February 9, 2026
(AP) – A Houston doctor has been indicted on charges of falsifying medical records for five patients, making them ineligible to receive a liver transplant, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday. Dr. John Stevenson Bynon Jr. was indicted by a grand … Read More
February 9, 2026
(NYT) – The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances. Like an estimated three million Americans, Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of the NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, has a pacemaker implanted in her … Read More
February 9, 2026
(The Atlantic) – You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you? When Justin Harrison got the call in 2022 telling him that his mother would likely die within the day, he didn’t panic. He … Read More
February 9, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – Flow’s headset is the first tDCS device approved by the FDA In December the FDA approved a tDCS headset produced by Flow Neuroscience for treatment of major depressive disorder. The decision paves the way for the Swedish … Read More
February 6, 2026
(STAT News) – Common cholesterol-lowering pill did not increase chance of 62 of 66 listed side effects Statins do have two well-known side effects: muscle pain in 1% of people, and a small increase in blood sugar levels, which could … Read More
February 6, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – At least eight babies have been born to patients who underwent the procedure. This week I want to tell you about an experimental surgical procedure that’s helping people have babies. Specifically, it’s helping people who have … Read More
February 6, 2026
(The Transmitter) – A reanalysis of the data revealed errors and failed to replicate the results. The largest study to date of leucovorin’s effectiveness for treating autism traits has been retracted because of data inconsistencies and statistical issues, according to … Read More
February 6, 2026
(Futurism) – The machines aren’t just coming for your jobs. Now, they want your bodies as well. That’s at least the hope of Alexander Liteplo, a software engineer and founder of RentAHuman[dot]ai, a platform for AI agents to “search, book, … Read More
February 6, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – The researchers found that López García has the highest aerobic fitness recorded in an octogenarian, matching that of healthy 20-to-30-year-old men. His muscles also absorb and use oxygen unusually well. But in other ways, his … Read More
February 6, 2026
(CT) – A devastating cancer diagnosis wrecked a young couple. But after five years of uncertainty, a chatbot changed everything. (Read More)
February 6, 2026
(CT) – A reader of my newsletter asked me if he might be going to hell. Actually, the reader’s question was quite a bit more nuanced. He’s a Christian, a committed follower of Jesus. He’s also suffering from a debilitating, … Read More
February 5, 2026
(NPR) – The increased availability and effectiveness of GLP-1s at curbing appetite is adding to the vulnerabilities for some people prone to eating disorders. They’re easy to obtain online, with little screening. Meanwhile, eating disorders are very common. Nearly a … Read More
February 5, 2026
(New York Times) – His wife paced the room as she talked, her tone pressured. She wanted to know what we were going to do next — surely, we would transfuse and restart antibiotics. I explained our care plans for … Read More
February 5, 2026
(NBC News) – Novo Nordisk said Wednesday that demand for its Wegovy pill got off to a strong start after it launched in the U.S. in early January. By Jan. 23 — less than three weeks after it became available … Read More
February 5, 2026
(The Guardian) – A physician based in California has become the first medical provider sued under a recently enacted Texas statute that empowers private individuals to file civil lawsuits against providers who mail abortion medication into the state. The case … Read More
February 5, 2026
(New York Times) – The Federal Trade Commission announced on Wednesday that it had reached a settlement with Cigna’s Express Scripts, one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers, over its role in driving up insulin prices. Express Scripts will … Read More
February 5, 2026
(Axios) – A review of rules governing Colorado’s psychedelic therapy program will include potentially expanding the substances available for treatment. Why it matters: The change would make Colorado the first state to use ibogaine — a psychoactive found in the … Read More
February 5, 2026
(Wired) – The cultural obsession with wellness and optimization, which is currently driven and designed by male biohackers like Bryan Johnson and Peter Attia, has come for this murky preconception period, coined “the zero trimester” by sociologist Miranda Waggoner in … Read More
February 4, 2026
(MedPage Today) – For the first time, a major U.S. physician group has recommended against gender transition surgeries for youths. On Tuesday, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) sent a position statement to its 11,000 members recommending against gender-related … Read More
February 4, 2026
(Nature) – Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while slowing the search for new medicines. “This decision is about advancing science by investing in breakthrough technologies more capable of modeling … Read More
February 4, 2026
(Nature) – Many cancers are linked to two modifiable habits: tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption. Nearly 40% of new cancer cases worldwide are potentially preventable, according to one of the first investigations of its kind, which analysed dozens of cancer … Read More
February 4, 2026
(Nature) – Although scientists have known for more than a century that mental imagery varies between people, the topic received a surge of attention when, a decade ago, an influential paper coined the term aphantasia to describe the experience of … Read More
February 4, 2026
(WSJ) – A lone semiretired Austrian coder built Moltbot and unleashed it on the world. People have created their own AI assistant bots through his project, which he renamed OpenClaw, to make phone calls to restaurants for dinner reservations, operate … Read More
February 3, 2026
(New York Times) – Onchocerciasis is one of 21 afflictions, most of them treatable and preventable, that the World Health Organization classifies as neglected tropical diseases. Together, they affect more than a billion people, but because many are among the … Read More
February 3, 2026
(New York Times) – In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards. In the first malpractice verdict against providers of gender-affirming care for … Read More
