Archive: 15/10/2018

Feminine leadership traits: Nice but expendable frills?

Despite expectations that stereotypically feminine leadership traits like communality will define 21st century leaders, the higher up we look across different types of organizations, the fewer women we find. A new study exploring ...

Oct 15, 2018

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Many cases of dementia may arise from non-inherited DNA 'spelling mistakes'

Only a small proportion of cases of dementia are thought to be inherited—the cause of the vast majority is unknown. Now, in a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, a team of scientists led by researchers ...

Oct 15, 2018

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In Canada, pot legalization poses health and safety challenges

Canada will end its pot prohibition Wednesday with the goals of curbing the black market and use by youth, amid concerns around the public health and safety merits of legalization.

Oct 15, 2018

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Study: Without Medicaid expansion, poor forgo medical care

Low-income people in states that haven't expanded Medicaid are much more likely to forgo needed medical care than the poor in other states, according to a government report released Monday amid election debates from Georgia ...

Oct 15, 2018

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If cannabis use increases after legalization, government must alter the act

If cannabis use increases after legalization of recreational cannabis on October 17, the Government of Canada should commit to changing the act to prevent negative health effects, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical ...

Oct 15, 2018

The health innovation system is 'broken' and failing patients, warns UCL report

NHS patients are being let down by a global health innovation system which fails to deliver the treatments they need at prices that government can afford, according to a new report led by Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Director ...

Oct 15, 2018