Exercise versus usual care after non-reconstructive breast cancer surgery

Women who exercise shortly after having non-reconstructive breast cancer surgery appear to regain better shoulder and arm mobility and experience less pain than those who receive standard care, concludes this study

Have international in-person medical meetings had their day?

The pandemic has changed how conferences are conducted. Richard Smith says that now is the time to change the status quo forever. But Viknesh Sounderajah and Ara Darzi argue that going entirely virtual would lose many of the features that make meetings so valuable

Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial

Evidence from a whistleblower engaged in Pfizer’s pivotal covid-19 vaccine trial raises serious questions about data integrity and regulatory oversight