February 14, 2025
(New York Times) – It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans. In a case that could have major … Read More
February 13, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Patients who contest denials face a daunting process, but many are successful. ‘This appeal saved my life.’ Health insurers process more than five billion payment claims annually, federal figures show. About 850 million are denied, according … Read More
February 13, 2025
(CNBC) – Apple is deepening its investment in health-care research by launching a new, years long project called the Apple Health Study, the company announced Wednesday. The study will analyze how data from devices such as iPhones, AirPods and Apple … Read More
February 12, 2025
(NBC News) – Actor Scarlett Johansson is urging lawmakers to regulate the use of artificial intelligence after her likeness was used without her consent in a fake viral video that appears to show a handful of celebrities protesting the rapper … Read More
February 12, 2025
(Cincinnati Enquirer) – An Indiana family says Cincinnati Children’s won’t put their 12-year-old daughter on its heart transplant waiting list because of her vaccination status. Janeen Deal, who is related by marriage to Vice President JD Vance’s half-siblings, said the hospital requires her daughter … Read More
February 12, 2025
(The Walrus) – Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted I was born missing an ear. What followed was years of well-intentioned violence from a medical system bent on solving the “problem” of my body. … Read More
February 11, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Since Hims’s founding in 2017, the company has been pointing toward a very particular future, one in which the word patient is interchangeable with customer. The Hims brand has primed people to view both their everyday health and the natural-aging … Read More
February 11, 2025
(Axios) – The luster is starting to wear off GLP-1 weight-loss drugs including Wegovy and Ozempic as more clinicians warn patients about side effects and other potential risks stemming from their surging demand. Why it matters: Research showing the drugs not … Read More
February 10, 2025
(Prospect) – In the UK, thousands of people are still dying every year from exposure to the asbestos fibres in our homes, schools and workplaces. My dad was one of them The time between exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma symptoms … Read More
February 10, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Telehealth company is pushing boundaries of drug compounding and testing regulators’ limits There’s a full-blown war over copycat versions of blockbuster obesity drugs. But their days are likely numbered. During Sunday’s Super Bowl, Hims & Hers Health —a … Read More
February 6, 2025
(New York Times) – Hospital and emergency room patients diagnosed with cannabis use disorder — defined as an inability to stop using cannabis even when the drug is causing harm — died at almost three times the rate of individuals … Read More
February 6, 2025
(The Conversation) – We brought together our expertise in economics and gender based violence to examine excess mortality (avoidable deaths) due to FGM/C. Our new research now reveals a devastating reality: FGM/C is one of the leading causes of death … Read More
February 5, 2025
(Medscape) – Canada’s legalization of cannabis has been linked to an increase in schizophrenia cases, new research shows. Over a 16-year time period — spanning before and after legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use — the number of … Read More
February 5, 2025
(Wired) – Google published principles in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled. Google announced Tuesday that it is overhauling the principles governing how … Read More
February 4, 2025
(New York Times) – The fallout from the F.D.A.’s rejection of MDMA-assisted treatment for PTSD worries researchers and experts who fear other psychedelic drugs in the pipeline could be jeopardized. Dr. Devenot and six others presented themselves as experts in … Read More
February 4, 2025
(NPR) – The testing data, which he shared with NPR, shows four products would have failed state limits for yeasts and mold, one by more than six times the state limit. And Singer looked for things Colorado doesn’t require testing … Read More
February 4, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Both can do you harm, and the debate is clouded by less research into the effects of cannabis A renewed focus on alcohol’s health effects has rekindled a common debate: Is alcohol or marijuana worse for … Read More
January 31, 2025
(MedPage Today) – Just over half of patients with overweight or obesity discontinued their GLP-1 receptor agonist within 1 year, with rates even higher among the subset without type 2 diabetes, according to a retrospective cohort study. Among over 125,000 … Read More
January 31, 2025
(NPR) – Kids and teens should mostly stick to water and plain milk and avoid drinks with added sugar, artificial sweeteners and caffeine. That’s according to new recommendations from a coalition of health and nutrition organizations, which come as highly … Read More
January 30, 2025
(Bloomberg) – Egg donation comes with health risks. Women are unable to learn which clinics have the fewest adverse outcomes. For women in the US seeking fertility treatment or considering donating their eggs, there’s a fair amount of information they … Read More
January 30, 2025
(KFF Health News) – The ads feature high-wattage celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez as well as lesser-known influencers who are paid four figures to post a snapshot or short video to Instagram, according to interviews with marketers. Three publicly traded … Read More
January 29, 2025
(Wired) – The Chinese generative artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek has had a meteoric rise this week, stoking rivalries and generating market pressure for United States–based AI companies, which in turn has invited scrutiny of the service. Amid the hype, researchers … Read More
January 29, 2025
(ProPublica) – At least 40 Native American residents of sober living homes and treatment facilities in the Phoenix area died as state Medicaid officials struggled to respond to a massive fraud scheme that targeted Indigenous people with addictions. The deaths, … Read More
January 29, 2025
(New York Times) – Since the pandemic, drug trials that purposely make people vomit, shiver and ache have become a research area of growing interest. All that’s needed: brave volunteers. “A lot of people say, ‘Doesn’t this violate the Hippocratic … Read More
January 28, 2025
(Discover) – Investigating the impacts of the drug, recent research in JAMA Network Open has revealed that heavy cannabis use is associated with reduced brain activity during working memory tasks. Representing the largest of any such study so far, the … Read More
