Toni Sherwin is actually looking forward to the procedure that will relocate her dialysis port from her chest to her arm, which will be easier to keep dry. Since she started dialysis in February — as part of blood cancer treatment — she has washed her hair in the sink and stayed out of her pool to prevent water from […]

When Bad Actors Hijack Good Research Extremists and others distort and misrepresent scientific research for their own purposes, and the problem is getting worse. Research topics include genetics, race, sexuality, privacy, civil rights, climate change, and other matters that might be considered sensitive. The problem is compounded in a social climate in which pseudoscience and conspiracy theories gain traction rapidly, […]

From 1999 to 2018, barriers to timely medical care in the United States increased for all race and ethnic groups, with disparities between groups also increasing, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in JAMA Health Forum. César Caraballo, M.D., from Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, and colleagues describe trends in racial and ethnic disparities in barriers to […]

Analysis of sediment around the Pyramids of Giza show that the Khufu branch of the Nile River once flowed close enough to the location that it likely was used to transport the stones and materials used to build the pyramids, according to a team of researchers from France and Egypt. What to Know: New palaeoecological analyses have helped to reconstruct […]

In a recent study published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers described an unusual case of patient-to-healthcare worker (HCW) monkeypox virus (MPXV) transmission via a needlestick injury that occured in Brazil. Research Letter: Monkeypox Virus Transmission to Healthcare Worker through Needlestick Injury, Brazil. Image Credit: FOTOGRIN / Shutterstock Background A recent study reported only […]

A 6-month low-carbohydrate diet may reduce A1c levels in people with prediabetes or diabetes, new research suggests. Results from a randomized trial involving 150 adults with untreated A1c of 6.0% to 6.9% were published online October 26 in JAMA Network Open by Kirsten S. Dorans, ScD, assistant professor of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, […]

BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) – China has blocked GSK from participating in its bulk-buy drug procurement programme focused on off-patent medicines from Oct. 31 until April 29, 2024, over quality problems with a prostate drug, the British drugmaker said on Monday. First reported by CCTV state television, the ban was imposed by authorities after a batch of GSK’s prostate treatment – known […]

Sir David Jason says he had ‘seriously bad’ Covid We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Covid and its dominant symptoms have been changing ever since the […]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Cabinet approved legislation Wednesday that ensures basic protective measures against the coronavirus pandemic are continued during the fall and winter when more virus cases are expected. The presentation of the rules—which also include the new obligation to wear N95-type face masks during all long-distance travel by train and bus as well as on planes—coincided with the […]

A third of American women of reproductive age now face excessive travel times to obtain an abortion, according to a new geospatial analysis by researchers in San Francisco and Boston that is one of the first to model the effects of the Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs v. Jackson decision. Twice as many women must now travel more than an hour […]