December 20, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Gamblers Anonymous meetings are filling up with people hooked on trading and betting. Apps make it as easy as ordering takeout. Doctors and counselors say they are seeing more cases of compulsive gambling in financial markets, … Read More
December 20, 2024
(KFF Health News) – To understand how the bird flu got out of hand, KFF Health News interviewed nearly 70 government officials, farmers and farmworkers, and researchers with expertise in virology, pandemics, veterinary medicine, and more. Together with emails obtained … Read More
December 20, 2024
(Nature) – More than 100 clinical trials put stem cells for regenerative medicine to the test. It’s a turning point for a field beset with ethical and political controversy. The study is one of more than 100 clinical trials exploring … Read More
December 20, 2024
(ProPublica) – Anthony Olson was told that he’d die without the treatment and to ignore a negative biopsy. He’s one of many patients who may have received harmful or unnecessary treatments from Montana oncologist Dr. Thomas C. Weiner, according to … Read More
December 20, 2024
(NPR) – A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events. Instead, they were told by an assistant secretary in the … Read More
December 20, 2024
(National Post) – A new report from Health Canada confirms that more than 60,000 lives have been lost to “medical assistance in dying” in Canada between 2016 and 2023. Euthanasia was supposed be the exception to the rule, but Canada … Read More
December 20, 2024
(Kron4) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency in response to bird flu on Wednesday. The declaration comes following the spread of avian influenza in 16 states, including California and outside the Central Valley. The declaration, according … Read More
December 20, 2024
(Washington Post via MSN) – When a car rolls down a freeway, a fine spray of microplastics spews out from its tires. When you wash your clothes, millions of tiny synthetic microfibers spill into waterways. And those tiny pieces of … Read More
December 20, 2024
(MIT Technology Review) – US doctors write billions of prescriptions each year. During 2024, though, one type of drug stood out—“wonder drugs” known as GLP-1 agonists. As of September, one of every 20 prescriptions written for adults was for one … Read More
December 19, 2024
(Quartz) – The pharma giant denied the allegations. The feds said CVS also filled “thousands” of prescriptions from so-called pill mills CVS and its subsidies unlawfully dispensed “massive quantities” of opioids and other controlled substances over more than a decade, … Read More
December 19, 2024
(NPR) – There were more abortion plotlines on TV this year – 66 across 63 shows, compared to 49 last year, according to the annual Abortion Onscreen report released Wednesday by Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, a research program … Read More
December 19, 2024
(Science) – A brace of new studies probes benefits and risks for an understudied group Profound feelings of unity, transcendence, ineffability, and awe—as well as improved mental health. Those were among the testimonials in a recent survey of 233 people … Read More
December 19, 2024
(The Guardian) – At the last minute, Zoë decided to call off her euthanasia. But how do you start over after you’ve said all of your goodbyes? Everybody gathered round the bed. Evelien was standing at the head. She had … Read More
December 19, 2024
(The Conversation) – Often called “ghost guns” because they can be hard to trace, these firearms can be either partially or completely made with components that have been produced in metal or plastic on commercially available 3D printers. The U.S. … Read More
December 19, 2024
(Wired) – WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress. In May 2020, the media and technology conglomerate Thomson Reuters sued a small legal AI … Read More
December 19, 2024
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration released final rules on labeling foods as “healthy,” tightening limits for sugar, sodium and saturated fat. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday updated the definitions of the term “healthy” for … Read More
December 19, 2024
(The Atlantic) – For people with developmental disabilities like Michael, however, using chatbots brings particular and profound risks. His parents and I were acutely afraid that he would lose track of what was fact and what was fiction. In the … Read More
December 18, 2024
(CNN) – A Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday indicted Luigi Mangione for murder as an act of terrorism in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to newly released court documents. Mangione faces 11 counts, including one of murder … Read More
December 18, 2024
(Quartz) – Demand for weight loss drugs like Ozempic is also boosting diagnoses of conditions such as sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease Popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are boosting the use of healthcare in the U.S., leading to … Read More
December 18, 2024
(Washington Post via MSN) – A panel of independent health experts recommended Tuesday against older adults using vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent falls and fractures, citing inadequate evidence to support their effectiveness. The guidance from the U.S. Preventive … Read More
December 18, 2024
(CNN) – The US Food and Drug Administration has placed its most serious warning – a so-called black-box warning – on a drug used to relieve menopausal hot flashes. The FDA says women who are taking Veozah may need more … Read More
December 18, 2024
(Axios) – U.S. voters between the ages of 18 and 29 were more likely than their elders to accept the recent killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, new polling found. The big picture: The reaction … Read More
December 18, 2024
(Nature) – Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn. A study that stoked enthusiasm for the now-disproven idea that a cheap malaria drug can treat COVID-19 has been retracted — more … Read More
December 18, 2024
(New York Times) – Officials have discovered the virus in 645 herds of dairy cattle, more than in any other state so far. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of bird flu among the state’s … Read More
December 18, 2024
(Gizmodo) – Something of a cheap gimmick, callers can speak to ChatGPT up to 15 minutes a month for free. If you are ever feeling lonely and just need someone to talk to, OpenAI has you covered. The company today … Read More
