March 12, 2025
(ProPublica) – When an at-risk sleep apnea patient needed his breathing machine replaced, Lincare, a $2.4 billion behemoth with a decadeslong history of regulatory and legal problems, acted slowly. The result was disastrous. Lincare, a giant respiratory-device supplier with a … Read More
March 12, 2025
(Medical Xpress) – The American Academy of Neurology (AAN), the American Epilepsy Society (AES) and the Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA) have issued a consensus position statement on seizures, driver licensure and medical reporting. The position statement is published online … Read More
March 11, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – The term is everywhere this week, but its meaning is as vague as ever. Working on a definition matters. The concept of artificial general intelligence—an ultra-powerful AI system we don’t have yet—can be thought of as … Read More
March 11, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Pueblo, Colo., had high hopes for a legal-marijuana boom; financial troubles now plague the industry In Pueblo and elsewhere, though, market dynamics have crippled the legal-cannabis industry. Even after legalization, illicit growers and sellers thrived in … Read More
March 11, 2025
(The Hill) – The Supreme Court granted a Colorado therapist’s request to review her challenge to a state law banning mental health care providers from engaging minors in conversion therapy, a discredited practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual … Read More
March 11, 2025
(NPR) – The deadliest phase of the street fentanyl crisis appears to have ended, as drug deaths continue to drop at an unprecedented pace. For the first time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have now seen at … Read More
March 11, 2025
(New York Times) – The question has generated controversy among scientists. Here’s what we know. Over the last decade or so, research has revealed a clear pattern: People tend to overeat ultraprocessed foods. This could be one reason they’re linked … Read More
March 10, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – The “placebo effect” is a phenomenon that occurs when a person’s physical or mental health improves after taking what is essentially a sham treatment with no clear therapeutic benefits. “The placebo effect is not magic, … Read More
March 10, 2025
(Slate) – While there is nothing new about autism playing a role in death cases, Kohberger’s motion ups the ante. Rather than waiting until a death sentence has been imposed, they are arguing it would be unconstitutional to allow a … Read More
March 10, 2025
(Wired) – Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink, has filed applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to exclusively own the names Telepathy, Telekinesis, and others for future products. Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, is developing … Read More
March 7, 2025
(Associated Press) – Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and … Read More
March 7, 2025
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to … Read More
March 6, 2025
(Australian Broadcasting Co via MSN) – On a warm Melbourne day late last year, hundreds of thousands of live human brain cells sat inside a box on a table in Brunswick. While the neurons were too small to see with … Read More
March 5, 2025
(New York Times) – Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s. Women’s brains are superior to men’s in at least in one respect — they … Read More
March 5, 2025
(New York Times) – The research constitutes some of the first evidence that the condition is associated with modifications in the brain before childbirth. Researchers scanned the brains of dozens of women in the weeks before and after childbirth and … Read More
March 5, 2025
(CBS News) – A dozen children became ill after ingesting marijuana gummies at a New York middle school. The students, ages 12 to 13, started vomiting after taking the edibles Monday morning at William Floyd Middle School in Moriches. A … Read More
March 4, 2025
(Nature) – From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming strategies. German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin described krankhafte Kauflust — the pathological desire to buy — as … Read More
March 4, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – For some people, alcohol has taken a back seat to other substances, including mushrooms, LSD and ketamine Like many others, Brenc uses the term “California sober” to describe her way of life. Alcohol is largely off the table, but … Read More
March 3, 2025
(Science) – Innovative trial designs aim to separate participant expectations from drug effects This “functional unblinding” is not unique to psychedelics, but it’s especially pronounced in this drug class. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expressed concern about … Read More
March 3, 2025
(The Conversation) – Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis. But studies so far have had inconsistent findings. To address these inconsistencies, my colleagues and I used what researchers call a … Read More
February 26, 2025
(NPR) – “I think it helped,” says her husband, Ken Bell. “But I’m not sure.” That sort of uncertainty is common when it comes to Leqembi and Kisunla, two new Alzheimer’s drugs approved since 2023. Both drugs clear the brain … Read More
February 26, 2025
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration has taken a crucial step toward expanding access to the antipsychotic medication clozapine, the only drug approved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, among the most devastating of mental illnesses. The agency announced on … Read More
February 26, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Research into psilocybin led by the biotech company Compass Pathways has been slowed in part by the complexity of the trials, but the data already shows promise for the psychedelic compound within so-called magic mushrooms. Eventually, … Read More
February 25, 2025
(Axios) – The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted its first approval for a pacemaker-like device for the brain to ease symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, which affects nearly 1 million people in the United States. Why it matters: Medtronic, … Read More
February 25, 2025
(Wired) – Claude 3.7, the latest model from Anthropic, can be instructed to engage in a specific amount of reasoning to solve hard problems. Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company founded by exiles from OpenAI, has introduced the first AI model … Read More
