A nurse pushes a patient into surgery (Getty) Doctors warn that many private practices may be forced to close down, which will impact patients' access to care during the pandemic and afterwards. This is as patients opt not to visit doctors for non-emergency care during the outbreak. Ophthalmologists have been the hardest hit, with a…
By Michael Le Page A hazel dormouseAndy Harmer / Alamy Two groups of researchers have independently discovered a “brain switch” that makes starving mice enter a hibernation-like state called torpor to save energy. They hope it may be possible to induce similar states in people. “Suspended animation could transform medicine and open the door to…
The UK may be rethinking its decision to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, according to the Financial Times, which reported yesterday that the government is paying an IT supplier to investigate whether it can integrate the tech giants’ approach after all. As we’ve reported before coronavirus contacts tracing…
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Know gap and know-do gap in antibiotics prescribing for child diarrhea. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ady9868 Researchers from USC and Duke report in Science Advances that the persistent "know-do gap"—where clinicians know guidelines but practice differently—is the primary driver of antibiotic overprescribing for pediatric diarrhea in India's private sector, not lack of knowledge, point-of-sale
Uncertainty is a natural part of life, but it’s easy to feel completely overwhelmed when a lot of unknowns are coming your way at once—like, right about now. Between political tension and rising gun violence, ongoing debates over health mandates, and the general unpredictability happening in your personal life, it’s no wonder many of us