Researchers have developed a new method to measure levels of the medication hydroxychloroquine in patients with the rheumatic disease systemic…
How Do You Decide if Children Can Play Together Again?
As always, parents must weigh the risks, look at what the experts say and make decisions based on their own…
How Do You Decide if Children Can Play Together Again?
As always, parents must weigh the risks, look at what the experts say and make decisions based on their own…
How ketamine combats depression
The anaesthetic drug ketamine has been shown, in low doses, to have a rapid effect on difficult-to-treat depression. Researchers now…
Impact of children’s loneliness today could manifest in depression for years to come
A rapid review into the mental health impacts of loneliness on children and young people concludes that there could be…
Statistical analyses and quality of individual participant data network meta-analyses were suboptimal: a cross-sectional study
Network meta-analyses using individual participant data (IPD-NMAs) have been increasingly used to compare the effects of multiple interventions. Although there…
Polypharmacy and deprescribing
Polypharmacy is a common issue in clinical practice, with 20% of adults given ≥5 regular medications. It particularly impacts elderly…
Retail Therapy: Zappos Offers to Listen to Pandemic Worries
In response to rising anxiety over the coronavirus, the shoe retailer Zappos started a customer service line that people can…
Retail Therapy: Zappos Offers to Listen to Pandemic Worries
In response to rising anxiety over the coronavirus, the shoe retailer Zappos started a customer service line that people can…
U.S. Sends Two Million Doses of Hydroxychloroquine to Brazil
The two countries are studying whether the drug is safe and effective for the prevention and early treatment of Covid-19.…