August 30, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Venture capitalist Tristan Mace wants to improve the way organs are donated and how recipients fare Mace needed a heart transplant. His desperate condition catapulted him to the top of the transplant list, and he got a … Read More
August 30, 2024
(The Guardian) – Scientists say they have created a “smart mask” that can analyse the wearer’s breath and detect tell-tale signs of disease. Researchers hope the device – which can beam its data to an app over Bluetooth – will … Read More
August 30, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Four years ago, a team of researchers led by a heavyweight in the field of microbiology made a stunning claim: Cancers have unique microbial signatures that could one day allow tumors to be diagnosed with a … Read More
August 30, 2024
(New York Times) – People taking Wegovy were not protected from infection. But in a large trial, their death rates were markedly lower, for reasons that are not clear. Wegovy, the popular obesity drug, may have yet another surprising benefit. … Read More
August 30, 2024
(UPI) – The findings of a study, to be presented officially Saturday in London, have prompted doctors to call for closer monitoring of recreational drug use in patients, especially those with a history of heart problems. Among patients admitted to … Read More
August 29, 2024
(ABC News) – The U.N. World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted … Read More
August 29, 2024
(NPR) – In the past several years, patients like Stewart have taken to social media to discuss how getting an IUD can be excruciating and traumatizing. Some have even filmed themselves during insertions, while others discussed their anger over the … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Vox) – More than a decade ago, scientists achieved a historic breakthrough: They found a first-ever cure for hepatitis C, one of two related liver diseases that, combined, take more than a million lives every year. In 2016, just three … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Wired) – Major technology companies, including Google, Apple, and Discord, have been enabling people to quickly sign up to harmful “undress” websites, which use AI to remove clothes from real photos to make victims appear to be “nude” without their … Read More
August 29, 2024
(USA Today) – A nurse was stealing fentanyl from the Yale Fertility Center. These women expressed their pain every step of the way – but no one listened. They’re finally ready to talk about what happened to them. The center … Read More
August 29, 2024
(NBC News) – Twenty-six states now have restrictions on transgender health care for minors, according to the LGBTQ think tank Movement Advancement Project. The laws have left those still able to provide this type of care, like Goepferd, struggling to … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Agency investigators asked people involved in the trials whether side effects went unreported The Food and Drug Administration is ramping up its investigation of the clinical trials that tested an Ecstasy-based therapy, after the agency earlier … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Bioacoustics is the thrilling combination of biology and acoustics, helping us gain insights from sounds produced by animals and humans. Generative AI, the kind of tech that brought ChatGPT to 200 million users worldwide, is now adding a … Read More
August 28, 2024
(NBC News) – The lower-cost versions of the weight loss drug will come in vials instead of auto-injector pens and must be prescribed through the company’s own telehealth platform. Drugmaker Eli Lilly is significantly lowering the prices of the two … Read More
August 28, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – The nation’s doctor says parents are lonely. Maybe it’s really the powerlessness of parenthood that’s gotten us down. There’s a new U.S. surgeon general’s warning: Parenting can be harmful to your mental health. An advisory issued … Read More
August 28, 2024
(ABC News) – People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that … Read More
August 28, 2024
(The Verge) – A Pennsylvania appeals court said Section 230 can’t shield TikTok from the lawsuit. TikTok must face a lawsuit over the viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, a Pennsylvania-based appeals court ruled on … Read More
August 28, 2024
(Associated Press) – Oklahoma City’s police department is one of a handful to experiment with AI chatbots to produce the first drafts of incident reports. Police officers who’ve tried it are enthused about the time-saving technology, while some prosecutors, police … Read More
August 27, 2024
(New York Times) – For many, Covid is increasingly regarded like the common cold. A scratchy throat and canceled plans bring a bewildering new critique from friends: You shouldn’t have tested. Epidemiologists said in interviews that they do not endorse … Read More
August 27, 2024
(Reuters) – Scientists studying the new mpox strain that has spread out of Democratic Republic of Congo say the virus is changing faster than expected, and often in areas where experts lack the funding and equipment to properly track it. … Read More
August 27, 2024
(Washington Post) – Smith is one of a dozen patients who have received a full dose of islet cells generated in a laboratory from stem cells. Eleven of the patients in the clinical trial drastically reduced taking insulin or stopped … Read More
August 27, 2024
(Washington Post) – Eastern equine encephalitis, known as EEE, is a rare but serious illness that can pose particular risk to people with weakened immune systems. A Hampstead,N.H., resident died after contracting eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), health officials announced Tuesday. … Read More
August 27, 2024
(New York Times) – As research like Weissbourd and Batanova’s demonstrates, when we talk about loneliness, what we’re actually talking about are all the issues that swirl perilously underneath it: alienation and isolation, distrust and disconnection and above all, a … Read More
August 27, 2024
(Vox) – Unfortunately, fraud and misconduct in the scientific community isn’t nearly as rare as one might like to believe. We also know that the consequences of being caught are frequently underwhelming. It can take years to get a bad … Read More
August 26, 2024
(NPR) – More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for a kidney transplant. But an ongoing kidney shortage means a thousand people a month are removed from the waitlist, either because they die while waiting for a kidney … Read More
