Texas Doctors Forced a Miscarrying Woman to Wait Nearly 2 Days Before Receiving Treatment. She Died of a Preventable Infection
A woman in Texas died from a preventable infection after being forced to wait until there was no heartbeat before being treated for a miscarriage at 17 weeks. Josseli Barnica,…
Novo Nordisk GLP-1 Drug Meets Goals of MASH Trial, Setting Stage for FDA & EMA Filings
Novo Nordisk's obesity drug Wegovy has shown promising results in treating metabolic dysfunction steatohepatitis (MASH), a prevalent fatty liver disease affecting over 250 million people worldwide. The drug, which contains…
New funding to review possible expansion of newborn screening services
The Government has announced funding for the potential expansion of newborn screening to include more rare diseases, with nine conditions currently being screened for. Two new conditions will be introduced…
Do wearable sleep trackers work? Top Picks
Fitbit uses machine learning algorithms to track personalized sleep information and new models show improved accuracy. However, studies show limitations compared to baseline sleep studies, with most focusing on young,…
OrthoIndy, Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center announce plans to align practices
OrthoIndy and Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center have announced plans to align practices for orthopedic care in Indiana. The integration is expected to be completed in the first half of…
STAT readers on long Covid, biomedical innovation, and mental health
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for articles about the life sciences written by experts. The platform encourages discussions through Letters to the Editor. One article discusses the lack of treatment…
David Paul Brandes Goldberg: social psychiatrist who highlighted the role of GPs in mental health treatment
David Goldberg, a young psychiatrist, had two revelations that shaped his career. The first was the realization that the diagnostic system he had been taught was created by distinguished specialists,…
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to ‘fall back’ an hour
Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, giving people an extra hour of sleep but resulting in darker afternoons for the next few months. The time change can disrupt the body's…
Quitting smoking after cancer diagnosis can add years to patient lives
Quitting smoking within six months of a cancer diagnosis can increase a patient's life expectancy by an average of two years. Cancer centers have an obligation to provide evidence-based smoking…
Gardasil 9 at 10 Years: A Brief History
Vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV) has proven effective in preventing diseases caused by high-risk HPV types. Gardasil 4, approved in 2006, played a key role in lowering cervical cancer…