August 20, 2024
(Quartz) – The FDA had previously opened an investigation into the issue People taking the drug behind Novo Nordisk’s (NVO) popular Ozempic were found to report suicidal thoughts at a higher rate than people taking other drugs, according to a … Read More
August 19, 2024
(New York Times) – In huge numbers, older people are taking gabapentin for a variety of conditions, including itching, alcohol dependence and sciatica. “It’s crazy,” one expert said. The only conditions for which gabapentin has been approved for adult use … Read More
August 16, 2024
(Nature) – Now, scientists are finding connections to modern relatives of African American ironworkers in eighteenth-century Maryland and to notable historical figures, such as Ludwig van Beethoven and the Native American leader known as Sitting Bull. Unravelling these relationships, researchers … Read More
August 16, 2024
(Ars Technica) – San Francisco’s city attorney David Chiu is suing to shut down 16 of the most popular websites and apps allowing users to “nudify” or “undress” photos of mostly women and girls who have been increasingly harassed and … Read More
August 16, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Matthew Perry overdosed on anesthetic that Mindbloom is sending by mail A startup that sends ketamine by mail to people’s homes has added injectable doses to its product line, making a risky practice even riskier, doctors … Read More
August 16, 2024
(The Atlantic) – Lisa is among a small number of patients who have taken to hacking their injection pens. (I’m identifying Lisa and other patients in this story by only their first names to protect their medical privacy.) As new … Read More
August 15, 2024
(MedPage Today) – A federal prosecutor says five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death from a ketamine overdose last year, including the actor’s assistant and two doctors. U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges Thursday, saying … Read More
August 15, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Publishers say blocking the company’s AI bot could also prevent their sites from showing up in search Google now displays convenient artificial intelligence-based answers at the top of its search pages — meaning users may never click through … Read More
August 15, 2024
(The Atlantic) – As artificial limbs become more advanced, branding is becoming almost inescapable. Bionic (or myoelectric) limbs, which are operated by muscle and nerve impulses to more closely mimic the movements and operation of a real limb, have evolved … Read More
August 15, 2024
(MIT Technology Review) – The previously unreported program to capture facial images of children crossing the border is designed to improve facial recognition algorithms. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to collect and analyze photos of the faces … Read More
August 14, 2024
(Wired) – With demand for GLP-1 drugs sky-high, the supplement industry is elbowing into the market. Some products are meant to complement meds like Ozempic. Others are positioned as “natural” alternatives. The supplement industry has a long, tangled history with … Read More
August 14, 2024
(DNYUZ) – Three years later, however, no satisfactory explanation has been found, and the New Brunswick syndrome remains shrouded in mystery — and controversy. At the heart of the matter is the question of whether something in the environment may … Read More
August 13, 2024
(Bloomberg) – The startup, co-founded by Sam Altman, is determined to verify every human on Earth, one iris at a time. Europe has a handful of major tech success stories, but it’s long trailed the US in terms of the … Read More
August 12, 2024
(New York Times) – The psychedelic treatment, for PTSD, was rejected last week by government regulators. The journal Psychopharmacology has retracted three papers about MDMA-assisted therapy based on what the publication said was unethical conduct at one of the study … Read More
August 12, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Many who have died of overdoses in this retirement haven in recent years have a common thread. They were Medicare patients of Dr. Ricky Lockett, a local pain specialist. Lockett is one of the nation’s most … Read More
August 9, 2024
(New York Times) – Many patients are eager to discontinue Wegovy or Zepbound when their weight loss plateaus. But doctors say it’s difficult to go cold turkey. “I can’t stop cold turkey or I will gain it back — that … Read More
August 9, 2024
(Nature) – An age ‘clock’ based on some 200 proteins found in the blood can predict a person’s risk of developing 18 chronic illnesses, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. The clock’s accuracy raises the prospect of developing … Read More
August 9, 2024
(Reuters) – The global and U.S. anti-doping agencies are at odds over undercover tactics used by the American body to try to catch drug cheats, Reuters has learned. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says U.S. agency USADA broke the global … Read More
August 9, 2024
(NBC News) – A loophole means manufacturers don’t need approval before adding new ingredients, such as natural sweeteners and texture enhancers, to foods, researchers say in an editorial. The paper, in the American Journal of Public Health, comes as lawmakers … Read More
August 8, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Babies born 22 weeks into pregnancy have increasingly better odds of survival—but parents often don’t know what’s possible Doctors are now capable of saving the lives of babies born at 22 weeks and, in rare cases, … Read More
August 8, 2024
(Ars Technica) – According to documents seen by the Financial Times and people familiar with the matter, Google worked on a marketing project for Meta that was designed to target 13- to 17-year-old YouTube users with adverts that promoted its … Read More
August 7, 2024
(Wired) – Researchers have developed a way to tamperproof open source large language models to prevent them from being coaxed into, say, explaining how to make a bomb. The researchers behind the new technique found a way to complicate the … Read More
August 7, 2024
(Aeon) – When providers and researchers are able-bodied while patients are disabled, the chasm in lived experience, motivation and immersion in every last nuance of a condition can often be vast. In medicine, the traditional model for researching disabilities repeats … Read More
August 7, 2024
(Wired) – Nearly a year after the US government took Google to trial, a judge has found that the tech giant violated antitrust laws. A new trial will determine how Google should be penalized. Google is now 0 for 2 … Read More
August 7, 2024
(New York Times) – The herbicide, used widely on crops including broccoli and onions, can cause low birth weight and impaired brain development, regulators said. In a move not seen for almost 40 years, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday … Read More
