December 12, 2024
(Montana Free Press) – Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of … Read More
December 11, 2024
(Medpage Today) – Independent experts found unacceptable safety risk The British government on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in prescribing the medication. The decision, which … Read More
December 11, 2024
(Stars and Stripes) – A proposal to ban health care coverage of certain medical treatments for the transgender children of service members has become a point of contention as the House readies this week for a vote on a defense … Read More
December 11, 2024
(Wired) – “People don’t always realize they are creating a human being and not a piece of furniture.” For years now, aspiring parents have been designing their children. Screening embryos for disease-causing genes during IVF, selecting their future baby’s sex, … Read More
December 11, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – It’s largely up to companies to determine whether their AI is capable of superhuman harm. At Anthropic, the Frontier Red Team looks for the danger zone. Cheng works for Anthropic, one of the biggest AI startups … Read More
December 11, 2024
(CBC News) – As involuntary treatment gains political traction in Canada, CBC News goes to Washington state to find out how it can help — and what can go wrong CBC News went inside an involuntary treatment facility near Seattle … Read More
December 10, 2024
(Gizmodo) – While the exact fate of the misplaced samples is still unknown, they likely pose no danger to the public, government officials have said. A research facility in Australia is in hot water over losing track of its viruses. … Read More
December 9, 2024
(New York Times) – New technology alerts schools when students type words related to suicide. But do the timely interventions balance out the false alarms? A law required that these devices be fitted with filters to ensure safe internet use, … Read More
December 9, 2024
(New York Times) – Acadia Healthcare falsifies records at its methadone clinics and enrolls patients who aren’t addicted to opioids, a Times investigation found. Every day at dawn, tens of thousands of people begin lining up at Acadia Healthcare’s addiction … Read More
December 9, 2024
(New York Times) – Some people are taking tiny amounts of weight loss medications, hoping to drop pounds while avoiding side effects. Does it work? At this point, doctors aren’t sure. Theoretically, these medications are so potent that perhaps even … Read More
December 9, 2024
(New York Post) – A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to publicly disclose more information underpinning its authorization of COVID-19 vaccines, after failing to persuade the court to end the public records lawsuit. In a ruling, on … Read More
December 9, 2024
(The Washington Post) – Why would these drugs help with addictions to alcohol and drugs? “I really don’t think we know yet,” Lähteenvuo said, though he noted that some primate studies have pointed to GLP-1 drugs affecting dopamine in the … Read More
December 6, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Harvard geneticist David Sinclair aims to develop treatments for aging, but his companies have struggled to deliver Harvard geneticist David Sinclair’s seductive notion that aging is a treatable disease has helped companies he founded to raise … Read More
December 4, 2024
(Axios) – The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized recommendations aimed at simplifying the process for approving medical devices that use artificial intelligence. Why it matters: Regulators increasingly are evaluating AI-powered medical devices. (Read More)
December 4, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Health records contain personal information that can leave patients exposed to financial and medical risks Healthcare records have personal information that hackers are always eager to grab, like addresses and credit-card numbers. But the records also … Read More
December 4, 2024
(The Verge) – The month before, Italian regulators had banned the company for posing a risk to minors and emotionally vulnerable users. In response, Replika placed filters on erotic content, which had the effect of sending many of its quarter-million … Read More
December 4, 2024
(Futurism via MSN) – An infamous insurance billionaire has been accused by several women of operating a bizarre “baby project” to build a giant white family. In a wide-reaching exposé, Bloomberg reports that North Carolina insurance tycoon Greg Lindberg operated this … Read More
December 4, 2024
(The Guardian) – I gave away my genetic information to a now imploding company for results that inspired nothing but ambivalence 23andMe is facing implosion. As the once-promising genetic testing company flounders – losing 98% of its $6bn value, all … Read More
December 4, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Justice Gorsuch remains silent during hearing on Tennessee’s ban of treatments for minors Several Supreme Court justices signaled a willingness Wednesday to let states prohibit transgender teenagers from obtaining puberty blockers and other treatments, but the … Read More
December 4, 2024
(ABC News) – Many moms-to-be opt for blood tests during pregnancy to check for fetal disorders such as Down syndrome. In rare instances, these tests can reveal something unexpected — hints of a hidden cancer in the woman. In a … Read More
December 3, 2024
(New York Times) – Patients often are in the dark about which organs remain and which were removed — particularly the ovaries, which profoundly influence lifelong health. Hysterectomies have been steadily declining for decades, in part thanks to new, targeted … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Toronto.com) – A broad coalition of Canada’s major news organizations, including the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC, is suing tech giant OpenAI, saying the company is illegally using news articles to … Read More
December 2, 2024
(Wired) – A Swedish startup wants to democratize stem cell treatments, but the finances of the unproven therapies raise ethical questions. Travel to the Bahamas and—for the meager sum of $16,500—you could have stem cells injected into your joints. The … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Undark) – In the future, humans may not be the only arbiters of who lives and dies in war, as weapons gain decision-making power. How autonomous and semi-autonomous technology will operate in the future is up in the air, and … Read More
November 27, 2024
(Medscape) – About a third of people eligible for glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications for weight loss via the products’ labels would have been excluded from the clinical trials that supported their safety and effectiveness, thereby creating … Read More
