April 16, 2025
(The New Atlantis) – As with so many other scientific controversies in our political life, public opinion on Covid origins has come to track — and serve as a signifier for — partisan identity. This bodes ill for dispassionate investigation, … Read More
April 16, 2025
(Undark) – For some patients, removing brain tissue can help treat OCD and other disorders. But ethical concerns remain. Originally known as psychosurgery, this uncommon approach to mental health care involves operating on the brain to alter its function. After … Read More
April 15, 2025
(Tech Radar) – Millions have already given away their face and sensitive data to jump on the latest viral AI trend Right after the Ghibli-style AI image trend began to wear off, ChatGPT and similar tools found a new way … Read More
April 14, 2025
(New York Times Magazine) – With diagnoses at a record high, some experts have begun to question our assumptions about the condition — and how to treat it. As time passed, Swanson began to grow uneasy. He and his colleagues … Read More
April 14, 2025
(The Nation) – Internal Family Systems is the latest therapy trend for a traumatized United States. But can splitting ourselves into parts be a science? In trying to get me to home in on my skepticism—or what he would call … Read More
April 11, 2025
(NBC News) – Peptides have become a mainstay online and in fitness communities. Do they actually work? However, while there are some small studies suggesting certain peptides may have benefits, there’s no strong evidence that peptide therapy provides any meaningful … Read More
April 10, 2025
(New York Times) – Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers. Made of dried bits of placenta, the paper-thin patches cover stubborn wounds and can cost thousands of dollars … Read More
April 10, 2025
(TechCrunch) – Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of Global Public Policy for Facebook and author of the recently released tell-all book “Careless People,” told U.S. senators during her testimony on Wednesday that Meta actively targeted teens with advertisements … Read More
April 9, 2025
(The Conversation) – And 23andMe collected more than just genetic data generated from consumers’ spit. Eighty-five percent of customers consented to 23andMe research, allowing their individual-level data to be used for studies. The company then collected information from survey questions … Read More
April 9, 2025
(Undark) – More children are taking the hormone in the form of nightly gummies or drops. The long-term effects are unclear. On social media, parenting influencers film themselves dancing with bottles of melatonin gummies or cut to shots of their … Read More
April 9, 2025
(Axios) – Idaho will enforce a first-in-the-nation ban on vaccine mandates in businesses and schools this summer after legislators on the last day of their session passed a revised “medical freedom” bill. Why it matters: The ban reflects a growing … Read More
April 8, 2025
(New York Times) – If the current legal landscape when it comes to embryos seems messy, it’s a result, in no small part, of the unsettled nature of what preceded it. For over a century, courts generally did not grant … Read More
April 8, 2025
(Axios) – The upheaval at the Food and Drug Administration is threatening to cripple the user fee system that funds reviews of new drugs, devices and diagnostic tests, with the most immediate threat to look-alike biological drugs, according to four … Read More
April 8, 2025
(The Guardian) – Meta is expanding its safety measures for teenagers on Instagram with a block on livestreaming, as the social media company extends its under-18 safeguards to the Facebook and Messenger platforms. Under-16s will be barred from using Instagram’s … Read More
April 7, 2025
(The Independent) – A quote from James after the publication of his caffeine study neatly underlines how Oster’s attitude diverges from the attitude of the medical establishment: “Certainly, there is no evidence to suggest that caffeine benefits either mother or … Read More
April 4, 2025
(Texas Monthly) – An Austin-based health-optimization chain plans a national rollout as interest in the industry—still trying to define itself—booms. Humanaut Health, which opened its first location last fall, in Austin, hopes to build a chain of concierge medical clinics … Read More
April 3, 2025
(ABC News) – A unanimous Supreme Court on Wednesday backed the Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to authorize the sale of kid-friendly flavored e-cigarettes and vapes, including the flavors “Killer Kustard Blueberry,” “Rainbow Road,” and “Pineapple Express.” Justice Samuel Alito, … Read More
April 3, 2025
(CBS News) – Senior Food and Drug Administration leaders are planning for cutbacks to the number of routine food and drug inspections conducted by the agency, multiple officials say, due to steep layoffs this week in support staff. Around 170 … Read More
April 1, 2025
(Bloomberg via MSN) – Aaron is one of at least seven people who have died in the US from symptoms linked to the drug Leqembi over the past two years, according to a Bloomberg review of federal records obtained through … Read More
March 31, 2025
(KFF Health News) – The insurance industry provides little information about how often prior authorization is used. Transparency requirements established by the federal government to shed light on the use of prior authorization by private insurers haven’t been broadly enforced, … Read More
March 31, 2025
(New York Times) – Ivermectin, a drug proven to treat certain parasitic diseases, exploded in popularity during the pandemic amid false claims that it could treat or prevent Covid-19. Now — despite a persistent message from federal health officials that … Read More
March 28, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A tech company accumulates a ton of user data, hoping to figure out a business model later. That business model never arrives, the company goes under, and the … Read More
March 26, 2025
(New York Times) – After college, as her friends soared, her life became an endless round of psychiatrists, institutionalizations and outpatient programs. An incomplete list of the drugs she has been prescribed: Depakote, Prozac, Ambien, Abilify, Klonopin, Lamictal, Provigil, Lithium. … Read More
March 26, 2025
(New York Times) – The agency OK’d an artificial vessel to restore blood flow in patients, even though its own scientists flagged questionable study results and potentially fatal ruptures of the product. When the biotech company Humacyte designed a study … Read More
March 26, 2025
(BBC) – Many fertility patients in the UK are being offered unnecessary add-on treatments that have little or no proof of improving the likelihood of pregnancy, a report suggests.Add-ons are optional, non-essential treatments some private clinics offer in addition to … Read More
