October 28, 2026
(NYT) – The chatbot helped a woman taper off a lifesaving drug and hide the plan from her doctors. Qun knew his daughter had at times tinkered with her medications because she didn’t like the side effects or thought they … Read More
October 23, 2026
(KFF Health News) – Sunvozertinib, made by Shanghai-based Dizal Pharmaceutical, isn’t the only treatment drawing patients to China. Americans, Europeans, and others are trekking there to enter clinical trials for CAR-T therapy, an area in which China is now a … Read More
October 22, 2026
(Wired) – The company plans to offer testosterone replacement therapy, marking its first foray into prescribing controlled substances. Talk of testosterone deficiency is hard to escape these days, with podcasters and politicians obsessing over how to avoid a “low T” … Read More
October 22, 2026
(KERA) – There are certain surgical errors that are so egregious doctors call them “never events” — mistakes like doing the wrong procedure, operating on the wrong patient or the wrong body part, or leaving an object inside a patient … Read More
October 21, 2026
(IB Times) – As corporate data changes hands, workers face a troubling question: Who really owns their digital footprints? Companies are increasingly licensing workplace emails, Slack messages, and internal documents to AI developers, creating a lucrative market that some employees … Read More
October 21, 2026
(CNN) – A simple selfie could hold surprising clues to your overall health and longevity, especially among people with cancer. Researchers at Mass General Brigham in Boston have developed artificial intelligence models that they saycan predict a cancer patient’s biological … Read More
October 20, 2026
(CNBC) – Amazon, Google and other makers of voice-activated smart speakers faced similar privacy concerns when their devices first hit the market, in some cases leading to lawsuits and regulatory fines. But this new generation of AI devices is also … Read More
October 20, 2026
(WSJ) – Health trackers can now alert you to shifts you can’t feel. Doctors warn the data might give you anxiety—or a false sense of security. Nearly half of U.S. adults—over 119 million people—have high blood pressure, according to the … Read More
October 15, 2026
(NYT) – Some experts are optimistic that science will eventually find ways to extend life, but many longevity claims are unrealistic. Exciting as this is, much of this longevity work focuses on health span — helping people to live more … Read More
October 12, 2026
(WSJ) – People say that experimental peptide injections have helped them reduce inflammation, build muscle and defy aging. Could they improve fertility, too? Scientific evidence is lacking, and doctors and regulators have raised concerns about the widespread use, safety and … Read More
October 9, 2026
(TIME) – Muse, the popular new AI personal assistant from Meta, is building continuously updated dossiers on its 4 million users, focusing on who matters to you, what you desire, and what kind of nudges shape your behavior, a TIME … Read More
October 8, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Joana did not know it then, but Freddy’s death would be linked to dozens of cases of unexplained catastrophic brain damage after routine anesthesia, all in children or young adults. Several, like Freddy, died. Others became permanently … Read More
September 30, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – Online child safety deserves more nuanced policy Within weeks of Australia’s similar ban, the country’s eSafety Commissioner reported that platforms had restricted access to 4.7 million under-16 accounts. Two months later, though, one in five Australian teenagers … Read More
September 30, 2026
(ABC via MSN) – The daughter of a Jehovah’s Witness who bled to death in Newcastle after refusing a blood transfusion says she is angry the faith has taken so long to tweak its doctrine to allow for blood transfusions … Read More
September 29, 2026
(AP) – The Jehovah’s Witnesses have partly eased their longstanding prohibition on the medical use of donated blood, allowing members to receive products derived from blood but maintaining a ban on transfusions of whole blood. The policy, announced Friday, is … Read More
September 29, 2026
(NYT) – I have a confession: A.I. is making me a better doctor. And I worry that it’s making doctors-in-training worse. Amid our recent doom cycle about whether A.I. will lead to extreme societal harms, a parallel anxiety has taken … Read More
September 28, 2026
(Wired) – An ironic development emerging alongside the “Make America Healthy Again” movement is the portrayal of nicotine as a wellness and performance-enhancing product. Across social media, podcasts, natural medicine communities, and tech startups, prominent wellness personalities and other influencers … Read More
September 25, 2026
(ABC News) – Dozens of Americans have filed personal injury lawsuits against the makers of popular GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, claiming they were not properly warned of the risk of a rare type of sudden vision loss, … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Wired) – WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges. WIRED sent the vials to Finnrick, an Austin-based startup that offers independent peptide testing. Consumers can request … Read More
September 16, 2026
(Nature) – Wearable technology is a boon for studying health behaviours, but it comes with some thorny ethical concerns, says researcher Wuyoh Sui. Wuyoh Sui, a digital-health and behavioural-change researcher at Western University in London, Canada, has been studying how … Read More
September 14, 2026
(WSJ) – As bootleg versions of an experimental drug from Eli Lilly flood the market, regulators try to curb supply Clinics and medspas, promising people transformational weight loss, have figured out how to procure and sell an experimental drug that … Read More
September 11, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The harms of chatbots are clear enough to do something about them now. The social-media industry is having a moment of reckoning. By agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion to 47 states, the District of Columbia, … Read More
September 9, 2026
(Wired) – Cofertility manages the costs of egg freezing and storage, in exchange for half the batch. One young client became suspicious of the arrangement—and started to investigate. Cofertility calls its egg-sharing program Split, available to those who start between … Read More
September 8, 2026
(TIME) – Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston, Tony Bennett, and Danny Glover have something in common. So do Margaret Thatcher, Norman Rockwell, and Sean Connery. All had been afflicted with Alzheimer’s or dementia—the progressive neurologic disease characterized by memory and functional … Read More
September 4, 2026
(The Atlantic) – What else, she wondered, did meditation teachers know that they weren’t telling people? Gradually, starting with that sleep study, the tiers of thought propping up Britton’s worldview—that Buddhism is a cure-all, and that meditation was always beneficial, … Read More
