June top picks: finding your place in medicine
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HPV: Cameroon fights back against one of the world’s lowest vaccination rates
Curious to gain knowledge about her own health, a young grandmother attended the launch of…
Acute painful crisis in adults with sickle cell disease
What you need to knowPain in people of Asian, African, Caribbean, Latin American, or Middle…
Peer support in chronic health conditions
What you need to knowPeer support can be particularly helpful at the point of diagnosis…
Sixty seconds on . . . hologram doctors
Are we bringing dead doctors back to life?That would be one solution to the recruitment…
This desert moss has the potential to grow on Mars
The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising candidate for Mars colonization thanks to its…
Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard
Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the junctions of drifting tectonic plates….
Tiny bright objects discovered at dawn of universe baffle scientists
A recent discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirmed that luminous, very red…
Soft, stretchy electrode simulates touch sensations using electrical signals
A team of researchers has developed a soft, stretchy electronic device capable of simulating the…
Ecologists reconstruct the history of biodiversity in the Indo-Australian archipelago and its rise as a hotspot
The Coral Triangle, also known as the Indo-Australian Archipelago, is renowned for having the greatest…
Air pollution exposure during childhood linked directly to adult bronchitis symptoms
A research team has shown that exposure to air pollution during childhood is directly associated…
Haitian capital’s crippled health system ‘on the brink’
The health system in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is “on the brink” and “crippled by…
Drowning in waste: Pollution hotspots in aquatic environments
A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by…
Climate change to shift tropical rains northward
Atmospheric scientists predict that unchecked carbon emissions will force tropical rains to shift northward in…
A dog’s puppyhood can cause ‘puppy blues’ reminiscent of baby blues
Bringing a puppy home is usually a happy event, but sometimes the life change that…
Creating supranormal hearing in mice
A new study has produced supranormal hearing in mice, while also supporting a hypothesis on…
Too many missing satellite galaxies found
Bringing us one step closer to solving the ‘missing satellites problem,’ researchers have discovered two…
New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes
An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA’s Mars InSight…
New model could help provide expectant mothers a clearer path to safe fish consumption
Research creates a framework to better balance the nutritional benefit of fish consumption with the…
Adults conceived by donors left behind by fertility industry
Children conceived by using egg or sperm donors have the same well-being outcomes as non-donor…
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Protein maps in cerebrospinal fluid offer insight into Alzheimer’s biology
Fighting Alzheimer’s disease is a race against time. By the time most patients are diagnosed…
Mpox: Virus behind new DRC outbreak is most dangerous strain yet, experts warn
A deadlier strain of the mpox virus is being transmitted directly between humans for the…
When I use a word . . . The languages of medicines—defining a street drug operationally
Defining street drugsI have previously discussed the difficulties in coining a dictionary-type definition of the…
Philip Morris: Leaked documents show how company tries to influence science and policy on heated tobacco
A series of leaked documents from the tobacco giant Philip Morris International has sparked concern…
Hospital doctors in Wales vote to accept pay offers
Consultants, junior doctors, and specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors in Wales have accepted…
Re-evaluation of the traditional diet-heart hypothesis: analysis of recovered data from Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-73)
In this paper by Ramsden and colleagues (BMJ 2016;353:i1246, doi:10.1136/i1246, published 12 April 2016), the…
Conferences led by patients facilitate democratic decision making in healthcare
We agree that the pandemic offered no favours to patient and public involvement in healthcare…
Australia’s vaping reforms will protect young people, say public health experts
Australia has become the first country in the world to restrict the sale and supply…
GLP-1 shortages will not resolve this year, EMA warns, amid concern over off-label use
The ongoing shortage of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1) agonists such as semaglutide (marketed as…
Infant deaths increased after Texas banned early abortions, study finds
Infant mortality in Texas increased after the state passed a law that banned abortions in…
Link between prenatal drug use and ADHD – Medical Xpress
Link between prenatal drug use and ADHD Medical Xpress Read Original Article: Link between prenatal drug…
Analysis suggests 2021 Texas abortion ban resulted in increase in infant deaths in state in year after law went into effect
Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country’s most…
E coli: Contaminated lettuce thought to be behind outbreak, as death is reported
One death has been linked to the recent UK outbreak of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia…
NICE recommends new gene therapy for adults with haemophilia B
The gene therapy Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec) should be made available on the NHS as a…
Pregnant women and older adults in England and Scotland to be offered RSV vaccination
Two new vaccination programmes to protect older adults and infants in England against respiratory syncytial…
The next government should support staff to improve care and increase investment
Opinion polls seem to agree that a Labour Government led by Keir Starmer will take…
What next for UK development assistance under the next government?
The United Kingdom was once seen as a global leader in the provision of development…
Topiramate: Screen patients for pregnancy risk, says drug agency
Topiramate, a migraine and antiseizure medicine, will no longer be prescribed to women or girls…
Action is urgently needed on the social determinants of health in the UK
With less than two weeks to go before the UK’s general election on 4 July,…
Doctor politicians: stick to the evidence
How do you move from activism to action, from words on a page to improving…
Bristol GP is cleared of criminal damage after climate protest action at Twickenham
A GP who disrupted a rugby final in support of Just Stop Oil by throwing…
Reframing the “heartsink” feeling can help doctors find a resolution
Do you recognise that heavy sensation of feeling weighed down when you can’t see the…
Predicting sudden death … and other research
Predicting sudden deathMy dad died of a sudden cardiac arrest when he was 48 years…
Widespread papules and skin tightening
This woman in her late 40s presented with widespread papules and tightening of the skin…
Analgesia for non-specific low back pain
What you need to knowAnalgesics have limited effect on low back pain and some, such…
Taxing sweetened drinks . . . and other stories
Sweet drinks taxSeattle is one of seven US cities that have implemented taxes on sweetened…
Recurrent rash and orogenital ulcers
A woman in her 30s presented with a one year history of a recurrent rash…
Opinion: Eating rocks: The case for early integration of medical ethics into AI product development
Google’s recent integration of Gemini, its state-of-the-art large language model, into its search engine marks…
Solar technology: Innovative light-harvesting system works very efficiently
Researchers are reporting progress on the road to more efficient utilization of solar energy: They…
Almonds, pottery, wood help date famed Kyrenia shipwreck
Researchers have identified the likeliest timeline of the famous Hellenistic-era Kyrenia shipwreck, discovered and recovered…