News at a glance: Climate summit booed, a big dino bite, and a diamond-hard discovery
PALEONTOLOGY
Near-perfect pliosaur skull hints at big bite
A U.K. team that includes amateur fossil hunters is studying the recently discovered skull of a pliosaur, a large, carnivorous marine reptile that dominated ancient oceans about 150 million years ago, news media reported last week. The specimen was found in 2022 embedded in a cliff along Dorset’s famed Jurassic Coast, where the pioneering 19th century amateur fossil hunter Mary Anning once discovered skeletons of other marine dinosaurs. Scientists are calling the new skull, about 2 meters long, one of the most complete of its kind. After me...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - December 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
NRA donations spike in counties that have experienced school shootings
School shootings are tragically familiar in the United States. But a new analysis shows they have a startling consequence. In the very counties where they occur, the National Rifle Association (NRA)
sees a surge in donation amounts and in new donors
that lasts several years after shootings, according to an analysis of 131 school shootings with at least one fatality between 2000 and 2022.
The finding, published today in
Science Advances
, echoes well-documented surges in gun purchases and donations to NRA, the leading U.S. gun rights lobbyist, after mass shootings. But the hyperlocal effect is new ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - December 20, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Characteristics and trends of medical malpractice claims in Japan between 2006 and 2021
In conclusion, half of the closed malpractice claims were settled, and a low percentage of pati ents won their cases. Closed medical malpractice claims in Japan have declined in most medical specialties since 2006. Additionally, obstetrics/gynecology revealed a significant decrease since introducing the Obstetrics/Gynecology Medical Compensation System in 2009. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - December 18, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Kaori Taniguchi Source Type: research
Re: Pentosan polysulfate and a pigmentary maculopathy: causation versus correlation?
Can J Urol. 2023 Dec;30(6):11740.ABSTRACTHow should a conscientious physician advise patients with Interstitial Cystitis /Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) when they want to know if taking Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium (PPS) will lead to loss of vision? Ever since the initial report from Pearce et al in 2018 suggesting that PPS usage can lead to the development of pigmented maculopathy (PM), my patients have been inundated with solicitations from attorneys looking to sign up clients for class action lawsuits.1 While there have been additional reports suggesting a relationship between PPS exposure and the development of PM, Ludw...
Source: Canadian Journal of Urology - December 17, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Robert J Evans Raymond Xu Source Type: research
Re: Pentosan polysulfate and a pigmentary maculopathy: causation versus correlation?
Can J Urol. 2023 Dec;30(6):11740.ABSTRACTHow should a conscientious physician advise patients with Interstitial Cystitis /Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) when they want to know if taking Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium (PPS) will lead to loss of vision? Ever since the initial report from Pearce et al in 2018 suggesting that PPS usage can lead to the development of pigmented maculopathy (PM), my patients have been inundated with solicitations from attorneys looking to sign up clients for class action lawsuits.1 While there have been additional reports suggesting a relationship between PPS exposure and the development of PM, Ludw...
Source: Pain Physician - December 17, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Robert J Evans Raymond Xu Source Type: research
Re: Pentosan polysulfate and a pigmentary maculopathy: causation versus correlation?
Can J Urol. 2023 Dec;30(6):11740.ABSTRACTHow should a conscientious physician advise patients with Interstitial Cystitis /Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) when they want to know if taking Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium (PPS) will lead to loss of vision? Ever since the initial report from Pearce et al in 2018 suggesting that PPS usage can lead to the development of pigmented maculopathy (PM), my patients have been inundated with solicitations from attorneys looking to sign up clients for class action lawsuits.1 While there have been additional reports suggesting a relationship between PPS exposure and the development of PM, Ludw...
Source: Canadian Journal of Urology - December 17, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Robert J Evans Raymond Xu Source Type: research
