September 24, 2025
(BBC) – One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases – Huntington’s – has been successfully treated for the first time, say doctors. The disease runs through families, relentlessly kills brain cells and resembles a combination of dementia, Parkinson’s and … Read More
September 23, 2025
(NPR) – Health officials around the globe are rejecting President Trump’s assertion that pregnant women should avoid taking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy because of unfounded links to autism. “Available evidence has found no link between the … Read More
September 22, 2025
(Reuters via MSN) – China appears to be moving fast to establish itself as a brain computer interface (BCI) leader. The nation’s latest advance is the release of a medical device industry standard, the ‘Medical Device Terminology Using Brain-Computer Interface … Read More
September 15, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows the problem is getting worse and not much is being done about it After months of worsening symptoms, Chesson was diagnosed … Read More
September 15, 2025
(New York Times) – Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend. In 2023, the most recent year of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 41,000 Americans over 65 died … Read More
September 12, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – In a hastily scheduled meeting, Kenvue’s Kirk Perry sought to dissuade the health secretary, arguing there is no clear link The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Kennedy plans to cite the use of acetaminophen—the … Read More
September 12, 2025
(UPI) – Researchers analyzed more than 1,000 samples of ovarian fluid from patients undergoing fertility treatment. They compared unfertilized eggs (oocytes) from 62 women who tested positive for THC with a control group who did not use cannabis. The study … Read More
September 11, 2025
(BBC) – Western medicine typically views anyone who admits to being told what to do by disembodied voices as suffering from psychosis. But that is not the case everywhere – so what can we learn from those who treat these … Read More
September 11, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Research about the effect on a fetus is sparse; pot has become more potent An analysis of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that cannabis use during pregnancy has risen in … Read More
September 9, 2025
(The Guardian) – Kirsten Smith was 19 when she first tried heroin; within a few years she was in prison. She says she willingly made bad choices and wants society to stop treating addiction as a disease Smith belongs to … Read More
September 8, 2025
(New York Times) – Some 90,000 cases of Parkinson’s are now diagnosed each year in the United States, about one every six minutes on average. It is the world’s fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, causing tremors, stiffness and balance problems. It is … Read More
September 8, 2025
(Wired) – Research into whether drugs like ayahuasca can mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury is in its infancy. Pro athletes like the Buffalo Bills’ Jordan Poyer are forging ahead anyway. Among Psychedelic Science 2025’s keynote talks was “Healing … Read More
September 5, 2025
(AP) – LSD reduced symptoms of anxiety in a midstage study published Thursday, paving the way for additional testing and possible medical approval of a psychedelic drug that has been banned in the U.S. for more than a half century. … Read More
September 5, 2025
(Wired) – The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk filed to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis. But it turns out that another person had already filed to trademark those names. The United States Patent and Trademark Office … Read More
September 2, 2025
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization has run out of critical medical supplies in Gaza that it needs to treat a surge in cases of a rare paralysis-causing syndrome in the Palestinian enclave, the U.N. agency said on Friday. There … Read More
September 2, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – More Americans are testing positive for fentanyl use in randomized workplace drug tests, highlighting a persistent challenge for employers. The positive rate for urine tests indicating the presence of the synthetic opioid fentanyl was 1.13% in … Read More
August 28, 2025
(Wired) – A new policy document outlines China’s plan to create an internationally competitive BCI industry within five years, and proposes developing devices for both health and consumer uses. Jointly authored in July by seven departments within the Chinese government—including … Read More
August 26, 2025
(Nature) – RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research. There are several reasons to think that a rise in diagnoses explains a large part of this trend. … Read More
August 22, 2025
(Techradar) – GPT‑5 Pro impresses with its complex, layered response to prompts. The crown jewel of the GPT-5 rollout this month even made OpenAI CEO Sam Altman nervous with some of its responses. But you shouldn’t confuse brilliant algorithmic models … Read More
August 22, 2025
(Nature) – Study challenges the textbook idea that the brain region that processes body sensations reorganizes itself after limb amputation. A brain-imaging study of people with amputated arms has upended a long-standing belief: that the brain’s map of the body … Read More
August 20, 2025
(The Jerusalem Post) – Tel Aviv University announced on Wednesday that the surgery will take place in Israel, marking a historic milestone in regenerative medicine. Israel is preparing to perform the world’s first-ever human spinal cord implant using a patient’s … Read More
August 19, 2025
(NPR) – “Without it, he will have a devastating end of life,” says Dr. Marco Lee, past president of the Western Neurosurgical Society. “When your breathing starts to go, it’s like this constant feeling of drowning.” That would have been … Read More
August 18, 2025
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August 15, 2025
(NBC News) – His doctors recommended that he start an intensive rehab program within days of his stroke. “Almost immediately they started telling me that the No. 1 most important thing now is to as quickly as possible get me … Read More
August 15, 2025
(Nature) – Stunning results in mice herald gene-editing advances for neurological diseases. Scientists are closing in on the ability to apply genome editing to a formidable new target: the human brain. In the past two years, a spate of technological … Read More
