Health and Nutrition
STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings
From new hires to departures, promotions and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.
How Election Day can affect your heart
Political campaigns can do more than raise your blood pressure. Studies link election stress to irregular heartbeats and an increase in heart attacks.
New study finds narcissism is linked to violent intentions on both sides of the abortion debate
Pro-choice and pro-life Americans sit on opposite sides of one of the country’s most heated debates. But among those willing to use illegal or violent tactics, a new study finds a…
Assessing Merck and Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine
On this week's “The Readout LOUD,” we discuss the latest cancer data presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology.
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about AstraZeneca cost-cutting, Sun Pharma facility problems, and more
AstraZeneca has launched a three-year cost-cutting program that aims to slice off $1.5 billion a year, with the savings reinvested in R&D
The persisting paradox of men’s health
A new series in The Lancet argues for the need to investigate a paradox of men’s health: why men experience worse health outcomes than women, even though they hold undeniable…
Cocktail of the week: Ayllu’s sakura no hana – recipe | The good mixer
An elegant and slightly flamboyant Japanese-Peruvian fusion with delicate, floral notes and a fruity finishInspired by our restaurant’s Japanese-Peruvian roots, and to mark the 1-…
Intelligence alone may not win you status. A new evolutionary psychology study hints at what does.
People may reward intelligence for what it can do for the group rather than for its own sake. A new study found that the link between students’ test scores and the respect they ea…
People who favor science over religious dogma are surprisingly open to believing in ghosts and magic
As traditional religious affiliations decline, supernatural beliefs are not vanishing. A new survey reveals that people who favor secular reasoning over religious authority often …
Everyone is thin and we’re not allowed to say so: the toxic legacy of body positivity
In the late 2010s, a movement argued that no one body type is superior than another. Now in the GLP-1 age, people are still pursuing thinness - and just not talking about itVogue …
Families in the US are opting for earlier measles vaccinations amid outbreak
Parents are opting for a second shot of MMR vaccine sooner, which aligns with guidance in Germany, the UK and FranceMeasles cases are accelerating in the US, with twice as many co…
Expecting entitlement, researchers asked young men about sex. What they found was fear, vigilance, and shame.
Some young men may have absorbed a cultural suspicion of men so deeply that they see themselves as potential perpetrators, according to an interview study that found fear and sham…
Six future Trump officials wrote books before taking office. All six leaned hardest on the same metaphor.
Before joining the second Trump administration, J. D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and three other future officials wrote books that framed politics largely through metaphors…
Florida sees spike in dengue fever cases
Florida is seeing a record number of dengue fever cases this year as the tropical disease thrives in warming climates.
STAT+: How a simple UTI turns into a $1,756 bill
They visited for what they thought were obvious urgent care issues — coughs, congestion, flu — and were shocked to get bills for ER care instead, totaling thousands of dollars.
Opinion: How Congress can fix expert advisory committees
“This evisceration of scientific advice is untenable,” write C. Joseph Ross Daval and Aaron S. Kesselheim.
The health care issues STAT reporters are watching in the midterms
In this week's "STATus Report," STAT reporters break down how the midterms could shape federal health and science policy, and an El-Sayed interview.
STAT+: FDA, CMS scramble to avoid regulatory logjam as more states look to test AI in clinical settings
Officials are moving behind the scenes to head off a conflict brewing between states and the federal government over regulating AI.
Opinion: What a mother’s 1834 letter about measles tells us about MAHA
An 1834 letter about a measles outbreak sheds light on today’s anti-vaccine movement, writes a medical historian.
UK government’s obesity plan ‘doomed to fail’, MPs warn
Cross-party committee says ‘moonshot’ vow to end obesity epidemic in a decade will fail without personal leadership from PMThe UK government’s promise to reverse rising obesity ra…
Helen Goh’s recipe for toffee apple hand pies | The sweet spot
Warm your hands on these sweet little envelopes of gently spiced, toffee-glossed apples wrapped in puff pastry. Perfect Bonfire Night fodderThese plump and rustic little parcels a…
Gherkins galore! 17 delicious ways to enjoy pickles – from frickles to pickletinis
One of the UK budget’s big surprises? A discount on gherkins. And while they’ll always be good on a burger, there are many more unusual ways to indulge, from fried cheese treats t…
Manosphere and online misogyny should be treated as public health issues, say UK experts
Report calls for an effort to tackle harms in similar way to obesity and smoking, and stresses need to ‘offer boys something better’The manosphere and online misogyny should be tr…
What killed 500-plus penguins? How scientists solved the mystery
The penguins that perished lived on the Danger Islands in Antarctica. The prime suspect was avian flu. Researchers were surprised by what they found.