Even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 11 states limited whether employer-based insurance plans could cover abortions with exceptions for rape, incest, life endangerment, and fetal impairment. But those states, which include Texas, Indiana, and Oklahoma, metronidazole 500 mg tablet uses couldn’t prevent plans from covering out-of-state abortions, said Harvey Cotton, a principal lawyer within Ropes & Gray’s […]

Being ‘hangry’ is a real thing! Scientists find direct link between hunger and anger Word is used to describe someone who is angry because they are so hungry It became popular with rise of internet but made Oxford dictionary in 2018  Participants jotted down hunger level and how they felt five times a day Being ‘hangry’ is a real thing […]

Thought LeadersMaxwell Sherman Graduate Student and PhD Candidate Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Maxwell Sherman, an MIT graduate student and one of the lead authors of a study that used a new method to investigate cancer genomes.  Please can you introduce yourself, tell us about your scientific background, and what inspired your latest research? We are a multi-disciplinary team […]

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers illustrated that hybrid severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunity widens effective humoral signatures of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations. ​​​​​​​Study: Hybrid immunity expands the functional humoral footprint of both mRNA and vector-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. ​​​​​​​Image Credit: vitstudio / Shutterstock Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic sparked a breakthrough in vaccine development, resulting in the […]

Exploring the predictive properties of neuronal metabolism can contribute to our understanding of how humans learn and remember. This key finding from a consideration of molecular mechanisms of learning and memory conducted by scientists from Russia and the U.S. has been published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. The emerging trend in neuroscience is to consider the work of neurons as […]

NHS explain the best ways to treat back pain 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 Sudden injury, or simply wear and tear, can lead to the […]

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision last month to repeal a federal right to abortion, many women will now be faced with the prospect of carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term. One group of researchers has studied the fate of these women and their families for the last decade. Their findings show that women who were denied an […]

Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to survive or recover, according to a national clinical trial led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and published in the journal CHEST. The multicenter blinded, randomized placebo-controlled, Passive Immunity Trial for our Nation (PassITON), looked at the efficacy and safety of […]

New research led by UNSW Sydney reveals traffic-related fatalities and injuries are the biggest killers of young people worldwide – causing more deaths than communicable and non-communicable diseases or self-harm. The findings are published todayin The Lancet Public Health in thefirst global analysis of transport and unintended injury-related morbidity and mortality of young people aged 10-24. Using the latest data […]

The One Show: Matt Damon discusses his film 'Stillwater' 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 Courage Under Fire was one of Damon’s earliest films, after he […]