January 5, 2026
(WSJ) – A tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans has had promising results, one example of how China is racing to apply A.I. to medicine’s tough problems. The tool is called PANDA, short for “pancreatic cancer detection … Read More
January 5, 2026
(NPR) – Research on conditions like autism, schizophrenia and even brain cancer increasingly relies on clusters of human cells called brain organoids. These pea-size bits of neural tissue model aspects of human brain development as they grow for months and … Read More
January 5, 2026
(NYT) – Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical. In 2000, a landmark study claimed to set the record straight … Read More
January 2, 2026
(Wired) – Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t. Microplastics are plastic particles … Read More
January 2, 2026
(LA Times) – After decades of public and self-imposed shame, Oprah credits a GLP-1 drug with silencing “food noise” — the constant mental obsession about food. She now views obesity as a disease that causes overeating, a realization that transformed … Read More
January 2, 2026
(Wired) – Research shows that people who sleep poorly tend to have brain age that is older than their actual age. Chronic inflammation in the body caused by poor sleep likely plays a part. While the link between poor sleep … Read More
January 2, 2026
(Discover) – According to the CDC, around one in ten (11.4 percent) children have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), millions of whom take prescription medication, like Ritalin and Adderall, to manage symptoms such as inattentiveness and impulsivity. … Read More
January 2, 2026
(NPR) – Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self. (Read More or Listen Here)
January 2, 2026
(Reuters via MSN) – Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink will start “high-volume production” of brain-computer interface devices and move to an entirely automated surgical procedure in 2026, Musk said in a post on the social media platform X on … Read More
January 2, 2026
(NYT) – After eight years of training, Dr. Maureen McKiernan made her debut as the lead surgeon on an infant heart transplant — an operation on the edge of what’s possible. After breakfast, she took the A train to NewYork-Presbyterian … Read More
December 31, 2025
(WSJ) – A nicotine replacement for smokers has started popping up in offices in the tech industry, despite health hazards Meet the tech industry’s latest perk: nicotine-pouch fridges and vending machines. Nicotine pouches, which have grown in popularity in recent … Read More
December 30, 2025
(NPR) – Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the virus arrived as expected, cases are rising faster, compared with previous years. Last week, more than 19,000 … Read More
December 30, 2025
(NBC News) – The state reported 20 more measles cases in the last four days. If the disease spreads for three more weeks, it may no longer be considered eradicated in the U.S. A sizable uptick in measles cases in … Read More
December 30, 2025
(New York Times) – More than 500 women claimed that they had received unnecessary operations. Hospital leaders said they were not aware of a doctor’s misconduct. More than 500 women sued a Virginia health system and its senior executives on … Read More
December 30, 2025
(New York Times) – The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health care. The United States, a nation of 343 million people with a complex and overburdened health … Read More
December 30, 2025
(New York Times) – Ms. Brosseau says mental illness has made her life unbearable. She wants a medically assisted death. Even her psychiatrists are split over whether she should have one. The exclusion was to end on March 17, 2023, … Read More
December 29, 2025
(NYT) – The number of patients going to hospital emergency rooms with flulike symptoms has soared. In New York City, the signs of flu abound: more people wearing masks, more people coughing on the subway. There has been a school … Read More
December 29, 2025
(NYT) – International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients. More than 100,000 people in the United States are in need of … Read More
December 26, 2025
(Wired) – Over the past two years, generative AI tools—such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini—have moved beyond the relatively straightforward, text-only chatbots that the companies initially released. Instead, Big AI is increasingly building and pushing toward the adoption of … Read More
December 26, 2025
(WSJ) – Beijing is enforcing tough rules to ensure chatbots don’t misbehave, while hoping its models stay competitive with the U.S. Concerned that artificial intelligence could threaten Communist Party rule, Beijing is taking extraordinary steps to keep it under control. … Read More
December 26, 2025
(Wired) – Now that Novo Nordisk is the world’s weight-loss juggernaut, will it have to betray its first patients—type 1 diabetics? Though Novo has as its controlling shareholder the largest altruistic foundation in the world, it has to act coldly … Read More
December 24, 2025
(WSJ) – The brain goes through five distinct stages between birth and death, a new study shows. Scientists identified the average ages—9, 32, 66 and 83—when the pattern of connections inside our brains shift. The brain’s adolescence phase, they discovered, … Read More
December 23, 2025
(ProPublica) – ProPublica decided to test several generic versions of three of the most widely prescribed drugs in the United States: the antidepressant bupropion XL, the generic for Wellbutrin XL; the heart medicine metoprolol succinate, the generic for Toprol XL; … Read More
December 23, 2025
(AP) – The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract to a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa that is raising ethical concerns. The unusual contract was awarded to scientists who have been … Read More
December 23, 2025
(AP) – U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval handed drugmaker Novo Nordisk an … Read More
