Medicine
From the archive: ‘Voters are unhappier with the NHS than they’ve been for 30 years. As a GP, I feel the same’ – podcast
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authorsThis week, from 2023: Even those at the top…
STAT+: BlackRock to buy majority stake in Humana’s CenterWell clinics for $2.8 billion
Humana is swapping out private equity sponsors for its CenterWell Senior Primary Care clinics. Good bye, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. Hello, BlackRock.
Helen Branswell, whose reporting on infectious diseases and public health drew acclaim, dies at 69
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69.
STAT+: Many patient, consumer reps on FDA advisory panels have ties to groups funded by pharma, analysis finds
Nearly 40% of FDA advisory committee meetings over a 20-year period included either a patient or consumer rep with active ties to an advocacy group funded by pharma companies.
Yes, obesity is a problem – but a greater one is the food industry and its greed | Letters
Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional diets, warns Prof Kent Buse. Plus letters from Hugo Harper, Dr Pawan Randev and Patricia HamptonYour editorial on cancers in under…
STAT+: Animosity in North Carolina, and MA shooting stars
In this edition of Health Care Inc., we examine the controversy around the health plan covering North Carolina's public workers and retirees, and more.
STAT+: Doctors are giving generously to doctors running for office
Doctors have a lot on the line in the next couple years, and they are donating big to doctors running for political office.
STAT+: FTC demands Martin Shkreli divest his pharma stocks
The FTC asked a federal court to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt for violating a court order banning him from working in the pharmaceutical industry
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about concerns over a rare disease drug, pharma payments to docs, and more
Patient advocates and some experts are expressing growing alarm over the perceived risks of a Neurocrine Biosciences rare disease drug
STAT+: Takeaways from an evaluation of Google’s diagnostic chatbot, AMIE
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: A look at a study recently published in The Lancet about Google's diagnostic chatbot, AMIE.
How many ways can the Trump administration clamp down on international researchers?
In the span of two days last week, the Trump administration issued two sweeping announcements meant to crack down on international students and scholars, who make up a sizable por…
As a pediatrician, loss of human connection is the biggest threat to kids, not AI
Amid worries about children’s relationship to tech, the solution is often spending more time talking openly with each otherWe have become obsessed with the idea that screens are d…
Millions of Medicaid recipients to face draconian requirements as of 1 January
Trump’s reform law that seeks to make coverage harder to get, and to keep, includes working 80 hours per monthIt is a date keeping US healthcare providers up at night: 1 January 2…
Opinion: STAT+: The epidemic of learned helplessness in physicians
“Hordes of brilliant, graduate-degree-holding professionals in their 40s, 50s, and beyond act helpless at work,” writes STAT columnist Frances Mei Hardin.
STAT+: Concerns grow on safety issues tied to Neurocrine Biosciences rare disease drug
Patient advocates and some experts are expressing growing alarm over the perceived risks of a rare disease drug sold by Neurocrine Biosciences.
Opinion: Lethal injection will never be the same after Christa Pike’s botched execution
“The legal and medical issues in the Christa Pike case are on a collision course,” writes bioethicist M. Sara Rosenthal.
Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome
Aircraft taken out of operation after flight from Perth after the discovery of parasitic insects on board Qantas has been forced to ground a plane in Rome after bedbugs were disco…
If you’re over 55 and too tired to make it into the office, these two Fair Work decisions are required reading | Van Badham
The industrial tribunal is where the human experience of fatigue and the mythologies of outdated management cultures are brought into sharper viewA decision last week about work-f…
Rise in accidents involving kids and e-bikes sparks debate about regulation
Emergency room departments are reporting soaring numbers of pediatric trauma accidents associated with micromobility devices. Experts and advocates agree that the federal governme…
Sauna research gathers steam
Leading researchers in heat exposure are coming together to reach a consensus on what we know — and don't — about the health benefits of sauna and its potential for treating and p…
The surprising benefits of food rationing | Letters
Among the hardships of the second world war, a restricted diet with little sugar did little harm, write Roger Wilkinson and Helen Keats; plus a letter from Jane RobbinsAn interest…
Can I get too much protein? Experts answer your questions on the popular supplement
If you’re wondering whether ‘organic’ really matters or if there’s such a thing as too much protein, this is for youThe 10 best (and worst) whey protein powders – testedSign up fo…
As US medical debt grows, AI will be used more to collect it
The debt-collection ecosystem will change as AI takes notes in exam rooms, codes visits and sends billing messagesMedical debt is expected to grow in coming years as Republican-le…
Anti-vaxxers target Texas measles doctors to cast doubt on deaths amid outbreak
Children’s Health Defense and RFK Jr publicly dispute recent measles deaths to ‘distract’ from damage caused and question vaccines, experts sayThe six-year-old girl at the childre…