ray magnetic…
A liquid crystal source of photon pairs
Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), as a source of entangled photons, is of great interest for…
A new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistance: Temperature
Scientists have shown in laboratory experiments that an increase in temperature from 37 to 40…
Vitamin B6: New compound delays degradation
A low vitamin B6 level has negative effects on brain performance. A research team has…
Strengthener for graphene
Layers of carbon atoms in a honeycomb array are a true supermaterial: their unusually high…
The genetic ‘switches’ of bone growth
In mammals, only 3% of the genome consists of coding genes which, when transcribed into…
Self-assembling and disassembling swarm molecular robots via DNA molecular controller
Researchers have succeeded in developing a DNA-based molecular controller. Crucially, this controller enables the autonomous…
Ultrasensitive liquid biopsy tech spots cancer earlier than standard methods
An artificial intelligence-powered method for detecting tumor DNA in blood has shown unprecedented sensitivity in…
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Successful trial for new colorectal cancer treatment
Results from a new phase 1 trial indicate that immunotherapy could be used to treat…
Study on architecture of heart offers new understanding of human evolution
An international research team has uncovered a new insight into human evolution by comparing humans’…
Tiny New Zealand bird delivers a lesson in birdsong evolution
Scientists are rethinking the evolution of vocal learning in birds. New Zealand’s smallest bird, the…
Concrete-nitrogen mix may provide major health and environment benefits
Adding nitrogen to concrete could significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases created by the…
New approach against fatty liver
Fatty liver disease (steatotic liver disease, SLD for short) is increasingly causing failure of the…
New and crucial role discovered for a protein in the body’s immunity against cancer
Researchers have found a new function for an existing protein. They discovered that TIMP-1, a…
Novo Nordisk CEO agrees to Bernie Sanders’ demand to testify on Ozempic, Wegovy prices
WASHINGTON — Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen will testify before the Senate after Sen….
STAT+: Colorado state board decides a pricey Novartis medicine is unaffordable
A blockbuster arthritis drug from Novartis may face a limit on what Colorado health plans…
Fasting primes the immune system’s natural killer cells to better fight cancer, new study in mice finds
A team of researchers has shown for the first time that fasting can reprogram the…
Sharks have depleted functional diversity compared to the last 66 million years
New research has found that sharks retained high levels of functional diversity for most of…
Infectious H5N1 influenza virus in raw milk rapidly declines with heat treatment
The amount of infectious H5N1 influenza viruses in raw milk rapidly declined with heat treatment…
Global trial confirms benefit of antacids on bleeding prevention for ventilated patients
Critically ill patients are at risk of stress-induced upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Now, a global trial…
World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Ethiopia must end, El Fasher crisis update, UN stands with Niger
The head of the UN human rights office (OHCHR) Volker Türk on Friday called for…
Genocide prevention adviser warns of global threat posed by hate speech
The UN’s top genocide prevention official warned on Friday that hate speech remains a significant…
Opinion: NIH needs reform and restructuring, key Republican committee chairs say
While the best parts of biomedical innovation are represented by ringing the bell at a…