Credit: CC0 Public Domain Senior midwives and researchers with experience in criminal and social justice are among those calling for improved maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons. In…
Category: Health & Medicine
Should we be panicked about bird flu? Expert says not yet
William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Credit: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer The nation’s first human death due to the bird flu…
Can medical schools funnel more doctors into the primary care pipeline?
by Felice J. Freyer Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Throughout her childhood, Julia Lo Cascio dreamed of becoming a pediatrician. So, when applying to medical school, she was thrilled to discover…
Global experts propose major overhaul of obesity diagnosis, going beyond BMI to define when obesity is a disease
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by more than 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach…
Stretchable microelectrode array enables non-invasive signal monitoring in organoids
Image of highly stretchable MEA (sMEA) with protruding microelectrodes. Credit: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) A KAIST research team has developed a highly stretchable microelectrode array…
Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk
A doctor checks the blood pressure of A 94-year-old woman in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, Catalonia region, Spain, Friday, July 31, 2020. Credit: AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File About a million Americans…
Research highlights a shift to less reliable ‘natural’ contraception methods among abortion patients
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There has been a shift away from the use of more reliable hormonal methods of contraception to less reliable fertility awareness methods among women requesting abortion…
Discovery of Semliki Forest virus’s brain entry route opens new avenues for tumor treatment
A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen identifies VLDLR as entry receptor for SFV4. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55493-3 In a recent study, researchers from Uppsala University have shown that the Semliki…
‘True food’ research database offers rankings for 50,000 processed foods
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study by investigators from Mass General Brigham provides information to empower consumers and policymakers about the degree of processing of the foods available at three…
Weight gain after breast cancer development tied to heart failure risk
For women with newly diagnosed invasive breast cancer (BC), weight gain is associated with an increased risk for heart failure, according to a research letter published online Jan. 9 in…
