March 25, 2026
(CT) – Supplements and other wellness products do big business on social media, and even Scripture can be turned into marketing language. Energy drinks are an $80 billion dollar business. Praise Energy is an example of the “wellness washing” of … Read More
March 25, 2026
(WSJ) – Jurors found the companies negligent and said their app designs caused harm to children A jury found Instagram’s owner Meta and YouTube negligent for operating a product that harmed kids and teens and failed to warn about those … Read More
March 25, 2026
(Bloomberg) – Doctors call it Ondine’s curse—a catastrophic failure of the brain stem in which breathing no longer happens automatically, especially during sleep. It’s extremely rare, typically seen only in infants with genetic mutations or adults after severe trauma, and … Read More
March 24, 2026
(CNET) – The New Mexico ruling comes as a Los Angeles jury is still debating whether Meta’s social media platforms are addictive to children. A New Mexico jury found Tuesday that Meta violated the state’s consumer protection laws by misleading … Read More
March 24, 2026
(Wired) – R3 Bio has a bold idea for replacing lab animals: genetically-engineered whole organ systems that lack a brain. The long-term goal, says a cofounder, is to make human versions. As the Trump administration phases out the use of … Read More
March 23, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Placebo and “knowcebo” effects are a problem. But they can also help people feel better. Over the last decade, we’ve seen scientific interest in these drugs explode. But most clinical trials of psychedelics have been small … Read More
March 20, 2026
(AP) – Heavy social media use contributes to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, according to the World Happiness Report 2026 published Thursday. The … Read More
March 20, 2026
(The Guardian) – The Scottish parliament has voted against legalising assisted dying after critics and religious groups led a concerted campaign to block the measures. MSPs voted 69 to 57 to reject the proposals in a late night vote on … Read More
March 20, 2026
(BBC via MSN) – Alberta has proposed a bill that would limit the use of medically assisted dying – also known as voluntary euthanasia – in the Canadian province solely to end-of-life circumstances. In 2021, Canada expanded access to medically … Read More
March 20, 2026
(The Atlantic) – When I set out to report on the sports-betting industry—its explosive growth, its sudden cultural ubiquity, and what it’s doing to America—my editors thought I should experience the phenomenon firsthand. Mindful of my religious constraints, they proposed … Read More
March 20, 2026
(Wired) – Low testosterone was once thought of as an issue largely for older men, but there is now a growing collective obsession with having “High T,” fueled by manosphere influencers and closely tied to the Make America Healthy Again … Read More
March 20, 2026
(Wired) – After a series of suicides allegedly linked to AI chatbots, one lawyer is trying to hold companies like OpenAI accountable. Amaurie’s case is part of a growing number of lawsuits brought by parents who say their children died … Read More
March 19, 2026
(The Atlantic) – OpenAI’s own data show that use of ChatGPT was pretty evenly split between work and personal cases in 2024, but by 2025, 73 percent of conversations with ChatGPT were personal, not for work. (The Atlantic entered a … Read More
March 19, 2026
(Australia News) – Sasha and her sister were born in 1995 following their mother Penelope’s last round of IVF at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. It has now emerged that the wrong embryo was implanted inside of her – … Read More
March 19, 2026
(CBC) – Province says doctors and nurses are accepting jobs in urban and rural areas all over B.C. “I was horrified,” she said, recalling the day four people were killed, including two fellow doctors. “I came home from the lockdown … Read More
March 19, 2026
(Nature) – Chip allows people with paralysis to control a soft robotic hand. China has approved a brain implant for people with severe paralysis to help restore their hand movements. The brain–computer interface (BCI) is the first in the world … Read More
March 18, 2026
(Wired) – Dozens of Telegram channels reviewed by WIRED include job listings for “AI face models.” The (mostly) women who land these gigs are likely being used to dupe victims out of their money. A WIRED review of dozens of … Read More
March 18, 2026
(NPR) – The treatment in question is leucovorin, a derivative of vitamin B9 — also called folinic acid — that is commonly used during cancer treatment. Federal officials said it could help treat a rare brain condition called cerebral folate … Read More
March 18, 2026
(WSJ) – Landlords leased more space last year to service-oriented tenants than those selling products, with wellness and fitness leading the charge When Americans are out shopping these days, they are more likely to be buying Botox or boxing lessons … Read More
March 17, 2026
(WSJ) – The psychedelic-like anesthetic is at the heart of a booming online industry that promises relief from depression but has also led to harm Just a few years ago, ketamine had mostly a dual existence: as an anesthetic to … Read More
March 17, 2026
(Wired) – Researchers in Japan pioneered reprogrammed cells 20 years ago. Now the country has given the first-ever authorizations to manufacture and sell medical products based on the technology. SMaRT, located in Suita City, Osaka Prefecture, is responsible for the … Read More
March 17, 2026
(Wired) – Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain. This remarkable case study, published in 2016, has inspired neurovirologists … Read More
March 17, 2026
(The Atlantic) – A Dutch psychiatrist gave lethal injections to patients with mental suffering, some of them teenagers. Does that make him a hero—or something else? Oosterhoff’s patient had no physical illness, fatal or otherwise; he concluded, rather, that she … Read More
March 17, 2026
(WSJ) – Warnings surface that the company risks creating a ‘sexy suicide coach’ if it begins allowing sexually explicit chats Citing the need to “treat adult users like adults,” OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman had last year floated the idea … Read More
March 17, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Welcome to the golden age of gray-market drugs. Vyleesi has never been approved for men. Some clinics advertise that they’ll prescribe the drug to men off-label, but even that is often not necessary for men to get … Read More
